(Wall Street Journal) — New York City voters on Tuesday appeared to be on the verge of restoring a law that prohibits elected officials from serving more than two consecutive four-year terms, just two years after Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the City Council overturned the law as the mayor pursued a third term. With nearly […]
(NYT) -Two years after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg extended the limit on New York City’s elected officials from two terms to three, paving the way for his re-election, nearly three-fourths of city voters favor reversing his move, according to a New York Times poll. The remarkably unified public support is a rebuke for Mr. Bloomberg, who […]
(NYT) — Political experts, who at times earn their keep by getting things wrong a day or two ahead of everyone else, accept as axiomatic that New Yorkers in summertime can’t worry their pretty little heads about events much weightier than Paris Hilton’s latest arrest. The hyperventilating over the downtown Islamic center put a few dents […]
(NYT) — Facing intense anger two years ago as he lobbied to run for a third term, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg made a promise. Rewrite the term-limits law now, he told critics, and voters would get a chance to weigh in on the issue later. The public, however, may not have the definitive voice that the […]
(AP) – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared his opposition to term limits when he had the law changed in 2008, but now he’s hesitant to get back into the debate. A panel reviewing the city charter decided Wednesday to put a term limits question on the ballot this November. The law now lets elected […]
(Crain’s) — The city’s Charter Revision Commission, in a report expected Friday, is unlikely to support putting non-partisan elections on the ballot this fall. The staff report, though, is expected to recommend that voters get the chance to decide whether to change the law on term limits. The commission is grappling with the question of […]