Opinion - Tuesday, September 2, 2008 14:00 - 0 Comments

Bloomberg and City Council Facing Dead End

Mayor Bloomberg and a large contingent of city council members are currently mulling over a possible plan to extend their current 8-year (2-term) limit in office by adding an additional 4-year term. Bloomberg was originally for term limits when he came into office, but as his adminstration’s expiration date rapidly approaches, he seems to be refining this position. Term limits only came into existence in NYC in the last decade when the citizens voted twice, in ‘93 and ‘96, for a 2-term limit on many elected positions including the Mayor, City Council, and others. It is suspected that if the council seeks to overturn the term limits it will do so not by consulting you, the voter, but through the passage of legislation voted upon by the very members whose political future it determines (this is within the council’s power, but it’s a move many worry will be wildly unpopular). Continue…