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Mayor's '3rd Term' Maneuver
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| Last Edited | The Sunset Provision Aug 21, 2008 10:03pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Post |
| News Date | Friday, August 22, 2008 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Mayor Bloomberg today for the first time left the door open to considering an extension of term limits.
At a press conference, Bloomberg explained that the City Council has the legal power to pass a bill that would change term limits, which was enacted and reaffirmed by public referendum.
"I don't know what the City Council is going to do," he said. "My job, if the City Council comes to us with a piece of legislation, we will look at it, we will consider it and we'll make what I hope is an informed judgment into what is in the best interest of the city."
The mayor stressed that he has no plans to run again himself.
But he indicated he's open to amending the law to limit legislators to three terms, instead of the current two.
"There are a lot of people who say they are set at an inappropriately short level," he said. "Rational people can have that view..."
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