New Yorkers for Term Limits :: We Submitted the Petition for New York City Charter Amendment

To: City Clerk, City of New York

(1). We the undersigned, being duly qualified electors of the City of New York, State of New York, representing not less than thirty thousand qualified electors, present this petition to the City Clerk of New York and respectfully request that the following proposed local law to amend the Charter of the City of New York be submitted to the voters of the City of New York at the next general election.

A LOCAL LAW

To amend the New York city charter, in relation to the establishment of term limits for various elected officials.

Be it enacted by the people of the city of New York pursuant to the authority provided in Section 37 of the Municipal Home Rule Law as follows:

Section 1. The New York city charter is hereby amended by inserting therein a new Chapter 50 (or, if there is an existing Chapter 50, the first available unused chapter thereafter) to read as follows:

CHAPTER 50 -- TERM LIMITS

#1137. PUBLIC POLICY. It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the city of New York to limit to not more than eight consecutive years the time elected officials can serve as mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough president and council member so that elected representatives are “citizen representatives” who are responsive to the needs of the people and are not career politicians.

#1138. TERM LIMITS. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this charter, no person shall be eligible to be elected to or serve in the office of mayor, public advocate comptroller, borough president or council member if that person had previously held such office for two or more full consecutive terms (including in the case of council member at least one four-year term), unless one full term or more has elapsed since that person last held office, provided, however, that in calculating the number of consecutive terms a person has served, only terms commencing on or after January 1, 1994 shall be counted.

SECTION 2. This local law shall take effect on January 1, 1994.

	Sign NY State Petition We believe that members of the New York State Legislature and the Executive Branch of government should not able to serve more than Eight years in office. New York State's current government, which has been described as "dysfunctional," is run by professional politicians who have demonstrated that they are incapable of effectively governing the Empire State. To break the stranglehold of NY State's "lifetime" legislators, we believe there should be an Eight year limit on the amount of time that legislators serve in the same office. Just as eight years is long enough for the President of the United States, it is long enough for members of the Senate, Assembly, and Executive branch.			Sign NY City Petition We support the current NYC Term Limits Law. We oppose any efforts to change these limits. The current term limits represent the will of the people of New York City. NYC Voters upheld the current law in two referendums, providing an overwhelming majority.

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