Breaking News: City Council Does Not Want Term Limits

The New York Times did a public service by confirming the obvious. A majority of New York City Council members, though not all Council members, want to extend or ditch term limits.

John Liu, who is the first Asian elected to the Council thanks to the Term Limits Law, forcefully disagrees with his colleagues. Liu told the Times, "The issue at hand is not term limits, it's who decides. Is it 52 people - 51 council members and the mayor - or is it 8 million New Yorkers?"

Councilman Avella who is a declared candidate for Mayor said, "The day we change the term limits law is the day we take a step toward dictatorship."

In an odd swtich, Mayor Bloomberg who has given impetus to a possible move to change the term law told the Daily News that it is most desirable to keep term limits on the City Council.

Meanwhile, the Village Voice declares that the fact that City Council members don't want term limits is a good reason to keep them.

 


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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.
  
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