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A Message From New Yorkers For Term Limits

Oct 7, 2008

New Yorkers for Term Limits remains committed to the eight-year, two term limit on City officeholders one million voters here twice approved.  Yet, extraordinary circumstances now require NYTL to take an extraordinary step.

Two difficult realities confront term limits supporters today. The financial crisis has shaken the City's economic security and the City Charter allows the term limits law to be changed, or even repealed, without a vote of the people.

With a push already underway for a total repeal, it is very clear some politicians are willing to use the financial crisis as a convenient cover to kill term limits. This forces a tough decision about how to best preserve New York City term limits into the future.

Accordingly, New Yorkers for Term Limits founder Ronald Lauder has agreed to support a one-time, one-term extension of term limits until the financial crisis has passed. This emergency measure is a temporary extension, not a total repeal. Any plan New Yorkers for Term Limits backs must include a provision that returns to the current two-term limit as quickly as possible.

This is a realistic, but difficult, position. When faced with total repeal, this one-time solution looks more tolerable. Yet New Yorkers for Term Limits well understands other term limits backers will shun this approach. We wish the best of success to those who take a different approach to defending term limits. And we look forward to coming together again to work for our shared goal of accountable government and voter choice.

New Yorkers for Term Limits is committed to defending a return to the two-term limit after this crisis is past.


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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.
  
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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