Greetings again from here at the Bill Thompson Campaign, and happy October!
In 1993, New Yorkers voted in favor of a two-term limit for all elected officials. Three years later, New Yorkers then affirmed their referendum, limiting term limits to 8 years in office.
Today marks the one- year anniversary of the end of that law.
On October 3, 2008, despite three consecutive days of New Yorkers' testimony, the new york City Council voted to extend term limits. Mayor Mike Bloomberg, despite opposing them as recently as August of last year, signed the legislation into law.
In 2002, when the City Council proposed easing term limits an additional two years, Bloomberg vetoed that bill, saying "I believe it is simply inappropriate for those members elected in 1997, who were aware of the rules under which they were elected, to seek to change those rules in a manner that may work to their own advantage."
Watch a video of the anniversary below.
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