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NY1 reports that State Senator Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn) introduced legislation preventing "city officials from running for a third term without the approval of voters." He said, "To brazenly push them aside and attempt to silence their voices is not what we should do as elected officials. For this, I am sponsoring a bill on the state level that will change term limits for the entire state." Last week, Assembly Member Hakeem Jeffries also introduced a bill that would require a public referendum fora term limits extension; Jeffries' stance: "A few dozen politicians should not determine the fate of term limits in a city of eight million when the public has spoken – not once but twice."
State Legislators Try to Block Term Limits Extension
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Excellent. Now perhaps someone will propose term limits where they are desperately need -- in congress.
yessssssssss, get rid of Quinn, she is destroying our city, she makes money and we get poorer.
Maybe they state should stay out of city business. If they started giving us our fair share then many be they could have a say.
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It might not be possible to term-limit congressional reps and/or senators. The Constitution would have to be amended and that hasn't happened for 40 years.
Fight the power!
NYS should stop meddling in NYC matters.
If Parker is so keen on term limits, let him introduce it for the State legislature.
Dammit, state, I don't want to extend term limits either, but you have to get your nose out of the city's business. MT's right in that if Albany began funding the city instead of t'other way round it might be a different story.
I don't see how the state getting involved is a problem if it means that the will of the people of New York gets enforced.
Nice misleading headline.
The legislators are not trying to block Bloomberg's term limit bill. This is a proposed legislation that will require term limits voted by public referendum to only be changed by public referendum in all municipalities of NYS.
What good is it if voters approve a referendum only to be changed by the City Council or any other legislative body days, weeks, or years later? Why did anyone vote? The proposed legislation by Jeffries and Parker will re-enforce voters' rights. That doesn't sound bad at all.
It's good to know there are some decent politicians looking out for us.