City Councilman G. Oliver Koppell said on Thursday that he would introduce legislation “within weeks” that would allow the city’s elected officials to serve three full terms instead of the current two.
The legislation would be the first step in what is expected to be a long, contentious process of amending a term limits law, approved twice by voters, that will force the mayor, the comptroller, the public advocate and most Council members from office in 2010.
A telephone survey conducted by The New York Times found that at least 27 of the city’s 51 Council members are open to the idea of changing the term limits law, suggesting that Mr. Koppell’s legislation could enjoy strong support.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has publicly flirted with the concept of changing the limits through the Council, so that he can seek a third four-year term in the November 2009 elections. But Mr. Koppell, a Democrat from the Bronx, said he had not coordinated his efforts with the mayor’s of...
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With time running out in this legislative cycle, students and advocates are increasing pressure on the City Council to hold hearings and vote on the Student Safety Act . The bill, which has been waiting in the City Council for months, and has 26 councilmembers signed on as co-sponsors, would increase transparency and accountability for School Safety Agents. If no action is taken by January, it will have to be reintroduced to the City Council.
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Presenters have announced for the Barrymore Awards honoring the best of Philadelphia-area theater, to be held Monday, October 6 at 6:30pm at the Crystal Tea Room in the Wannamaker Building.
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After voicing strong support for office limits and labeling attempts to alter limits "disgusting," New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans on doing just those things, The New York Times is reporting .
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A coalition of health groups will call Wednesday on state leaders to dig another $1.50 out of the pockets of smokers every time they buy a pack of cigarettes.
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Rents are going to rise unless officials undo a new policy for taxing property owners, the city’s top real estate assessor said Tuesday.
The new method, which began in January, shifts the bulk of the city’s property tax burden onto affordable, multi-unit dwellings in the outer boroughs, according to David Moog, who is also president of the assessors union.
“Overall, the boroughs and the poorer areas got soaked while the more affluent areas were cut a break,” Moog sai... more
The city is launching an advertising campaign discouraging New Yorkers from giving money, food, and clothing to homeless people and asking well-wishers to call 311 for help instead.
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Mayor Bloomberg ’s congestion pricing proposal is facing another obstacle after the speaker of the state Assembly, Sheldon Silver , announced yesterday that he would hold a hearing on how the revenues from the traffic tax would be spent.
Mr. Silver, along with two other Assembly Democrats, Herman Farrell Jr. and Richard Brodsky, both opponents of the congestion pricing plan, will hold a hearing tomorrow to examine the Metropolitan Transportation Authority ’s five-year capital p... more
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