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Council Members Vote on Term Limits |
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Written by Bernadette Evangelist
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
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How They Voted: Council Members Tackle Term Limit Bill
As reported by the NY1 News
Here is how each member of the City Council voted Thursday, October 23,
on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's bill to extend term limits for elected
officials from two terms to three.
The measure passed by a vote of 29 in favor to 22 opposed. Passage required a simple majority of 26 of the 51 councilmembers.
On the left is NY1's tally in the days leading up to the vote, while on
the right are the votes themselves. Two councilmembers who initially
said they would vote against the measure ended up supporting it.
Thirty-five members (designated with an asterisk) would have been term-limited out of office in 2010 had the measure not passed.
| COUNCILMEMBER |
NY1 TALLY |
COUNCIL VOTE |
| *Joseph Addabbo |
No |
No |
| Maria del Carmen Arroyo |
Undecided |
Yes |
| *Tony Avella |
No |
No |
| *Maria Baez |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Charles Barron |
No |
No |
| *Gail Brewer |
Undecided |
No |
| Anthony Como |
No |
No |
| *Leroy Comrie |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Bill de Blasio |
No |
No |
| Inez Dickens |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Erik Martin Dilan |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mathieu Eugene |
No |
No |
| *Simcha Felder |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Lewis Fidler |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Helen Foster |
Undecided |
Yes |
| Daniel Garodnick |
No |
No |
| *James Gennaro |
No |
No |
| Vincent Gentile |
No |
No |
| *Alan Gerson |
Undecided |
Yes |
| *Eric Gioia |
No |
No |
| Sara Gonzalez |
Yes |
Yes |
| Vincent Ignizio |
No |
No |
| *Robert Jackson |
Yes |
Yes |
| Letitia James |
No |
No |
| *Melinda Katz |
Yes |
Yes |
| *G. Oliver Koppell |
Yes |
Yes |
| Jessica Lappin |
No |
No |
| *John Liu |
No |
No |
| Melissa Mark-Viverito |
No |
No |
| *Miguel Martinez |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Michael McMahon |
No |
No |
| Darlene Mealy |
No |
Yes |
| Rosie Mendez |
No |
No |
| *Hiram Monserrate |
No |
No |
| *Michael Nelson |
Yes |
Yes |
| *James Oddo |
No |
No |
| Annabel Palma |
No |
No |
| *Christine Quinn |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Domenic Recchia |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Diana Reyna |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Joel Rivera |
Yes |
Yes |
| *James Sanders |
Undecided |
Yes |
| *Larry Seabrook |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Helen Sears |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Kendall Stewart |
Yes |
Yes |
| James Vacca |
No |
Yes
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| *Al Vann |
Yes |
Yes |
| *Peter Vallone, Jr |
Yes |
Yes |
| *David Weprin |
No |
No |
| Tom White |
Undecided |
Yes |
| *David Yassky |
Undecided |
Yes |
* Would have been term-limited out of office in 2010 had the measure not passed.
NOTE: Councilmembers James Vacca and Darlene Mealy switched their position from "No" to "Yes" prior to voting.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 October 2008 )
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