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Council Members Vote on Term Limits
Written by Bernadette Evangelist   
Tuesday, 28 October 2008

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
*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.


Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 October 2008 )
 
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