NYC Mayor Bloomberg Preparing for Third-Term Despite Term Limits

NYC Mayor Bloomberg preparing for third-term despite term limitsNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced this past week that he plans to seek a third term as mayor.

The mayor will propose revisions to the city’s term limits law, which caps the number of terms for NYC officials to two terms. Bloomberg argued that the financial crisis in New York warrants an exception to the current regulations.

The City Council, which would benefit from the term limit extension, must pass Bloomberg’s legislative proposal in order to make the plan a reality.

According to a recent Marist College poll, city voters are evenly split on whether the current two-term limit should be changed to let Bloomberg run for a third term next year (46% in favor/44% opposed/10% unsure).

The poll interestingly found that Bloomberg would easily defeat any of the three Democratic challengers including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Rep. Anthony Weiner and City Comptroller William Thompson.

This article is from NYSAR Government Affiars Update for October.