Sentences with phrase «to overturn term limits»

The Council Speaker defended herself against criticism over her role in overturning term limits.

His opponents spent the final weeks of the primary race unleashing everything they had against de Blasio, from his association with slumlords that he had gone after as public advocate, to his support for overturning term limits when he wanted to be the City Council speaker in 2005.

«So rather than try to defend her record of overturning term limits, cutting after school programs and doing nothing as stop - and - frisk raged out of control, Speaker Quinn's campaign is now launching misleading attacks to distract from the fact that she has been the mayor's chief political ally for years.»

He accused Quinn's campaign of trying «to blunt what the truth is» on controversial issues, such as overturning term limits to pave, and said that he saw «a lot of accuracy» in its claims.

Why would Cuomo want the endorsement of an out - of - touch Billionaire nanny, who overturned term limits?

almost the same majority who were opposed to overturning term limits said: «Well, yeah, we think Mike Bloomberg should get a chance at a third term.»

The voters of Yonkers have already made two pubic votes on term limits; the first to set up the law, and a second attempt to overturn term limits failed.

«I thought, this is so undemocratic,» recalled Moss, whose frustration grew as he watched Quinn help overturn term limits to pave the way for Bloomberg's third term — a move critics say was done in return for the mayor's support for her 2013 run.

When Bloomberg overturned term limits (with Speaker Christine Quinn's approval) and won re-election, did New Yorkers think he'd morph into Hugo Chavez?

scott stringer is a corrupt fat turd who support killing democracy in NYC and overturning term limits without a public referendum.

Several experts and former party officials who have met Mr. Xi said he appears to be driven to overturn the term limit out of a confluence of confidence and anxiety.

After advancing legislation that overturned the term limits law ---- allowing both Bloomberg and herself another four years in power ---- Quinn faced an unusually tough Democratic primary in 2009, garnering just over half the vote in a three - way race.

The firm's head, Bradley Tusk, ran the 2009 re-election campaign for Mayor Michael Bloomberg — a year in which City Council overturned term limits so a third - party candidate could run.

Liu, the Democratic candidate for city comptroller, criticized Bloomberg's bid to overturn term limits last year, which allowed the two - term mayor to run again.

Oliver Koppel was the one who introunced bill to overturned term limits against the will of the people.

The site slams Quinn on multiple fronts, criticizing everything from her role in overturning term limits and paving the way for Bloomberg's third term to concerns over the power she wields as speaker.

Catsimatidis, a Democrat - turned - Republican and big political donor (to both Dems and GOP candidates), scuttled a 2009 NYC mayoral run after Mayor Bloomberg's successful push to overturn term limits.

Read the NYTimes article about how she pressured council members to vote to overturn term limits.

The case in a nutshell: Bloomberg contributed $ 1.2 million to the state Independence Party during his campaign for a third term in 2009 after he successfully lobbied the NYC Council to overturn term limits, enabling him to seek another four years in office.

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly indicated Mr. McMahon voted to overturn term limits.

The legal analysis in Yonkers is that there are two ways to overturn term limits — one by a referendum, and one by a simple majority council vote.

Recently, there have been rumors of a possible attempt to overturn term limits.

Two members of the Yonkers City Council, Majority Leader Michael Sabatino and Minority Leader Mike Breen, both commented recently that while they have no desire to overturn term limits, or modify term limits to allow a third four - year term, if someone were interested in doing so, they should do it by a referendum and not by a council vote.

There are several other party switchers angling for the GOP nod in next year's mayor's race, including supermarket / oil mogul John Catsimatidis (he made the change in preparation for a 2009 mayoral bid, but then dropped out when Bloomberg announced he would push to overturn term limits and run again); DOE Fund founder George McDonald; and Manhattan Media executive Tom Allon,

I didn't lie to the people of the city of New York and say I wasn't going to overturn term limits.

While his favorability in the polls took a minor dip after he persuaded New York's city council to overturn the term limits, the latest poll conducted by Marist College show Bloomberg, an independent, with a 16 - point lead over Thompson, 52 - 32 percent.

Jackson was asked by Menin about the City Council's vote to overturn term limits, which gave both him and Mayor Michael Bloomberg eligibility for a third term despite two voter referendums that limited tenure to eight consecutive years.