…Only this time, it is in the privacy of the voting booth, not on the floor of the City Council.
Politicker interns Rhea Mabubani and Rachel Morgan reached out to all of the sitting City Council members who voted to void the city’s term limit law. And unlike Mayor Bloomberg, who said yesterday that he supports the reinstitution of term limits, the vast majority of legislators are sticking to their guns.
Here then, is the roll call. We will update with more answers as more come in.
Speaker Christine Quinn-Manhattan: No
Maria Carmen Arroyo -Bronx: Did not respond to multiple requests for comment
Leroy G. Comrie -Queens: No
Inez E Dickens – Manhattan: No
Erik Martin Dilan – Brooklyn: Did not respond to multiple requests for comment
Lewis A. Fidler – Brooklyn: No
Helen D. Foster – Brooklyn: Did not respond to multiple requests for comment
Sara M. Gonzalez – Brooklyn: Did not respond to multiple requests for comment
Robert Jackson – Manhattan: No
G. Oliver Koppell – Bronx: No
Darlene Mealy – Brooklyn: Did not respond to multiple requests for comment
Michael C. Nelson of Brooklyn: Did not respond to multiple requests for comment
Domenic M. Recchia Jr. of Brooklyn: Did not respond to multiple requests for comment
Diana Reyna of Brooklyn: No
Joel Rivera of the Bronx: Declined to state.
James Sanders Jr. of Queens: Yes
Larry B. Seabrook of the Bronx: Did not respond to multiple requests for comment
James Vacca of the Bronx: Declined to state
Peter F. Vallone Jr. of Queens: No
Albert Vann of Brooklyn: Declined to state
