Yonkers Branch Executive Committee of NAACP and The WBWPC Speak Up Against Term Limit Extension
The Yonkers City Council held an internal vote on a procedural rule that would allow the City Council to proceed forward on a vote on Tuesday, November 22nd to once again extend term limits without public input. In a 4-2 vote – Republican Majority Leader Mike Breen was not present for the meeting – the council moved the charter amendment to a vote to enact it before the full board. In 1994 and in 2001, Yonkers citizens overwhelmingly voted to support keeping a two four-year term limit on the Mayor and Yonkers City Council members. Despite this, Mayor Spano and his city council allies voted themselves a 3rd term limit extension in 2018. Now they want to do it again. Advocates are demanding the city unilaterally override the wishes of the residents. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Yonkers Branch Executive Committee joined the long list of those opposed to the Yonkers City Council voting to extend term limits for the second time in four years without a public referendum on the June 2023 ballot. We, the Yonkers Branch Executive Committee voted unanimously AGAINST this second attempt to extended term limits. Within four years, the Yonkers City Council along [...]
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The Yonkers City Council held an internal vote on a procedural rule that would allow the City Council to proceed forward on a vote on Tuesday, November 22nd to once again extend term limits without public input. In a 4-2 vote – Republican Majority Leader Mike Breen was not present for the meeting – the council moved the charter amendment to a vote to enact it before the full board. In 1994 and in 2001, Yonkers citizens overwhelmingly voted to support keeping a two four-year term limit on the Mayor and Yonkers City Council members. Despite this, Mayor Spano and his city council allies voted themselves a 3rd term limit extension in 2018. Now they want to do it again. Advocates are demanding the city unilaterally override the wishes of the residents. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Yonkers Branch Executive Committee joined the long list of those opposed to the Yonkers City Council voting to extend term limits for the second time in four years without a public referendum on the June 2023 ballot. We, the Yonkers Branch Executive Committee voted unanimously AGAINST this second attempt to extended term limits. Within four years, the Yonkers City Council along [...]
