Dan Cantor, Working Families Executive Director (left) and Councilmember Bill de Blasio (right) discuss the term limits after the Council’s vote:
Contact: Dan Levitan
Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director issued the following official statement today after the City Council’s vote to extend term limits without a public vote:
“While we came up short on the floor [...]
October 23rd, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan
Viewers of tonight’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain will be invited to make their voices heard in another debate – the fight over extending term-limits in New York City.
Timed to launch on-air during coverage of the third presidential debate at Hofstra University this evening, the [...]
October 15th, 2008
The New York Times today featured the Working Families Party’s campaign online and in the streets to keep term limits in voters’ hands:
Fighting Bid to Extend Term Limits, Politician by Politician
By FERNANDA SANTOS
They are angling for the magic number: 26. That is how many City Council members it would take to defeat a bill introduced [...]
October 9th, 2008
For Immediate Release: October 8, 2008
The Working Families Party released today the following statement on Ron Lauder’s announced support of Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to change term limits legislatively. It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:
“There’s something profoundly wrong with our democracy when the opinions of the city’s billionaires are [...]
October 8th, 2008
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Contact: Dan Levitan
Working Families Party launches www.itsourdecision.org where New Yorkers Can Tell Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council Not to End Term Limits Legislatively
NEW YORK- Leaders of the Working Families Party gathered today at City Hall to announce a campaign to oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s proposed legislative extension of [...]
October 7th, 2008
The New York Times reported today on the WFP’s newly launched campaign to keep the City Council and Mayor from extending term limits without the permission of voters who’ve approved term limits (twice!). Don’t forget to visit http://itsourdecision.org and send your message to the politicians!
Union-Backed Party Opposes Term Limits Plan
By Fernanda Santos | October 7, [...]
October 7th, 2008
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