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Term-Limits Extension Passes

October 23, 2008 | 4:40 p.m
City Hall in the dark.
City Hall in the dark.

The vote is still going on, but the 26th vote was just cast by Tom White--who was term limited in 2001 and came back into office in 2005. Here's the (lightly annotated) roll call:

Addabbo-N
Arroyo-Y
Avella-N
Baez-Y
Barron-N (Bloomberg's "legacy is tainted," he said.)
Brewer-N
Como-N (Also voted against the amendment to send this to the voters.)
Comrie-Y
De Blasio-N
Dickens-Y
Dilan-Y
Eugene-N
Felder-Y
Fidler-Y
Foster-Y
Garodnick-N
Genanro-N
Gentile-N
Gerson-Y
Gioia-N
Gonzalez-Y
Ignizio-N
Jackson-Y
James-N ("The issue is whether we respect the Democratic process.")
Katz-Y
Koppell-Y
Lappin-N (She also voted against the amendment.)
Liu-N
Viverito-N
Martinez-Y ("My vote here is not a vote for the mayor.")
McMahon-N
Mealy-Y (She was a no vote previously, and the Working Families Party, which supported her, is strongly against it.)
Mendez-N
Monserrate-N
Nelson-Y
Palma-N
Recchia-Y
Reyna-Y
Sanders-Y (He was the only member to abstain on the amendment vote)
Seabrook-Y ("Term limits run smack dab into the heart of the civil rights movement, and against it.")
Sears-Y
Stewart-Y ("What are they thinking when they say we have to return this back to the people?")
Vacca-Y (Someone from the audience yelled, "Sell out!")
Vallone-Y
Vann-Y
Weprin-N
White-Y ("I was term-limited and I came back.")

UPDATE: The final tally is 29 yes votes and 22 no votes. In addition to the members listed above:

Yassky-Y
Oddo-N
Rivera-Y
Quinn-Y

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