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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

January
13, 2009

Contact:
Mike Loughran, (212) 669-3564

  mloughr@comptroller.nyc.gov

THOMPSON STATEMENT ON TERM LIMITS
RULING

New York City Comptroller
William C. Thompson, Jr. issued the following statement concerning
today’s term limits ruling:

“The court’s
decision today is certainly disappointing in upholding the notion that the
Mayor and a majority of the City Council acting solely in their own
self-interest can overturn the will of the people. Twice, New Yorkers have
voiced their opinion on term limits. However, with a stroke of the pen, Mayor
Bloomberg silenced that voice in November.

While
I strongly disagree with today’s decision, I can rest assured that I was
on the right side – the side of the people. I am proud to have stood
alongside my colleagues in government and average New Yorkers to object to this
hijacking of democracy. We are reviewing but fully expect to appeal this
decision.”

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