Toward a Term-Limits ReferendumALBANY—A bill requiring a public referendum to extend term limits has cleared the Assembly's election committee. The vote was 11-5."While some of us, including myself, are against term limits, the City of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of spoke twice," said Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Ruben Diaz Sr. (b. 1943) represents the 32nd District in the New York State Senate, which includes the Bronx neighborhoods of Castle Hill, Clason Point, Parkchester, Morrisania, Hunts Point, Melrose, Pelham Parkway, Union Port, Longwood, and Soundview. Jr., the committee chair. The bill will now advance to the Ways and Means WAYS AND MEANS. In legislative assemblies there is usually appointed a committee whose duties are to inquire into, and propose to the house, the ways and means to be adopted to raise funds for the use of the government. This body is called the committee of ways and means. Committee. It would require a citywide referendum in New York by May 1. Assemblyman Rob Walker, of Long Island raised concerns about whether the city Board of Elections would be prepared in time. A Diaz staffer assured him the BOE BOE Based on Experience BOE Board of Education BOE Boletín Oficial del Estado (Spanish) BOE Bank of England BOE Board of Equalization BOE Board of Elections BOE Barrel of Oil Equivalent BOE Bind on Equip could be ready, especially if the bill is passed soon. There is no indication it will come to the floor expediently, and still has not been approved by the relevant committees in the State Senate. A spokesman for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Sheldon Silver (born February 13, 1944) is a politician and member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as Speaker of New York State Assembly. Personal life An Orthodox Jew of eastern European descent, Silver has lived all his life on Manhattan's Lower East Side. did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Joining Walker in voting against the bill were Assemblymembers Sandra Galef, Joel Miller, Alec Brook-Krasny and Jeffrey Dinowitz. Dinowitz said he was against term limits, but disagreed with the bill on jurisdictional grounds. "I don't think the state of New York should be telling the city of New York how to handle this, just like I don't the state of New York should be telling the City of New York how to control its rent laws," he said. 
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