DC 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts Says,"One Year After Term Limits Overturned,
New Yorkers Need a Change."

One year ago today, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that he would circumvent the will of the voters and seek to overturn term limits.

District Council 37 Executive Director Lillian Roberts says, "The Mayor's rationale for taking this step in spite of the fact that voters approved term limits twice was simply that he believed he was the only person who could guide New York through this financial crisis. Obviously, he was wrong.

"One year later, New York has the highest rate of unemployment in 16 years - 10.3 percent. In some communities, that rate is even higher. Today, Bronx County has been declared by the U.S. Census Bureau to be the poorest urban county in the nation. Today, affordable housing is almost non-existent. Thousands of affordable housing units are being warehoused by the New York City Housing Authority, yet there are a record number of homeless people in the city. Hunger in the city is on the rise. New Yorkers are being burdened with an ever-increasing number of fines, fees and taxes and finding it more and more difficult to make ends meet.

District Council 37 believes that it is time for a change. Democratic Mayoral Candidate Bill Thompson offers us the change working New Yorkers need.

District Council 37 has endorsed Bill Thompson for Mayor because New York's working men and women deserve a Mayor who cares about creating jobs, creating and protecting affordable housing, supporting vital city services that protect children, provide New Yorkers with a helping hand in hard times and maintain the quality of life that makes New York great."

District Council 37 is New York City's largest public employee union, with 125,000 members and 50,000 retirees.