Speaker hopefuls push 3-term limit

CITY COUNCIL members looking for their fellow pols’ votes for speaker are getting behind an extension of term limits.

All the speaker candidates who talked at a forum Monday night said they’d back giving Council members a third term, up from the current two. The idea was proposed by Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez (D-Manhattan).

“I will work hard to change the charter so we can give three terms for each Council member,” said Rodriguez, who is already in his own third term.

Councilmen Jumaane Williams, Mark Levine, Robert Cornegy, Corey Johnson and Jimmy Van Bramer all backed a third term, with most saying voters would have to decide it in a referendum.

Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg got term limits extended after a fierce fight, a move that applied to him, the Council and all citywide offices. But the limit was later cut back to two terms.