Mayor Bloomberg, who describes himself as a fervent supporter of term limits, said yesterday he can’t recall how he voted as an everyday citizen when the issue hit New York City ballots in 1993 and 1996.
“I don’t remember at all,” Bloomberg said. “I just don’t remember in either case.”
In both instances, voters overwhelmingly approved a two-term limit for all elected city officials.
As The Post first reported, the mayor is now considering whether to try to extend that limit to three terms, which would allow him to seek re-election next year.
“I’ve always thought term limits are a good idea,” Bloomberg said. “You can debate how many terms it should be.”
Meanwhile, former Mayor Rudy Giuliani yesterday said he supports extending the City Council’s term limits to three from two, but dodged whether he thinks that should apply to the mayor, too.
“I always thought for the City Council, a three-term limit made more sense,” Giuliani told The Post yesterday. “It seems to me you’re in and out of the council too fast.”
He ducked saying whether he thinks Bloomberg should extend his own term, saying he would talk to him privately about it.
He noted, though, that in “in the past . . . I was in favor of a two-term limit for mayor.”