I'm at a protest on the City Hall steps right now, the first one thats happened since Michael Bloomberg's announcement yesterday that he will seek another four years in office--although that's not what it's about. The protest is about school overcrowding and pushing for more money for a school capital construction plan. Among the elected officials ...

In case you need more evidence that term limits is the debate of the moment around City Hall, here's a panel being held next month, featuring City Councilman Oliver Koppell and Ken Moltner. Koppell is introducing legislation that would allow city lawmakers to serve three consecutive terms, instead of just two. Moltner is a spokesman for the group New ...

Oliver Koppell, the City Councilman who is introducing a bill to extend term limits from a maximum of two terms to a maximum of three, said what’s happening on Wall Street helps make his case. “To have a mayor that is knowledgeable about financial matters is good," Koppell said, referring to the very real possibility that Michael Bloomberg would ...

Within hours of the congestion pricing vote, a Bronx-based opponent of the plan, Ari Hoffnung, sent out an email announcing that he will run for City Council, again. Hoffnung, who heads the Riverdale Jewish Community Relations Council, challenged Councilman Oliver Koppell in 2005 and was defeated. This year, Koppell is term-limited. Koppell voted for congestion pricing yesterday, citing the ...