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Charter Commissions Since 1989
08 Mar 2010
Mayor |
Date |
Chair |
Ballot Proposal(s) |
Voting Result |
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Rudolph Giuliani |
2/19/98 |
Paul Crotty |
Revamp city campaign finance law and bar corporate donations |
adopted 60-40% |
Giuliani |
6/15/99 |
Randy Mastro |
1. Impose a cap tied to the inflation rate on city budget increases. |
rejected 76-24% |
Giuliani |
7/15/01 |
Randy Mastro |
1. Make the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management a permanent charter agency. |
all approved: Ballot Proposition #1 approved 70 to 30%; Ballot Proposition #2, passed 73 to 27%; Ballot Proposition #3 passed 55 to 45%; Ballot Proposition #4, passed 64.5 to 35.5%; Ballot Proposition #5, passed 67-33% |
Michael Bloomberg |
7/11/02 |
Robert McGuire |
Change mayoral succession. The public advocate would be interim mayor and a special election held within 60 days |
adopted 61-39% |
Bloomberg |
3/26/03 |
Frank Macchiarola |
1. Create a new system of "non-partisan" elections for all city officials. |
rejected 70-30% rejected 64-36% rejected 65-35% |
Bloomberg |
8/19/04 |
Esther Fuchs |
1. Establish ethics rules for administrative law judges and hearing officers |
adopted 79-21% adopted 71-29% |
* Commissions expire the day after their ballot proposal are accepted or rejected by the voters in the general election.
For an examination of the 2010 charter commission and its predescessors, see Bloomberg Moves to Change the Charter -- But How.
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