“In the interests of having a transparent and fair review of the petition filed, I have decided to remove myself from the review of the petition. The bipartisan team of Deputy City Clerks will review the petition and make the determination they see fit. As City Clerk, it has been my goal to have a Clerks Office that operates with transparency and fairness to serve every resident of Yonkers.”
Yonkers City Clerk Vincent Spano
By Dan Murphy
On July 10, 2023, a term limits petition was filed before the Office of the City Clerk. Any public referendum sought in the City of Yonkers requires 4,723 valid signatures from residents. It falls within the duties of the Office of the City Clerk to review petitions calling for a referendum.
“In the interests of having a transparent and fair review of the petition filed, I have decided to remove myself from the review of the petition. The bipartisan team of Deputy City Clerks will review the petition and make the determination they see fit”, stated City Clerk Vincent Spano. “As City Clerk, it has been my goal to have a Clerks Office that operates with transparency and fairness to serve every resident of Yonkers.”
A number of Yonkers residents called Yonkers Voters for Term Limits, circualted the petition. The petition asks voters to approve a change in the term limits law allowing the Mayor and Councilmembers to serve a maximum of three, four-year terms. Last November, the City Council voted to extend term limits from three term to four terms. This referendum will ask the voters if they wish to return the number of allowable terms back to three.
If the signatures are deemed valid by the City Clerk, the matter goes to the Yonkers City Council. The Council will then vote to accept the petition and allow the question to be placed on the ballot November 7, or reject the petition. If the petition is rejected, Yonkers Voters for Term Limits must go out and collect another 2,500 valid signatures, and resubmit.
