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Mayor Bloomberg wasted no time in calling a special election to fill the Bronx borough president seat officially vacated at midnight last night by Adolfo Carrion, issuing a proclamation at 9 a.m. this morning that the nonpartisan race will be held April 21.

Whoever is elected will serve out the remainder of Carrion’s term, which ends Dec. 31, 2009. That means the winner of what might be a contentious and hard-fought election will have to turn around and defend the seat in the fall.

Carrion starts his new job with the Obama administration this morning; Bloomberg had 45 days to call the special election to replace him. (It was briefly speculated that the mayor would allow the vacancy to remain until November to save money, but obviously that did not come to pass). Read more..

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A third of the City Council members have not taken a public stance on the mayor’s plan to extend term limits. NY1’s Roger Clark visited the Bronx Concourse, to report on how the constituents of undecided Councilwoman Helen Foster stand on term limits.

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Residents in Helen Foster’s Bronx district are like many other city residents who have spoken over the last few days with NY1: they want to hear what their councilwoman has to say on extending term limits.

“She has to make up her mind,” said a constituent.

“Should she have an opinion? Sure,” said another.

As things now stand, Foster would be forced out of office in 2009 at the end of her second term. Read more..

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