You're welcome, but it's copied right off the NY City Council members page.
So if you lose it, it can be found again. :)
Unlike Mayor Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller is not zipping his lips on the prospect of war in Iraq.
"I don't believe that going to war at this time is good for America," Miller (D-Manhattan) said yesterday.
His comment came on the eve of a long-stalled Council vote on a resolution opposing a unilateral war by the United States against Iraq. Despite bitter infighting, the so-called peace resolution was expected to be adopted by a voice vote today.
Technically, a resolution - an expression of the Council's opinion on a given issue - needs 26 votes to pass. Miller said 31 of the 49 members support the peace resolution. There are two vacancies on the Council.
Resolutions, unlike bills, require no action by the mayor. Bloomberg has declined so far to give his views on a war with Iraq.
The Council vote is coming as the United Nations is nearing its vote on President Bush's request for a resolution authorizing war if Iraq does not disarm by March 17.
Frank Lombardi Originally published on March 12, 2003