Mayor of New York City run again after a four year break. It was changed from two to three terms on October 23, 2008, when the New York City Council voted 29–22 in favor of passing the term limit extension into law. However, in 2010, a referendum reverting the limit back to two terms passed overwhelmingly. The current mayor is Democrat Bill de Blasio, who was elected on November 5, 2013 and reelected to a second term on November 7, 2017. In 1665, Governor Richard Nicolls appointed Thomas Willett as the first mayor of New York. For 156 years, the mayor was appointed and had
Lawrie Willett Lawrie Willett Lawrence John "Lawrie" Willett (born 1938) is a former senior Australian public servant and university Chancellor. Willett was born in Brisbane in 1938. He joined the Commonwealth Public Service, in the Department of Customs and Excise, in 1957, after completing his secondary schooling at Brisbane State High School. Willett's early public service positions were in Queensland, before he transferred to Canberra in 1963. Willett worked as a senior Customs representative in Tokyo between 1971 and 1974. Willett was Director-General of the Department of Health between 1983 and 1984. He was the first person with a non-medical background to