"You're trying to have it both ways," said Citizens Union executive director Dick Dadey to Councilman Councilman David Yassky. He was talking about Yassky's amendment to the term-limits bill, which would have required the measure to go to a voter referendum in the future, even if the bill was passed by the Council. Yassky's amendment was voted ...

Christine Quinn, who came into the Council speakership as a self-declared reformer, is now coming under fire from one of the oldest good-government organizations in the city, which says it is “disillusioned” with her handling of the term-limits issue. Citizens Union executive director Dick Dadey released a statement yesterday criticizing Quinn for announcing her support of a legislative proposal by ...

At 2:30 p.m. today, I'll be chatting with Dick Dadey, executive director of the good-government group Citizens Union. Among the topics Dadey and his colleagues have had to ponder recently are: continuing, serious talk about changing city term limits and the mayor's bill about financial disclosure requirements for board members of nonprofits. If everything goes right ...