Run for City Legislature in New Rochelle City, NY

The City Legislature is the municipality's governing body, responsible for voting on ordinances and policies, and often is in charge of hiring a city manager.

Members of the Council shall be qualified electors of the city and, while members of that body, shall hold no other public office except the office of notary public or an office in the State National Guard or the Armed Forces of the United States. If a member of the Council shall cease to possess such qualifications, or shall be convicted of crime while in office, his or her office shall immediately become vacant. No person shall be eligible for the office of Council member or Mayor who has not been a resident of the City for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the date of his or her election. Beginning with the general City election held in 1995, no person shall be eligible for the office of Council member who has not been a resident of the Council District from which he or she is elected for a period of at least six months immediately preceding the date of his or her election; except that during a calendar year in which both a general City election and a reapportionment of Council Districts occur, he or she shall be a resident of the Council District from which he or she is elected on the date his or her term of office commences. If a Council member shall cease to be a resident of the Council District from which he or she was elected, his or her office shall immediately become vacant.