Current events of October 23, 2008 (2008-10-23) (Thursday) edit history watch

The New York City Council votes 29–22 in favor of extending the term limit on the office of the Mayor to three consecutive four-year terms from two consecutive four-year terms. This allows current Mayor Michael Bloomberg to run for office again in the next mayoral election in November 2009. (WCBS) A car bomb attack in Zagreb, Croatia, kills Ivo Pukanić, the owner of weekly newspaper Nacional. (BBC News)