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Giuliani May Try to KeepJob After Term Ends in Decemb r By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Trade Center. “Tomorrow, he will talk Furthermore, officials In the mayor’s of­ extension, he believed that the elemions Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, reconsider­ about politics.” fice, Including Deputy Mayor Joseph J. should go on without him, if for no Sther ing his position that the mayoral election Since the Sept. 11 attack, many New York­ Lhota, have made a round of calls to city reason than to show terrorists that Ihelr should go on without him, believes that New ers have called for extending the mayor’s and state legislators seeing if they would acts could not disrupt the basic laws w the Yorkers should be able to decide who leads term for at least six months. If not four more support some extraordinary move to adjust land. I full years. In spite of the law. Such an the law. But toward the end of last week| Mr. the city out of these troubled times, even if it extension could require the approval of the Gov. George E. Pataki made his own Giuliani’s language became more anibiva- Includes an extension of his term, people calls, to the candidates for mayor and to lent, and he began saying publicly that the State Legislature and the City Council, and close to the mayor said last night. neither group has been amenable to the Idea Sheldon Silver, the speaker of the Assembly, Issue adjusting the law should be j'dls-, While Mr. Giuliani is barred from serving in the past week. seeing how they would feel about postponing cussed,” but that It was not the right Ime. another consecutive term under the city’s In recent days, petitions have made their the primary. All of them strongly urged the Last night, two officials who work ctesely term limits law, he has rebuffed questions way around the city calling for extending governor not to do so. with the mayor said they were told thai Mr, about his view of the miatter in recent days. the mayor’s term — not tliat of the council But that did not stop the governor from Giuliani would publicly state his support fpr, He is expected to address the issue directly members and other public servants barred fanning the flames: on Friday, during an allowing voters to seek a way to choosahlm ., as early as today, less than 24 hours before from serving under the law — and at least announcement to the news media that the in the general election. The officials would voters are to go to the polls in the resched­ one large corporation has taken out newspa­ primary would indeed go on, Mr. Pataki said not be more specific. f uled mayoral primary. per advertisements urging the Council and of Mr. Giuliani: “If I lived in New York City, Any announcement by the mayor? that “The mayor has said he doesn’t want to the Legislature to get on board. Letters to I’d write him In.” He did not elaborate. even suggests he will personally InserWlm- talk about politics,” said one City Hall offi­ the editor pages of all the city’s major A few days after the trade center attack, self into a battle to interfere in theS^m cial last night of Mr. Giuliani’s stance in the newspapers are full of calls for the mayor to Mr, Giuliani said that while he was flattered days since the destruction of the World remain in office for four more years. by the calls from city residents for a term Continued on ^ge Al 1/