By Della Hasselle
DNAinfo Reporter/Reporter
MANHATTAN — The city's budget woes brought the mayor’s approval rating to its lowest point in five years, a new poll released Friday said.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's approval rating is down four percentage points to 57 percent, according to the Quinnipiac University poll. In March, the mayor's approval was at 61 percent.
Only 47 percent approve of Bloomberg's handling of the budget, with 44 percent saying they disapprove.
“Hardly anyone doubts that the city is in tough fiscal shape. But New Yorkers don’t like any of the budget-balancing cuts that have been talked about,” Maurice Carroll, the poll's director, said in a press release.
City worker lay-offs and wage freezes brought the most voter discontent, with 63 percent of voters against city worker lay-offs and wage freezes.
A total of 90 percent of New Yorkers have rated the city’s budget problems as “very serious” or “somewhat serious,” according to Quinnipiac.
The poll also showed that 71 percent of New York City residents favor term limits for elected officials, a law Bloomberg overturned so that he could run for a third term.
If he were to seek a fourth term, Bloomberg would get 30 percent of the vote, the poll said.
“Except for Republicans, New Yorkers turn thumbs down on a fourth term for Michael Bloomberg, but the depth of their opposition has shrunk a trifle since we last asked in March,” Carroll said in the release.