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                                                                Exhibit (s)

                             POWER OF ATTORNEY

                  That each of the undersigned officers and trustees of
BlackRock California Municipal Income Trust, BlackRock Florida Municipal
Income Trust, BlackRock Municipal Income Trust, BlackRock New York
Municipal Income Trust, BlackRock New Jersey Municipal Income Trust each a
business trust formed under the laws of the State of Delaware (the
"Trust"), do constitute and appoint Ralph L. Schlosstein, Laurence D. Fink
and Anne C. Ackerley, and each of them, his true and lawful attorneys and
agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and without the
other) to execute in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned as
such officer or trustee, a Registration Statement on Form N-2, including
any pre-effective amendments and/or any post-effective amendments thereto
and any subsequent Registration Statement of the Trust pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") and any
other filings in connection therewith, and to file the same under the 1933
Act or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or otherwise, with
respect to the registration of the Trust or the registration or offering of
the Trust's common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.001 per
share; granting to such attorneys and agents and each of them, full power
of substitution and revocation in the premises; and ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys and agents, or any of them, may do or
cause to be done by virtue of these presents.

         This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall
constitute one instrument.


         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this
Power of Attorney this 24h day of May, 2001.


                                            /s/ Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer
                                     --------------------------------------
                                            Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer
                                            Trustee


                                           /s/ Richard E. Cavanagh
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                            Richard E. Cavanagh
                                            Trustee


                                           /s/ Kent Dixon
                                    ------------------------------------------
                                            Kent Dixon
                                            Trustee


                                            /s/ Frank J. Fabozzi
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                            Frank J. Fabozzi
                                            Trustee


                                            /s/ James Clayburn La Force, Jr.
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                            James Clayburn La Force, Jr.
                                            Trustee


                                            /s/ Walter F. Mondale
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                            Walter F. Mondale
                                            Trustee


                                            /s/ Ralph L. Schlosstein
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                            Ralph L. Schlosstein
                                            Trustee and President


                                            /s/ Laurence D. Fink
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                            Laurence D. Fink
                                            Trustee


                                            /s/ Henry Gabbay
                                    ----------------------------------------
                                            Henry Gabbay
                                            Treasurer

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