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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 March 2025. For a list of the Dutch directors-general who governed New Amsterdam as part of New Netherland between 1624 and 1664, see Director-General of New Netherland. The mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the Government of New York City, as stipulated by New York City's charter. The ...
A History of New York, subtitled From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty, is an 1809 literary parody on the early history of New York City by Washington Irving. Originally published under the pseudonym Diedrich Knickerbocker , later editions that acknowledged Irving's authorship were printed as Knickerbocker's History of ...
The principal candidates were Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an independent running for the third time on the Republican and Independence Party lines, and New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, running for the Democratic and Working Families Parties. Bloomberg had enjoyed pluralities of about 9% to 16% in most independent published pre-election ...
Revised History of Harlem (City of New York): Its Origin and Early Annals. Frank Moss. The American Metropolis from Knickerbocker Days to the Present Time; New York City Life in All Its Various Phases, p. 47, 120, 354. ^ Henry W. Lanier. A Century of Banking in New York, 1822–1922, p. 79, 84. "Progress of New York in a Century, 1776–1876."
The New York City mayoral election of 2001 was held on November 6, 2001. Incumbent Republican mayor Rudy Giuliani could not run again due to term limits. As Democrats outnumbered Republicans by a five-to-one margin in the city, it was widely believed that a Democrat would succeed him in City Hall.
On the night he was elected the 110th mayor of New York City, former police Capt. Eric Adams vowed to fight for those "this city has betrayed." For the past year, federal authorities have been ...
The mayor's office is located in New York City Hall; it has jurisdiction over all five boroughs of New York City: Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island and Queens. The mayor appoints numerous officials, including deputy mayors and the commissioners who head city agencies and departments.
Eric Adams, mayor of New York City, marches during an event to commemorate events at the Stonewall Inn in 1969. The image is a social media post from Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. ©Mayor Eric Adams ...