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The Charter of the City of New York, Chapter 378 of the Laws of 1897, With Amendments adopted by the Legislatures of 1898 and 1899. Brooklyn, New York: Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 1899 – via HathiTrust. The Greater New York Charter of 1901. New York: The Lawyers' Co-Operative Publishing Company. 1901 – via HathiTrust.
The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs.. The council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government model, the performance of city agencies' land use decisions, and legislating on a variety of other issues.
Because the five district attorneys are, technically speaking, state officials (since the counties are considered to be arms of the state government), rather than officials of the city government, they are not subject to the term limitations that govern other New York City officials such as the mayor, the New York City Public Advocate, members ...
February 2016 New York City Council special election, District 17 [13] Party Candidate Votes % Community First : Rafael Salamanca: 1,455 : 39.1 : Bronx for All George Alvarez: 902 24.3 Bronx Not for Sale Julio Pabón 562 15.1 Rebuilding Our BX J. Loren Russell 403 10.8 Strong Together Joann Otero 265 7.1 Bronx Renewal Marlon Molina 115 3.1 ...
The government of New York City, headquartered at New York City Hall in Lower Manhattan, is organized under the New York City Charter and provides for a mayor-council system. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for the administration of city government.
The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 8, 11, 12, and 13 and with New York's 3rd, 5th, and 6th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 11th, 14th, and 16th districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 24th, 25th, 26th, 29th, and 33rd districts of the New York State Assembly. [5]
New York City's 9th City Council district; New York City's 10th City Council district; New York City's 11th City Council district; New York City's 12th City Council ...
It is contained entirely within New York's 13th congressional district, and also overlaps with the 30th and 31st districts of the New York State Senate and the 71st and 72nd districts of the New York State Assembly. [5] At over 80 percent Hispanic, the district has by far the highest Hispanic population of any City Council district in Manhattan.