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In 2008 Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the Bureau would move from the Manhattan Municipal Building to new quarters in order to provide a more dignified setting for the marriages of New Yorkers, and attract couples who might otherwise travel to Las Vegas to be married, boosting New York's tourist industry. [3] The new Marriage Bureau ...
The City moved the Manhattan Marriage Bureau to the Lefkowitz Building's ornate first floor lobby in order to better compete with wedding destinations such as Las Vegas. [4] These matrimonial duties later rendered the Lefkowitz a monument to LGBTQ New Yorkers, as 293 couples wed there on the day same-sex marriage became legal in 2011.
The New York City Marriage Bureau provides marriage licenses, domestic partnership registration, civil marriage ceremonies, registration of marriage officiants, and copies and amendments of marriage records. The New York City Civil Service Commission (CSC) is the local civil service commission and hears appeals by city employees and applicants ...
This is a list of New York City borough halls and municipal buildings used for civic agencies. Each of the borough halls serve as offices for their respective borough presidents and borough boards. New York City Hall; Manhattan Municipal Building, Civic Center; Bronx County Courthouse, Concourse, Bronx; Brooklyn Borough Hall, Downtown Brooklyn
The Human Resources Administration or Department of Social Services (HRA/DSS) is the department of the government of New York City [1] in charge of the majority of the city's social services programs. HRA helps New Yorkers in need through a variety of services that promote employment and personal responsibility while providing temporary ...
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV or DMV) is the department of the New York state government [1] responsible for vehicle registration, vehicle inspections, driver's licenses, learner's permits, photo ID cards, and adjudicating traffic violations. Its regulations are compiled in title 15 of the New York Codes, Rules and ...
City Cemetery, 1881-1950s; City Council, 1647-1977; Civil List, 1883-1967/68; Coroner and Office of Chief Medical Examiner, 1823-1950; Court Records, 1684-1966; District Attorney Records, 1895-1971; Genealogy, 1795-1948; Mayors, 1849-present; New Amsterdam Records, 1647-1862 [5] New York County Court of General Sessions Grand Jury Indictments ...
New York City is split up into five boroughs: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Each borough has the same boundaries as a county of the state. The county governments were dissolved when the city consolidated in 1898, along with all city, town, and village governments within each county.