MAYOR
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (R-I)
City Hall
New York, NY 10007
Phone : 212-788-3000
ELECTED BY VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE CITY
Term: 4 years
Salary: $225,000 annually
and residence at Gracie Mansion*
*Mayor Bloomberg's Salary is $1.00 annually
and he does not reside at Gracie Mansion
- Is the city's chief executive officer
- Appoints the heads of most city agencies, boards and commissions
- Prepares and administers the city's expense and capital budgets
- Signs or vetoes all bills passed by the City Council, except the budget. If he vetoes a bill, the bill does not become a law unless two-thirds of the members of the City Council vote to override his veto
- Appoints Criminal and Family Court Judges and Interim Civil Court Judges
- Appoints 7 of the 13 members of the City Planning Commission
- Appoints 8 of the 13 members of the Panel on Educational Policy and the Chancellor of the Department of Education
- In the event of a vacancy, due to the death, resignation or removal of the Mayor, the Public Advocate shall serve as Acting Mayor until a special election, or general election is held to fill the office, depending on when the vacancy occurs
COMPTROLLER
John C. Lui (D-WF)
Office of the Comptroller
City of New York
One Centre Street
New York, NY 10007
Phone: 212-669-3500
ELECTED BY VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE CITY
Term: 4 years
Salary: $185,000
Is the city's chief financial officer
Recommends fiscal policies and financial transactions for the city
Investigates all matters affecting the finances of the city
Registers city contracts
Conducts performance audits of city agencies
Issues city bonds
Is the custodian and delegated investment advisor to all five of the city's pension boards
In the event of a vacancy, the First Deputy Comptroller acts as comptroller until a new comptroller is elected in an election called by the Mayor to fill the vacancy. The date of the election depends on when the vacancy occurs.
PUBLIC ADVOCATE
Bill de Blasio
Office of the New York City Public Advocate
1 Centre Street, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10007
212-669-7200
ELECTED BY VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE CITY
Term: 4 years
Salary: $165,000
- Is first in line for succession to Mayor
- Monitors the operation of City agencies public information and service complaint programs
- Serves as an ombudsman reviewing service and program complaints of a borough-wide or city-wide nature
- Coordinates citywide citizen information
- Names 1 of the 13 members of the City Planning Commission
- Chairs the Committee on Public Information and Communication
- Vacancy filled by special election or at the next general election, depending on when the vacancy occurs.
BOROUGH PRESIDENT
BRONX: RUBEN DIAZ, Jr.
BROOKLYN: MARTY MARKOWITZ
MANHATTAN: SCOTT M. STRINGER
QUEENS: HELEN M. MARSHALL
STATEN ISLAND: JAMES P. MOLINARO
ELECTED BY VOTERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BOROUGHS
Term: 4 years
Salary: $160,000
- Is the administrative head of the Borough
- Chairs the Borough Board composed of all of the members of the Community Board chairs in the Borough
- Appoints members of the Community Boards in the borough
- Holds public hearings on land use and other matters of public interest
- Recommends, with the other four borough presidents, 5 percent of the city's capital budget and 5 percent of the non-mandated increases in the expense budget
- May initiate legislation in the City Council and propose zoning changes
- Appoints 1 of the 13 members of the City Planning Commission
- Has the power to recommend capital projects, and recommend legislation to be introduced in the City Council.
- Vacancy filled by special election or at the next general election, depending on when the vacancy occurs.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBER
ELECTED BY VOTERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS
(There are 51 council members)
Term: 4 years
Salary: $112,500
- Is a member of the City Council
- Serves on various standing committees of the City Council
- Is a non-voting member of the Community Board in his/her district and makes recommendations to the Borough President for appointment to the Community Board
THE CITY COUNCIL:
- Is the legislative body of the City of New York.
- It consists of one council member from each of the 51 districts and elects a Speaker from among its members.
- Adopts local laws
- May make some amendments to the City Charter
- May request the state legislature to pass laws applying to the City of New York (Home Rule)
- Has sole approval of the budget
- Fixes annual rate of real estate taxes
- Gives advice and consent on mayoral appointments
- Can review all land-use matters.
- Can override mayoral vetoes with a two-thirds majority
- Is responsible for oversight of all city agencies
- Vacancy filled by special election or at the next general election, depending on when the vacancy occurs.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
ELECTED BY VOTERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE BOROUGHS:
BRONX: ROBERT T. JOHNSON
BROOKLYN: CHARLES J. HYNES
MANHATTAN: CYRUS R. VANCE
QUEENS: RICHARD A. BROWN
STATEN ISLAND: DANIEL M. DONOVAN, Jr.
Term: 4 years
Salary: $190,000
- Protects the public in the borough in which he/she has been elected, by investigating and prosecuting criminal conduct.
- Vacancy filled by special election or at the next general election, depending on when the vacancy occurs.
JUSTICES of the NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT
ELECTED ON THE BASIS OF JUDICIAL DISTRICTS
Term: 14 years
Salary: $136,700
The Supreme Court is the trial court of unlimited original jurisdiction but generally only
hears cases outside the jurisdiction of trial courts of more limited jurisdiction.
It handles civil cases as well as serious crimes, injunctions, divorces and legal separations, etc.
Decisions of the New York State Supreme Court may be appealed to a higher court.
JUDGES of the CIVIL COURT of the CITY of NEW YORK
ELECTED COUNTYWIDE AND BY DISTRICTS WITHIN A COUNTY:
Term: 10 years
Salary: $125,600
The Civil Court decides cases involving $25,000 or less, and includes a Small Claims Court
for informal disposition of cases involving less than $5,000. It also has a Housing Part which
handles code violations and tenant-landlord disputes.
INFORMATION
ON REGISTRATION, ENROLLMENT, VOTING
To vote
in a General Election you must be a U.S. citizen, a resident
of New York City for 30 days before November election, 18 years
of age on or before Election Day, and you must be registered.
REGISTRATION:
New York State has Permanent Personal Registration. If you are
not registered, or if you have moved and have not reinstated
your registration ...
REGISTER
BY MAIL: Forms are available from Borough Boards
of Elections, public library branches, local post offices, many
government agencies, and the League of Women Voters.
REGISTER
IN PERSON: You may register at your Borough Board
of Elections.
POLITICAL
PARTY ENROLLMENT: You may enroll in the party of
your choice when you register. Party enrollment entitles you
to vote in that party's primary election. (You may vote for
any party's candidate in a general election.)
ABSENTEE
VOTING: If you are a registered voter but will be
out of New York City on Election Day or are unable to go to
the polls because of illness or physical disability, you may
request an application for an absentee ballot in person up until
5 p.m. on the day before the election; or by mail postmarked
a week before the election. The completed ballot may be delivered
in person by Election Day, or postmarked by the day before the
election and received by the Board of Elections within one week
after the election.
Borough Boards of Elections:
Monday-Friday
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bronx 1780 Grand Concourse (10457) 718/299-9017
Brooklyn 345 Adams Street (11201) 718/330-2250
Manhattan 200 Varick Street (10014) 212/886-2100
Queens 126-06 Queens Blvd (11415) 718/730-6730
Staten Island 1 Edgewater Plaza (10305) 718/876-0079
Voter Information: 212/VOTE-NYC (212-868-3692) TDD Hearing
Impaired: 212/497-5496
LEAGUE
OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
EDUCATION FUND
4 West 43rd Street, Suite 615, New York, NY 10036
212-725-3541
The League
of Women Voters is a nonpartisan organization whose purpose
is to promote informed and active citizen participation in government.
It neither supports nor opposes candidates or political parties.
Membership is open to all who subscribe to its purpose. The
League is supported by dues and contributions from public-spirited
individuals, businesses and organizations.
For
more information, please consult our publications,
"What
Makes New York City Run?" & "They
Represent You"
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