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
www.pubadvocate.nyc.gov
ELECTED BY VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE CITY
Term: 4
years
Salary: $165,000 annually
- 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 annually
- 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
www.council.nyc.gov
ELECTED BY VOTERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL
DISTRICTS
(There are 51 council members)
Term:
4 years
Salary: $112,500 annually
- 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 annually
- 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 annually
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 annually
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.
League of Women Voters of the City of New York
4 West 43rd Street, Suite
615, New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 725-3541 Fax: (212) 725-3541
Email:lwvnyc@hotmail.com
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