New York City politics

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New York City politics encompasses the complex and often contentious governance, electoral dynamics, and power structures of New York City’s municipal government and its political parties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf local government politics
municipal politics
political system
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dominantParty Democratic Party
governingBody New York City government
hasAdministrativeDivision five boroughs of New York City
hasCharacteristic high voter registration among Democrats
relatively low turnout in local elections compared to presidential elections
hasConsultativeBody community boards in each district
hasElectedOffice Brooklyn Borough President
surface form: Borough President of Brooklyn

Manhattan Borough President
surface form: Borough President of Manhattan

Borough President of Queens
Borough President of Staten Island
Borough President of the Bronx
New York City Comptroller
surface form: Comptroller of New York City

Bronx County District Attorney's Office
surface form: District Attorney of Bronx County

Kings County District Attorney's Office
surface form: District Attorney of Kings County

New York County District Attorney’s Office
surface form: District Attorney of New York County

Queens County District Attorney's Office
surface form: District Attorney of Queens County

Richmond County District Attorney's Office
surface form: District Attorney of Richmond County

Mayor of New York City
New York City Council Member
New York City Public Advocate
surface form: Public Advocate of New York City
hasElectoralFeature campaign finance public matching funds system
closed party primaries for most offices
hasExecutiveHead Mayor of New York City
hasHistoricalFeature Tammany Hall
surface form: Tammany Hall legacy

reform movements against machine politics
strong political machine tradition
hasJudicialComponent New York City Civil Court
New York City Criminal Court
New York Supreme Court
surface form: New York State Supreme Court (New York County and other city counties)
hasKeyIssue budget and taxation
education equity
housing affordability
immigration policy at local level
labor and union relations
public safety and policing
public transportation funding
hasLegislativeBody New York City Council
hasOversightBody New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board
surface form: Civilian Complaint Review Board

New York City Comptroller
New York City Independent Budget Office
hasPartyStructure county party organizations in each borough
hasPolicyInstrument New York City Administrative Code
New York City Charter
hasReformEvent 1989 New York City Charter revision
hasStakeholderGroup business improvement districts
community boards
labor unions
real estate industry
tenant advocacy organizations
hasSubregionalPolitics Bronx politics
Brooklyn politics
Manhattan politics
Queens politics
Staten Island politics
influencedBy Government of the State of New York
surface form: New York State government

United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
locatedIn New York City
overseenBy New York City Campaign Finance Board
primaryPoliticalParties Conservative Party of New York State
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Working Families Party
regulates education policy within New York City Department of Education framework
land use and zoning policy
municipal services policy
public safety policy
transportation policy within city limits
timePeriod ongoing
usesElectoralSystem citywide elections for Comptroller
citywide elections for Mayor
citywide elections for Public Advocate
single-member districts for City Council

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George B. McClellan Jr. areaOfInfluence New York City politics
George Washington Plunkitt activeIn New York City politics
John Purroy Mitchel areaOfInfluence New York City politics
Richard Croker activeIn New York City politics
Carmine DeSapio opponent New York City politics
this entity surface form: Reform Democrats in New York City
Van Cortlandt family regionOfInfluence New York City politics
Thomas F. Foley sphereOfInfluence New York City politics
this entity surface form: Lower Manhattan politics