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. It also has sole responsibility for approving the city budget. Members elected in or after 2010 are limited to two consecutive four-year terms in office but may run again after a four-year respite; however, members elected before 2010 may seek third successive terms.
The head of the city council is called the speaker. The current speaker is Adrienne Adams, a Democrat from the 28th district in Queens. The speaker sets the agenda and presides at city council meetings, and all proposed legislation is submitted through the Speaker's Office. Majority Leader Keith Powers leads the chamber's Democratic majority. Minority Leader Joe Borelli leads the six Republican council members.
As of 2022, the council has 38 standing committees and 4 subcommittees, with oversight of various functions of the city government. Each council member sits on at least three standing, select or subcommittees (listed below).[1] The standing committees meet at least once per month. The speaker of the council, the majority leader, and the minority leader are all ex officio members of every committee.
Council members are elected every four years. The exception is two consecutive two-year terms every twenty years to allow for redistricting after each national census (starting in 2001 and 2003 for the 2000 census and again in 2021 and 2023 for the 2020 census).[2]
^Councilman Holden was elected in 2017 on the Republican Party line, but is a registered Democrat.
(An asterisk (*) next to the election year denotes a special election. A double asterisk (**) next to the election year means the member took office after certification to fill the remainder of an unexpired term.)
Council Members currently receive $148,500 a year in base salary, which the council increased from $112,500 in early 2016.[4] Members receive no additional compensation for serving as a committee chairperson or other officer under the new salary raise.[citation needed]
A local law has a status equivalent with a law enacted by the legislature (subject to certain exceptions and restrictions), and is superior to the older forms of municipal legislation such as ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations.[8] Each local government must designate a newspaper of notice to publish or describe its laws.[9] The secretary of state is responsible for publishing local laws as a supplement to the Laws of New York (the "session laws" of the state), but they have not done so in recent years.[9] The New York City Charter, the New York City Administrative Code, and the Rules of the City of New York are published online by the New York Legal Publishing Corp. under contract with the New York City Law Department.[10]
History
The history of the New York City Council can be traced to Dutch Colonial times when New York City was known as New Amsterdam. On February 2, 1653, the town of New Amsterdam, founded on the southern tip of Manhattan Island in 1625, was incorporated as a city under a charter issued by the Dutch West India Company. A Council of Legislators sat as the local lawmaking body and as a court of inferior jurisdiction. During the 18th and 19th centuries the local legislature was called the Common Council and then the Board of Aldermen. In 1898 the amalgamation charter of the City of Greater New York renamed and revamped the council and added a New York City Board of Estimate with certain administrative and financial powers. After a number of changes through the ensuing years, the present Council was born in 1938 under a new charter which instituted the council as the sole legislative body and the New York City Board of Estimate as the chief administrative body. Certain functions of the council, however, remained subject to the approval of the board.
In 1938, a system of proportional representation known as single transferable vote was adopted; a fixed quota of 75,000 votes was set, so that the size of the council fluctuated with voter turnout.[11] The term was extended to four years in 1945 to coincide with the term of the mayor. Proportional representation was abolished in 1947, largely from pressure from Democrats, who played on fears of Communist council members being elected (two already had).[12] It was replaced by a system of electing one Council Member from each New York State Senate district within the city. The Charter also provided for the election of two Council Members-at-large from each of the five boroughs. In June 1983, however, a federal court ruled that the 10 at-large seats violated the United States Constitution's one-person, one-vote mandate.[13]
In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that the Board of Estimate also violated the one-person, one-vote mandate. In response, the new Charter abolished the Board of Estimate and provided for the redrawing of the council district lines to increase minority representation on the council. It also increased the number of Council Members from 35 to 51. The council was then granted full power over the municipal budget, as well as authority over zoning, land use and franchises. In 1993 the New York City Council voted to rename the position of president of the city council to the Public Advocate. As the presiding officer, the Public Advocate was an ex officio member of all committees in the council, and in that capacity had the right to introduce and co-sponsor legislation.[14] However the city charter revision of 2002 transferred the duties of presiding officer from the Public Advocate to the Council Speaker; the Public Advocate remains a non-voting member of the council.[15]
In 2022, the composition of first female majority City Council[16] included the first Muslim woman, the first South Asian members, and the first openly gay Black woman.[17]
Term limits
A two-term limit was imposed on city council members and citywide elected officials in a 1993 referendum. The movement to introduce term limits was led by Ronald Lauder, the heir to the Estée Lauder fortune. In 1996, voters turned down a council proposal to extend term limits. Lauder spent $4 million on the two referendums.
However, in 2008, under pressure from Mayor Michael Bloomberg (who, like many Council members, was facing the end of his two-term limit at that time), the council voted 29–22 to extend the limit to three terms; the council also defeated (by a vote of 22–28, with one abstention) a proposal to submit the issue to public referendum.[18]
Voters voted to reinstate the two-term limit law in another referendum in 2010.[22] However, according to The New York Times, incumbent members of the city council who were elected prior to the 2010 referendum “will still be allowed to run for a third term. People in office before 2010 were eligible for three terms.”[23]
Presiding officers since 1898
Through several changes in title and duties, this person has been, together with the Mayor and City Comptroller, one of the three municipal officers directly elected by all of the city's voters, and also the person who—when the elected mayor resigns, dies, or otherwise loses the ability to serve—becomes acting mayor until the next special or regular election.[24]
Until 1989, these three officers, together with the five borough presidents, constituted the New York City Board of Estimate. Political campaigns have traditionally tried to balance their candidates for these three offices to appeal as wide a range of the city's political, geographical, social, ethnic and religious constituencies as possible (and, when possible, to both genders).
a. Became acting mayor upon the death or resignation of the elected mayor. b. Later won election as mayor. c. Unsuccessful candidate for mayor in a subsequent general election. d. Not elected by citywide popular vote (Ardolph Kline had been elected deputy president by his fellow aldermen, and then succeeded as president upon Mitchel's resignation).
Standing committees
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^"Committees". New York City Council. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
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^. New York City Law Department. Archived from the original on June 22, 2013. Retrieved June 16, 2013. The most important laws of the City of New York are now available on the web. The Law Department contracted with New York Legal Publishing Corp. for a site where you can browse and search the New York City Charter, the New York City Administrative Code, and the Rules of the City of New York.
^Amy, Douglas J. (1996). "A Brief History of Proportional Representation in the United States". Retrieved April 30, 2014.
^Andrews v. Koch, 528 F.Supp. 246 (1981), aff’d sub nom., Giacobbe v. Andrews, 459 U.S. 801 (1982).
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^Cardwell, Diane (December 2, 2002). "Betsy Gotbaum, the Advocate, Struggles to Reach Her Public". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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^Santos, Fernanda (October 24, 2008). "The Future of Term Limits Is in Court". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2020., p. A24
^Santos, Fernanda (January 14, 2009). "Judge Rejects Suit Over Term Limits". The New York Times. Retrieved April 28, 2020., p. A26
^Appeals Court Upholds Term Limits Revision, New York Times City Room Blog, April 28, 2009 (retrieved July 6, 2009).
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^"Democrats Take All — The Tammany Ticket Makes Almost a Clean Sweep of the Greater City — Only Two Republicans in the Council — Van Wyck's Plurality Is 80,316 — Seth Low Ran Nearly 40,000 Ahead of His Ticket — The Republicans Lose 21 Assemblymen and Elect Only 11 Candidates to the Board of Aldermen". New York Times. November 4, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"City Legislators Meet — The First Session of the Council in Its Chamber Held Amid a Profusion of Flowers — Address of the President — He Calls the Attention of the Members to Serious Questions Confronting Them and Urges the Necessity of Economy in Expenditures". New York Times. January 4, 1898. p. 5. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"Mr. Guggenheimer". New York Times. January 1, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ ab"Charles V. Fornes Dies of Stroke at 82 — Twice President of New York City Board of Aldermen Succumbs in Buffalo — Was an Ex-Congressman — Long a Merchant Here and Active in Charities — Former President of Catholic Club". New York Times. May 23, 1929. p. 29. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^"Seth Low Takes The Mayor's Chair — Ex-Mayor Van Wyck Leaves the City Hall Alone — The New Executive Greeted With Courteous Words by His Predecessor Asks the People's Help in Redeeming His Solemn Pledges". New York Times. January 2, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"Patrick F. M'Gowan Dead in Hospital — Operation for Spleen Growth Fails to Save Former President of Aldermen — Washington Irving High School His Monument — Came to City As a Poor Young Man". New York Times. April 7, 1913. p. 9. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^"Mayor McClellan Sworn In — McGowan, Metz, Hayes, and Gass Also Get Certificates and Follow Suit". New York Times. December 28, 1905. p. 5. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"Kind to Metz and McGowan — Good Committees Picked for Them on Board of Education". New York Times. January 7, 1910. p. 6. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^"Belt Unfastened, Ex-Mayor Mitchel Falls To Death - His Scout Plane 500 Feet from Ground When the Accident Happened - Find Body In Marsh Grass - Other Airmen Believe He Was Trying to Make Landing When He Fell - Wife Not on the Grounds - Bears Shock Bravely and Will Bring Body from Louisiana Field to This City". New York Times. July 7, 1918. p. 1. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
^"Mayor Gaynor Takes Office — But He Will Not Announce His Appointments Before To-morrow — Ridder For Park Board — Publisher May be Commissioner for Manhattan, But Asks Time to Consider — McAneny Is Sworn In — Mitchel, Prendergast and Other Officers of the New Administration Also Take Hold". New York Times. January 2, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"Mitchel In Office As Port Collector Loeb, Retiring, Wishes Him Well — McAneny and Steers There as He Is Sworn In — Still in Mayoralty Fight — Politicians Say His Federal Appointment Can't Keep Him Out and Will Help Him". New York Times. June 8, 1913. p. C4. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"Ex-Mayor Kline Dies At Age Of 72 — City's Chief Executive A Few Months Upon Death Of Mayor Gaynor In 1913 — Once Head Of Aldermen — A Brigadier General in the National Guard — Was With U.S. Shipping Board At His Death — Joined National Guard In 1876 — Praised By Gaynor". New York Times. October 14, 1930. p. 25. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"Col. Kline For Economy — Successor of Mitchel As Aldermen's Head Will Follow His Lead". New York Times. June 10, 1913. p. 6. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"Kline Elected Alderman — Mayor Gets All but Forty Votes In His Home District". New York Times. November 5, 1913. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^"George M'Aneny, 83, Dead in Princeton — Zoning and Transit Expert Was City Controller, President of Manhattan Borough — Banker, Reform Leader — Former Executive Manager of The Times Helped to Draft Code for Civil Service". New York Times. July 30, 1953. p. 23. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^"Mitchel's First Day As Mayor — Cautions Heads of Departments Against Talking Too Much — Insists on Co-operation — No Police Head Yet — Commissioner McKay May Remain If Mayor Cannot Get the Man He Wants for the Place". New York Times. January 2, 1914. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
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^"M'Aneny to Resign to Join The Times — President of the Board of Aldermen to Give Up Office in January Next — Will Finish Work in Hand — Regrets Leaving Associates, but Feels That He Will Still Be in the Public's Service". New York Times. October 20, 1915. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^"Frank L. Dowling Dies of Pneumonia — President of Manhattan Borough Stricken After Attack of Gall Stones a Week Ago — Long Career in Politics — Former President of Board of Aldermen Served 18 Years in That Body — Mayor Pays Tribute". New York Times. September 28, 1919. p. 22. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"Frank L. Dowling Heads Aldermen; Vice Chairman of the Board Will Take President McAneny's Place — Democrats in Control — Dr. Thomas W. Martin Replaces Barry, Who Died In Bronx District — Committees Named". New York Times. January 4, 1916. p. 8. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"A Tammany Sweep — Hylan Can Get Every Vote in the Board of Estimate — Carries Every Borough — His Vote Is 293,382, Mitchel's 148,060, and Hillquit's 138,793 — Lewis, Attorney General — Beaten in This City, but Had a Big Plurality Up-State — Hylan Promises Loyalty". New York Times. November 7, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
^"Alfred E. Smith Dies Here at 70 — 4 Times Governor — End Comes After a Sudden Relapse Following Earlier Turn for the Better — Ran For President in '28 — His Rise From Newsboy and Fishmonger Had No Exact Parallel in U.S. History". New York Times. October 4, 1944. p. 1. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"Smith Fills Offices — Matthew T. Horgan Will Be Assistant President of Aldermen". New York Times. January 2, 1918. p. 3. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^ ab"Named By Smith To Military Staff — Governor-Elect Will Appoint 4 More Men Later Who Have Seen Active Service — Resigns From Aldermen — Will Use Governor's Room at City Hall to Meet Persons Here on Official Business". New York Times. December 24, 1918. p. 7. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"R.L. Moran, Led City's Aldermen — Chief of Board Under Hylan Dies — Was Commissioner of Bronx Public Works". New York Times. August 19, 1954. p. 23. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"La Guardia Wins By 1,530 — Beats Moran for President of Board of Aldermen in a Close Contest — Koenig Ordered Vigilance — Warned Republican Chairmen to Stay by the Ballot Boxes and Scrutinize Count — Curran Defeats Boyle — Five Republican Votes in Board of Estimate Assured — Clean Cut Result in Supreme Court". New York Times. November 5, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^"La Guardia is Dead; City Pays Homage to 3-Time Mayor — Body Lying in State at St. John the Divine, Where Services Will Be Held Tomorrow — Gilbert Will Officiate — Truman, O'Dwyer and General Assembly of U.N. Mourn 'Champion of Democracy'". New York Times. September 21, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"Curran Sworn In, LaGuardia Also — Borough President and Head of Aldermen Silent on Public Issues — Two Resignations Asked — Curran Pays Tribute to the Late Frank L. Dowling — Says Fairer Man Never Lived". New York Times. January 2, 1920. p. 8. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"Curran Defeats La Guardia by 60,000 — Haskell Third — Gilroy Wins — Hines Loses — Hines's Manager and a Candidate Shot — Fusion Wins All Over City — Wet Republican Runs 3 to 1 Behind — Bennett a Poor Fourth — Connolly Wins in Queens — Organization Leader Defeats Denis O'Leary, Insurgent Democrat, by 3 to 1 — Lockwood in Easy Victory — With 455 Districts Missing, Curran Has 83,425, LaGuardia 30,955, Bennett 3,777". New York Times. September 14, 1921. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^"Murray Hulbert, Jurist, 65, Dead — Member of the Federal Bench Since 1934 Formerly Headed Board of Aldermen Here". New York Times. April 27, 1950. p. 19. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"Hylan Reinstalled, Pledges Old Policy; Keeps His Old Staff — In Inaugural Address Continues His Criticism of Press, Legislature and Port Authority — Refers to His Large Vote — Says It Is Not a Personal Tribute, but It Imposes Grave Responsibility — For Higher Aldermanic Pay — Craig Appears With Draft of New Charter Providing $5,000 Salaries for Members". New York Times. January 3, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^ abc"Court Ousts Hulbert From City Office; Forfeited Post By Taking State Job; Hylan Hopes Smith Will Reappoint Him — Collins His Successor — His Eligibility to the Office Since Jan. 1 Is Questioned, However — Dispute Over The Law — Governor May Have Power to Appoint Hulbert to His Old Position — Comma Figures in Case". New York Times. January 9, 1925. p. 1. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
^"William Collins, Ex-Justice, Dead — Surrogate Served on State Supreme Court, 1928–45". New York Times. September 6, 1961. p. 37. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^ ab"Hylan And Enright Out With Pensions; Last-Hour Shifts In Police Department; Walker Fills Important City Posts — Collins Mayor for a Day — Leach is the Active Head of the Police Force for the Last Day of 1925 — Hylan to Get $4,205 A Year — Retirement Voted by Board of Estimate, He Quits to Assure Pension — Enright to Draw $5,000 — Approval of His Retirement as Commissioner One of Hylan's Last Official Acts". New York Times. December 31, 1925. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^"J.V. M'Kee is Dead; Served as Mayor — President of Old Aldermanic Board Replaced Walker in Wave of Reform — Known as 'Holy Joe' — Former Teacher Entered Politics 'by Accident' — Headed Trust Company". New York Times. January 29, 1956. p. 93. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"McKee Resigns as Judge". New York Times. December 31, 1925. p. 2. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^ ab"M'Kee Reinstates Man The Man He Had Ousted — Just Before Quitting Office He Names McEneny, Dropped in School Site Inquiry — Now Finds Charges Fail — O'Brien Assures His Departing Associate He Will Always Be Welcome at City Hall". New York Times. May 16, 1933. p. 1. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^"Dennis J. Mahon, Tammany Aide, 71 — Acting Mayor in 30's Dies — Assisted De Sapio". New York Times. June 14, 1965. p. 33. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"City Charter Bill Voted — Aldermen Provide Referendum on Question of Revision". New York Times. May 17, 1933. p. 19. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^"Rockway Subway Approved by City — Long Island Road's Route Held Best of 3 Proposed — Buying of Line Up to LaGuardia — Cost Put at $34,114,000 — Estimate Board Also Passes on Site of Staten Island Tube and Brooklyn Tunnel". New York Times. December 30, 1933. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^"Democrats Keep Aldermanic Rule — But the Republican-Fusionists Elect Seventeen, a Gain of Sixteen Seats — Majority Leader Loses — Mahon's Defeat Blow to Tammany — Kiernan Beaten in Brooklyn — Baldwin Winner". New York Times. November 8, 1933. p. 2. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
^ abcd"Bernard S. Deutsch Dies Unexpectedly At 51 In Bronx Home — President of Board of Aldermen Succumbs to Brief Illness Not Known to Be Serious — Strain of Office Blamed — Wife and Two Daughters at Bedside — Mayor Goes to Home on Learning News — He Was Leader in Fusion — Long Identified With Law Here — Rose in Politics After 1930 Ambulance Chasing Inquiry". New York Times. November 22, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^"LaGuardia Takes Office To Give City A New Deal; Sworn at Seabury Home — Ceremony At Midnight — Wife and Fusion Chiefs Are Present as McCook Administers Oath — His Day to Begin Early — Goes to Headquarters at 8:30 A.M. to Induct O'Ryan as Police Commissioner — Board to Hear His Plans — Mayor Faces Many Problems, a Hostile Tammany and Fight for His Program at Albany". New York Times. January 1, 1934. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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^"T.J. Sullivan Dies; Once Acting Mayor — Former President of the Board of Aldermen and Midtown Democratic Leader". New York Times. December 14, 1951. p. 31. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"William Brunner ot Queens, 77, Last Alderman Board Head, Dies — Representative, 1928 to '35, Assemblyman and Sheriff — Headed Peninsula Hospital". New York Times. April 24, 1965. p. 29. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
^"Brunner Sworn In To Head Aldermen — Hallinan Administers Oath in Presence of Family and a Few Close Friends — Induction on Monday — Former Sheriff of Queens is Expected to Outline Policies at Meeting of Board". New York Times. January 2, 1937. p. 4. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^"Tables Showing the Vote for City-Wide Officials and Borough and County Posts". New York Times. November 3, 1937. p. 14. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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^"Morris Is Sworn As Council Head — Takes Oath Under Portrait of Great-Grandfather, Mayor of City 1851 to 1853 — 200 Attend Ceremonies — Lazarus is Selected as Head of Administrative Staff — 5 Other Aides Named". New York Times. January 1, 1938. p. 36. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
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The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs New York City CouncilTypeTypeUnicameralLeadershipSpeakerAdrienne Adams Democratic since January 5 2022Deputy SpeakerDiana Ayala Democratic since January 5 2022Majority LeaderKeith Powers Democratic since January 5 2022Minority LeaderJoe Borelli Republican since November 17 2021Majority WhipSelvena Brooks Powers Democratic since January 5 2022Minority WhipInna Vernikov Republican since January 5 2022StructureSeats51Political groupsMajority 45 Democratic 45 Minority 6 Republican 6 CommitteesSee Standing CommitteesElectionsVoting systemFirst past the post Ranked choice voting primaries and special elections beginning 2021 Last electionNovember 2 2021Next electionNovember 7 2023Meeting placeNew York City Hall ManhattanWebsitecouncil wbr nyc wbr govThe 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 It also has sole responsibility for approving the city budget Members elected in or after 2010 are limited to two consecutive four year terms in office but may run again after a four year respite however members elected before 2010 may seek third successive terms The head of the city council is called the speaker The current speaker is Adrienne Adams a Democrat from the 28th district in Queens The speaker sets the agenda and presides at city council meetings and all proposed legislation is submitted through the Speaker s Office Majority Leader Keith Powers leads the chamber s Democratic majority Minority Leader Joe Borelli leads the six Republican council members As of 2022 the council has 38 standing committees and 4 subcommittees with oversight of various functions of the city government Each council member sits on at least three standing select or subcommittees listed below 1 The standing committees meet at least once per month The speaker of the council the majority leader and the minority leader are all ex officio members of every committee Council members are elected every four years The exception is two consecutive two year terms every twenty years to allow for redistricting after each national census starting in 2001 and 2003 for the 2000 census and again in 2021 and 2023 for the 2020 census 2 Contents 1 Composition 2 Salary 3 Law 4 History 4 1 Term limits 5 Presiding officers since 1898 5 1 Notes 6 Standing committees 7 Caucuses 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksComposition EditDistrict Member Party Residence Borough Elected Term limited Map1 Christopher Marte Democratic Lower East Side Manhattan 2021 2029 Map 2 Carlina Rivera Democratic Kips Bay Manhattan 2017 2025 Map 3 Erik Bottcher Democratic Chelsea Manhattan 2021 2029 Map 4 Keith Powers Democratic Murray Hill Manhattan 2017 2025 Map 5 Julie Menin Democratic Upper East Side Manhattan 2021 2029 Map 6 Gale Brewer 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Nurse Democratic Cypress Hills Brooklyn 2021 2029 Map 38 Alexa Aviles Democratic Sunset Park Brooklyn 2021 2029 Map 39 Shahana Hanif Democratic Kensington Brooklyn 2021 2029 Map 40 Rita Joseph Democratic Flatbush Brooklyn 2021 2029 Map 41 Darlene Mealy Democratic Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn 2021 2029 Map 42 Charles Barron Democratic East New York Brooklyn 2021 2029 Map 43 Justin Brannan Democratic Bay Ridge Brooklyn 2017 2025 Map 44 Kalman Yeger Democratic Borough Park Brooklyn 2017 2025 Map 45 Farah Louis Democratic Flatbush Brooklyn 2019 2029 Map 46 Mercedes Narcisse Democratic Canarsie Brooklyn 2021 2029 Map 47 Ari Kagan Republican Gravesend Brooklyn 2021 2029 Map 48 Inna Vernikov Republican Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn 2021 2029 Map 49 Kamillah Hanks Democratic Stapleton Staten Island 2021 2029 Map 50 David Carr Republican Grasmere Staten Island 2021 2029 Map 51 Joe Borelli Republican Annadale Staten Island 2015 2025 Map Councilman Holden was elected in 2017 on the Republican Party line but is a registered Democrat An asterisk next to the election year denotes a special election A double asterisk next to the election year means the member took office after certification to fill the remainder of an unexpired term Map of Council districts Members Borough Population 2017 est 3 Total Democratic RepublicanBrooklyn 2 648 771 15 13 2Queens 2 358 582 14 12 2Manhattan 1 664 727 10 10 0The Bronx 1 471 160 7 7 0Staten Island 479 458 3 1 2Total 8 008 278 51 45 6 Council leaders Position Name Party BoroughSpeaker Adrienne Adams Democratic QueensMajority Leader Keith Powers Democratic ManhattanDeputy Speaker Diana Ayala Democratic BronxMajority Whip Selvena Brooks Powers Democratic QueensMinority Leader Joe Borelli Republican Staten IslandMinority Whip Inna Vernikov Republican BrooklynSalary EditCouncil Members currently receive 148 500 a year in base salary which the council increased from 112 500 in early 2016 4 Members receive no additional compensation for serving as a committee chairperson or other officer under the new salary raise citation needed Law EditFurther information Law of New York The New York City Charter is the fundamental law of the government of New York City including the council The New York City Administrative Code is the codification of the laws promulgated by the council and is composed of 29 titles 5 6 The regulations promulgated by city agencies pursuant to law are contained in the Rules of the City of New York in 71 titles 7 A local law has a status equivalent with a law enacted by the legislature subject to certain exceptions and restrictions and is superior to the older forms of municipal legislation such as ordinances resolutions rules and regulations 8 Each local government must designate a newspaper of notice to publish or describe its laws 9 The secretary of state is responsible for publishing local laws as a supplement to the Laws of New York the session laws of the state but they have not done so in recent years 9 The New York City Charter the New York City Administrative Code and the Rules of the City of New York are published online by the New York Legal Publishing Corp under contract with the New York City Law Department 10 History EditThe history of the New York City Council can be traced to Dutch Colonial times when New York City was known as New Amsterdam On February 2 1653 the town of New Amsterdam founded on the southern tip of Manhattan Island in 1625 was incorporated as a city under a charter issued by the Dutch West India Company A Council of Legislators sat as the local lawmaking body and as a court of inferior jurisdiction During the 18th and 19th centuries the local legislature was called the Common Council and then the Board of Aldermen In 1898 the amalgamation charter of the City of Greater New York renamed and revamped the council and added a New York City Board of Estimate with certain administrative and financial powers After a number of changes through the ensuing years the present Council was born in 1938 under a new charter which instituted the council as the sole legislative body and the New York City Board of Estimate as the chief administrative body Certain functions of the council however remained subject to the approval of the board In 1938 a system of proportional representation known as single transferable vote was adopted a fixed quota of 75 000 votes was set so that the size of the council fluctuated with voter turnout 11 The term was extended to four years in 1945 to coincide with the term of the mayor Proportional representation was abolished in 1947 largely from pressure from Democrats who played on fears of Communist council members being elected two already had 12 It was replaced by a system of electing one Council Member from each New York State Senate district within the city The Charter also provided for the election of two Council Members at large from each of the five boroughs In June 1983 however a federal court ruled that the 10 at large seats violated the United States Constitution s one person one vote mandate 13 In 1989 the Supreme Court ruled that the Board of Estimate also violated the one person one vote mandate In response the new Charter abolished the Board of Estimate and provided for the redrawing of the council district lines to increase minority representation on the council It also increased the number of Council Members from 35 to 51 The council was then granted full power over the municipal budget as well as authority over zoning land use and franchises In 1993 the New York City Council voted to rename the position of president of the city council to the Public Advocate As the presiding officer the Public Advocate was an ex officio member of all committees in the council and in that capacity had the right to introduce and co sponsor legislation 14 However the city charter revision of 2002 transferred the duties of presiding officer from the Public Advocate to the Council Speaker the Public Advocate remains a non voting member of the council 15 In 2022 the composition of first female majority City Council 16 included the first Muslim woman the first South Asian members and the first openly gay Black woman 17 Term limits Edit A two term limit was imposed on city council members and citywide elected officials in a 1993 referendum The movement to introduce term limits was led by Ronald Lauder the heir to the Estee Lauder fortune In 1996 voters turned down a council proposal to extend term limits Lauder spent 4 million on the two referendums However in 2008 under pressure from Mayor Michael Bloomberg who like many Council members was facing the end of his two term limit at that time the council voted 29 22 to extend the limit to three terms the council also defeated by a vote of 22 28 with one abstention a proposal to submit the issue to public referendum 18 Legal challenges to the extension of term limits failed in federal court The original decision by Judge Charles Sifton of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York Long Island Brooklyn Queens and Staten Island was upheld by a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Vermont Connecticut and New York and a proposal in the New York State Legislature to override the extension was not passed 19 20 21 Voters voted to reinstate the two term limit law in another referendum in 2010 22 However according to The New York Times incumbent members of the city council who were elected prior to the 2010 referendum will still be allowed to run for a third term People in office before 2010 were eligible for three terms 23 Presiding officers since 1898 EditThrough several changes in title and duties this person has been together with the Mayor and City Comptroller one of the three municipal officers directly elected by all of the city s voters and also the person who when the elected mayor resigns dies or otherwise loses the ability to serve becomes acting mayor until the next special or regular election 24 Until 1989 these three officers together with the five borough presidents constituted the New York City Board of Estimate Political campaigns have traditionally tried to balance their candidates for these three offices to appeal as wide a range of the city s political geographical social ethnic and religious constituencies as possible and when possible to both genders Name Start and end dates as presiding officer Party Reason for end of termAs president of the board of aldermenRandolph Guggenheimer 25 January 1 1898 26 27 December 31 1901 Democratic Did not seek re election 28 Charles V Fornes 29 January 1 1902 30 December 31 1903 Fusion first term Elected to two two year terms 29 January 1 1904 December 27 1905 Democratic second term Did not seek re electionPatrick F McGowan 31 December 27 1905 32 December 31 1909 Democratic Did not seek re election appointed to several Board of Education committees 33 John Purroy Mitchel 34 b c January 1 1910 35 June 7 1913 36 Fusion Resigned to become Collector of the Port of New YorkArdolph L Kline 37 a d June 9 1913 38 December 31 1913 Republican Re elected to aldermanic seat but did not seek re election as aldermanic president 39 George McAneny 40 January 1 1914 41 February 1 1916 42 Fusion Democratic Resigned to join the management of The New York Times 43 Frank L Dowling 44 February 1 1916 42 45 December 31 1917 Democratic Became Manhattan Borough President 46 Alfred E Smith 47 January 1 1918 48 December 31 1918 Democratic Became Governor of New York 49 Robert L Moran 50 January 1 1919 49 December 31 1919 Democratic Lost re election to La Guardia 51 Fiorello H La Guardia 52 b c January 1 1920 53 December 31 1921 Republican Unsuccessful run for mayor lost in the primary 54 Murray Hulbert 55 January 2 1922 56 January 8 1925 57 Democratic Ousted by court decision after accepting honorary position on the Finger Lakes Park Commission 57 William T Collins 58 January 8 1925 57 December 30 1925 59 Democratic Became acting mayor for one day then became New York County Clerk 59 Joseph V McKee 60 a c January 1 1926 61 May 15 1933 62 Democratic Resigned to become president of the Title Guarantee and Trust Company 62 Dennis J Mahon 63 acting May 16 1933 64 December 31 1933 65 Democratic Lost re election to Republican Fusion candidate Morton Baum 66 Bernard S Deutsch 67 January 1 1934 68 November 21 1935 67 Republican Fusion Law Preservation 69 Died while in office 67 Timothy J Sullivan 70 November 22 1935 67 December 31 1936 Democratic Re elected to aldermanic seat but did not seek re election as aldermanic presidentWilliam F Brunner 71 January 1 1937 72 December 31 1937 Democratic Unsuccessful run for Queens Borough President 73 As president of the city councilNewbold Morris 74 c December 31 1937 75 January 1 1946 Republican Unsuccessful run for mayor lost in general election to William F O Dwyer 76 Vincent Impellitteri 77 a b January 1 1946 78 August 31 1950 Democratic Became Mayor upon O Dwyer s resignationJoseph T Sharkey 79 acting September 2 1950 80 November 14 1951 Democratic Acting president until Election Day results were certified 81 Rudolph Halley 82 c November 14 1951 81 December 31 1953 Liberal Fusion Independent Citizens Unsuccessful run for mayor lost in general election to Robert F Wagner Jr 83 Abe Stark 84 January 1 1954 85 December 31 1961 Democratic Became Brooklyn Borough President 86 Paul R Screvane 87 January 1 1962 88 December 31 1965 Democratic Liberal Brotherhood 89 Unsuccessful run for mayor lost in the primary to Abraham D Beame 90 Frank D O Connor 91 January 1 1966 92 January 3 1969 93 Democratic Resigned to become a New York Supreme Court justiceFrancis X Smith January 8 1969 94 December 31 1969 Democratic Ran for re election lost to Garelik 95 Sanford Garelik 96 January 1 1970 97 December 31 1973 Republican Liberal Ran for re election as a Democrat lost in primary to O Dwyer 98 99 Paul O Dwyer 100 January 1 1974 101 December 31 1977 Democratic Ran for re election won Democratic primary 102 then lost the run off to Bellamy 103 Carol Bellamy c January 1 1978 104 December 31 1985 Democratic Unsuccessful run for mayor lost to Edward I Koch 105 Andrew Stein January 1 1986 106 December 31 1993 Democratic Liberal Ran for mayor and then Public Advocate dropped out of both races 107 As Public AdvocateMark Green c January 2 1994 108 December 31 2001 Democratic Ran for mayor lost general election to Michael R Bloomberg 109 As Speaker of the city councilGifford Miller January 9 2002 110 December 31 2005 Democratic Term limits 111 ran for mayor and lost in the primary 112 Christine Quinn January 4 2006 113 December 31 2013 Democratic Term limits ran for mayor and lost in the primary 114 Melissa Mark Viverito January 8 2014 115 December 31 2017 Democratic Term limitsCorey Johnson January 3 2018 December 31 2021 Democratic Term limits ran for Comptroller and lost in the primaryAdrienne Adams January 5 2022 Present Democratic IncumbentNotes Edit a Became acting mayor upon the death or resignation of the elected mayor b Later won election as mayor c Unsuccessful candidate for mayor in a subsequent general election d Not elected by citywide popular vote Ardolph Kline had been elected deputy president by his fellow aldermen and then succeeded as president upon Mitchel s resignation Standing committees Edit This section needs to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information February 2022 Committee on Aging Chair Crystal Hudson Subcommittee on Senior Centers and Food Insecurity Chair Darlene Mealy Committee on Civil and Human Rights Chair Nantasha Williams Committee on Civil Service and Labor Chair Carmen De La Rosa Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection Chair Marjorie Velazquez Committee on Contracts Chair Julie Won Committee on Criminal Justice Chair Carlina Rivera Committee on Cultural Affairs Libraries amp International Intergroup Relations Chair Chi Osse Committee on Economic Development Chair Amanda Farias Committee on Education Chair Rita Joseph Committee on Environmental Protection Chair James F Gennaro Committee on Finance Chair Justin Brannan Committee on Fire amp Emergency Management Chair Joann Ariola Committee on General Welfare Chair Diana Ayala Committee on Governmental Operations Chair Sandra Ung Committee on Health Chair Lynn Schulman Subcommittee on COVID Recovery and Resiliency Chair Francisco Moya Committee on Higher Education Chair Eric Dinowitz Committee on Hospitals Chair Mercedes Narcisse Committee on Housing and Buildings Chair Pierina Sanchez Committee on Immigration Chair Shahana Hanif Committee on Land Use Chair Rafael Salamanca Subcommittee on Landmarks Public Sitings and Dispositions Chair Farah Louis Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises Chair Kevin Riley Committee on Mental Health Disabilities and Addictions Chair Linda Lee Committee on Oversight and Investigations Chair Gale Brewer Committee on Parks and Recreation Chair Shekar Krishnan Committee on Public Housing Chair Alexa Aviles Committee on Public Safety Chair Kamillah Hanks Committee on Resiliency and Waterfronts Chair Ari Kagan Committee on Rules Privileges and Elections Chair Keith Powers Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Chair Sandy Nurse Committee on Small Business Chair Julie Menin Committee on Standards and Ethics Chair Kalman Yeger Committee on State and Federal Legislation Chair Shaun Abreu Committee on Technology Chair Jennifer Gutierrez Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chair Selvena Brooks Powers Committee on Veterans Chair Robert F Holden Committee on Women and Gender Equity Chair Tiffany Caban Committee on Youth Services Chair Althea Stevens Twin Parks Citywide Taskforce on Fire Prevention Chair Oswald Feliz Caucuses Edit Black Latino and Asian BLA Caucus Jewish Caucus LGBT Caucus Progressive Caucus Women s CaucusSee also Edit Government of New York City Mayor of New York City New York City Civil Court New York City Criminal Court La Guardia and Wagner ArchivesReferences Edit Committees New York City Council Retrieved June 3 2022 Charter of the City of New York Chapter 2 25 a nyccharter readthedocs io NYC Population Current and Projected Populations www1 nyc gov Retrieved February 1 2019 Chayes Matthew February 5 2016 NYC Council votes 40 7 to raise members pay to 148 500 Newsday Archived from the original on July 5 2018 Retrieved April 28 2020 Gibson Ellen M Manz William H 2004 Gibson s New York Legal Research Guide PDF 3rd ed Wm S Hein Publishing p 450 ISBN 1 57588 728 2 LCCN 2004042477 OCLC 54455036 Gibson amp Manz 2004 p 458 Gibson amp Manz 2004 p 473 Adopting Local Laws in New York State PDF James A Coon Local Government Technical Series New York State Department of State May 1998 pp 1 10 Archived from the original PDF on August 12 2019 Retrieved May 2 2014 a b Gibson amp Manz 2004 p 261 About the Law Department New York City Law Department Archived from the original on June 22 2013 Retrieved June 16 2013 The most important laws of the City of New York are now available on the web The Law Department contracted with New York Legal Publishing Corp for a site where you can browse and search the New York City Charter the New York City Administrative Code and the Rules of the City of New York Proposed Charter for the City of New York at the HathiTrust Digital Library Chapter 43 1007 g Amy Douglas J 1996 A Brief History of Proportional Representation in the United States Retrieved April 30 2014 Andrews v Koch 528 F Supp 246 1981 aff d sub nom Giacobbe v Andrews 459 U S 801 1982 The Role of the Public Advocate Office of NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio Retrieved April 28 2020 Cardwell Diane December 2 2002 Betsy Gotbaum the Advocate Struggles to Reach Her Public The New York Times Retrieved April 28 2020 Rosner Molly 2022 Making It Here A Publication in Honor of the First Female Majority in New York City Government PDF Long Island City New York LaGuardia and Wagner Archives Hogan Gwynne Cruz David July 7 2021 The Next City Council Set To Be Most Diverse Progressive And Hold First Ever Female Majority Gothamist Retrieved March 23 2022 Chan Jonathan P Hicks Sewell October 23 2008 Council Votes 29 to 22 to Extend Term Limits The New York Times Retrieved April 28 2020 Santos Fernanda October 24 2008 The Future of Term Limits Is in Court The New York Times Retrieved April 28 2020 p A24 Santos Fernanda January 14 2009 Judge Rejects Suit Over Term Limits The New York Times Retrieved April 28 2020 p A26 Appeals Court Upholds Term Limits Revision New York Times City Room Blog April 28 2009 retrieved July 6 2009 Fernandez Javier C November 3 2010 Once Again City Voters Approve Term Limits The New York Times Retrieved April 28 2020 Hernandez Javier November 3 2010 Once Again City Voters Approve Term Limits The New York Times Retrieved February 27 2018 New York City Charter ch 1 10 PDF nyc gov City of New York Retrieved August 19 2016 Death of Mr Guggenheimer New York Times September 13 1907 p 7 Retrieved December 30 2016 Democrats Take All The Tammany Ticket Makes Almost a Clean Sweep of the Greater City Only Two Republicans in the Council Van Wyck s Plurality Is 80 316 Seth Low Ran Nearly 40 000 Ahead of His Ticket The Republicans Lose 21 Assemblymen and Elect Only 11 Candidates to the Board of Aldermen New York Times November 4 1897 p 1 Retrieved August 20 2016 City Legislators Meet The First Session of the Council in Its Chamber Held Amid a Profusion of Flowers Address of the President He Calls the Attention of the Members to Serious Questions Confronting Them and Urges the Necessity of Economy in Expenditures New York Times January 4 1898 p 5 Retrieved August 20 2016 Mr Guggenheimer New York Times January 1 1902 p 6 Retrieved December 30 2016 a b Charles V Fornes Dies of Stroke at 82 Twice President of New York City Board of Aldermen Succumbs in Buffalo Was an Ex Congressman Long a Merchant Here and Active in Charities Former President of Catholic Club New York Times May 23 1929 p 29 Retrieved December 30 2016 Seth Low Takes The Mayor s Chair Ex Mayor Van Wyck Leaves the City Hall Alone The New Executive Greeted With Courteous Words by His Predecessor Asks the People s Help in Redeeming His Solemn Pledges New York Times January 2 1902 p 1 Retrieved August 20 2016 Patrick F M Gowan Dead in Hospital Operation for Spleen Growth Fails to Save Former President of Aldermen Washington Irving High School His Monument Came to City As a Poor Young Man New York Times April 7 1913 p 9 Retrieved December 30 2016 Mayor McClellan Sworn In McGowan Metz Hayes and Gass Also Get Certificates and Follow Suit New York Times December 28 1905 p 5 Retrieved August 20 2016 Kind to Metz and McGowan Good Committees Picked for Them on Board of Education New York Times January 7 1910 p 6 Retrieved December 30 2016 Belt Unfastened Ex Mayor Mitchel Falls To Death His Scout Plane 500 Feet from Ground When the Accident Happened Find Body In Marsh Grass Other Airmen Believe He Was Trying to Make Landing When He Fell Wife Not on the Grounds Bears Shock Bravely and Will Bring Body from Louisiana Field to This City New York Times July 7 1918 p 1 Retrieved August 18 2016 Mayor Gaynor Takes Office But He Will Not Announce His Appointments Before To morrow Ridder For Park Board Publisher May be Commissioner for Manhattan But Asks Time to Consider McAneny Is Sworn In Mitchel Prendergast and Other Officers of the New Administration Also Take Hold New York Times January 2 1910 p 1 Retrieved August 20 2016 Mitchel In Office As Port Collector Loeb Retiring Wishes Him Well McAneny and Steers There as He Is Sworn In Still in Mayoralty Fight Politicians Say His Federal Appointment Can t Keep Him Out and Will Help Him New York Times June 8 1913 p C4 Retrieved August 20 2016 Ex Mayor Kline Dies At Age Of 72 City s Chief Executive A Few Months Upon Death Of Mayor Gaynor In 1913 Once Head Of Aldermen A Brigadier General in the National Guard Was With U S Shipping Board At His Death Joined National Guard In 1876 Praised By Gaynor New York Times October 14 1930 p 25 Retrieved December 31 2016 Col Kline For Economy Successor of Mitchel As Aldermen s Head Will Follow His Lead New York Times June 10 1913 p 6 Retrieved August 20 2016 Kline Elected Alderman Mayor Gets All but Forty Votes In His Home District New York Times November 5 1913 Retrieved December 30 2016 George M Aneny 83 Dead in Princeton Zoning and Transit Expert Was City Controller President of Manhattan Borough Banker Reform Leader Former Executive Manager of The Times Helped to Draft Code for Civil Service New York Times July 30 1953 p 23 Retrieved December 30 2016 Mitchel s First Day As Mayor Cautions Heads of Departments Against Talking Too Much Insists on Co operation No Police Head Yet Commissioner McKay May Remain If Mayor Cannot Get the Man He Wants for the Place New York Times January 2 1914 p 1 Retrieved August 20 2016 a b McAneny Stays Till Feb 1 President of Aldermen Postpones His Resignation at Mayor s Request New York Times January 22 1916 p 9 Retrieved August 20 2016 M Aneny to Resign to Join The Times President of the Board of Aldermen to Give Up Office in January Next Will Finish Work in Hand Regrets Leaving Associates but Feels That He Will Still Be in the Public s Service New York Times October 20 1915 p 1 Retrieved December 30 2016 Frank L Dowling Dies of Pneumonia President of Manhattan Borough Stricken After Attack of Gall Stones a Week Ago Long Career in Politics Former President of Board of Aldermen Served 18 Years in That Body Mayor Pays Tribute New York Times September 28 1919 p 22 Retrieved December 31 2016 Frank L Dowling Heads Aldermen Vice Chairman of the Board Will Take President McAneny s Place Democrats in Control Dr Thomas W Martin Replaces Barry Who Died In Bronx District Committees Named New York Times January 4 1916 p 8 Retrieved August 20 2016 A Tammany Sweep Hylan Can Get Every Vote in the Board of Estimate Carries Every Borough His Vote Is 293 382 Mitchel s 148 060 and Hillquit s 138 793 Lewis Attorney General Beaten in This City but Had a Big Plurality Up State Hylan Promises Loyalty New York Times November 7 1917 p 1 Retrieved November 21 2016 Alfred E Smith Dies Here at 70 4 Times Governor End Comes After a Sudden Relapse Following Earlier Turn for the Better Ran For President in 28 His Rise From Newsboy and Fishmonger Had No Exact Parallel in U S History New York Times October 4 1944 p 1 Retrieved December 31 2016 Smith Fills Offices Matthew T Horgan Will Be Assistant President of Aldermen New York Times January 2 1918 p 3 Retrieved August 20 2016 a b Named By Smith To Military Staff Governor Elect Will Appoint 4 More Men Later Who Have Seen Active Service Resigns From Aldermen Will Use Governor s Room at City Hall to Meet Persons Here on Official Business New York Times December 24 1918 p 7 Retrieved August 20 2016 R L Moran Led City s Aldermen Chief of Board Under Hylan Dies Was Commissioner of Bronx Public Works New York Times August 19 1954 p 23 Retrieved December 31 2016 La Guardia Wins By 1 530 Beats Moran for President of Board of Aldermen in a Close Contest Koenig Ordered Vigilance Warned Republican Chairmen to Stay by the Ballot Boxes and Scrutinize Count Curran Defeats Boyle Five Republican Votes in Board of Estimate Assured Clean Cut Result in Supreme Court New York Times November 5 1919 p 1 Retrieved December 30 2016 La Guardia is Dead City Pays Homage to 3 Time Mayor Body Lying in State at St John the Divine Where Services Will Be Held Tomorrow Gilbert Will Officiate Truman O Dwyer and General Assembly of U N Mourn Champion of Democracy New York Times September 21 1947 p 1 Retrieved December 31 2016 Curran Sworn In LaGuardia Also Borough President and Head of Aldermen Silent on Public Issues Two Resignations Asked Curran Pays Tribute to the Late Frank L Dowling Says Fairer Man Never Lived New York Times January 2 1920 p 8 Retrieved August 20 2016 Curran Defeats La Guardia by 60 000 Haskell Third Gilroy Wins Hines Loses Hines s Manager and a Candidate Shot Fusion Wins All Over City Wet Republican Runs 3 to 1 Behind Bennett a Poor Fourth Connolly Wins in Queens Organization Leader Defeats Denis O Leary Insurgent Democrat by 3 to 1 Lockwood in Easy Victory With 455 Districts Missing Curran Has 83 425 LaGuardia 30 955 Bennett 3 777 New York Times September 14 1921 p 1 Retrieved December 30 2016 Murray Hulbert Jurist 65 Dead Member of the Federal Bench Since 1934 Formerly Headed Board of Aldermen Here New York Times April 27 1950 p 19 Retrieved December 31 2016 Hylan Reinstalled Pledges Old Policy Keeps His Old Staff In Inaugural Address Continues His Criticism of Press Legislature and Port Authority Refers to His Large Vote Says It Is Not a Personal Tribute but It Imposes Grave Responsibility For Higher Aldermanic Pay Craig Appears With Draft of New Charter Providing 5 000 Salaries for Members New York Times January 3 1922 p 1 Retrieved August 20 2016 a b c Court Ousts Hulbert From City Office Forfeited Post By Taking State Job Hylan Hopes Smith Will Reappoint Him Collins His Successor His Eligibility to the Office Since Jan 1 Is Questioned However Dispute Over The Law Governor May Have Power to Appoint Hulbert to His Old Position Comma Figures in Case New York Times January 9 1925 p 1 Retrieved August 20 2016 William Collins Ex Justice Dead Surrogate Served on State Supreme Court 1928 45 New York Times September 6 1961 p 37 Retrieved December 31 2016 a b Hylan And Enright Out With Pensions Last Hour Shifts In Police Department Walker Fills Important City Posts Collins Mayor for a Day Leach is the Active Head of the Police Force for the Last Day of 1925 Hylan to Get 4 205 A Year Retirement Voted by Board of Estimate He Quits to Assure Pension Enright to Draw 5 000 Approval of His Retirement as Commissioner One of Hylan s Last Official Acts New York Times December 31 1925 p 1 Retrieved August 19 2016 J V M Kee is Dead Served as Mayor President of Old Aldermanic Board Replaced Walker in Wave of Reform Known as Holy Joe Former Teacher Entered Politics by Accident Headed Trust Company New York Times January 29 1956 p 93 Retrieved December 31 2016 McKee Resigns as Judge New York Times December 31 1925 p 2 Retrieved December 28 2016 a b M Kee Reinstates Man The Man He Had Ousted Just Before Quitting Office He Names McEneny Dropped in School Site Inquiry Now Finds Charges Fail O Brien Assures His Departing Associate He Will Always Be Welcome at City Hall New York Times May 16 1933 p 1 Retrieved December 28 2016 Dennis J Mahon Tammany Aide 71 Acting Mayor in 30 s Dies Assisted De Sapio New York Times June 14 1965 p 33 Retrieved December 31 2016 City Charter Bill Voted Aldermen Provide Referendum on Question of Revision New York Times May 17 1933 p 19 Retrieved December 28 2016 Rockway Subway Approved by City Long Island Road s Route Held Best of 3 Proposed Buying of Line Up to LaGuardia Cost Put at 34 114 000 Estimate Board Also Passes on Site of Staten Island Tube and Brooklyn Tunnel New York Times December 30 1933 p 15 Retrieved December 28 2016 Democrats Keep Aldermanic Rule But the Republican Fusionists Elect Seventeen a Gain of Sixteen Seats Majority Leader Loses Mahon s Defeat Blow to Tammany Kiernan Beaten in Brooklyn Baldwin Winner New York Times November 8 1933 p 2 Retrieved December 30 2016 a b c d Bernard S Deutsch Dies Unexpectedly At 51 In Bronx Home President of Board of Aldermen Succumbs to Brief Illness Not Known to Be Serious Strain of Office Blamed Wife and Two Daughters at Bedside Mayor Goes to Home on Learning News He Was Leader in Fusion Long Identified With Law Here Rose in Politics After 1930 Ambulance Chasing Inquiry New York Times November 22 1935 p 1 Retrieved August 19 2016 LaGuardia Takes Office To Give City A New Deal Sworn at Seabury Home Ceremony At Midnight Wife and Fusion Chiefs Are Present 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