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LEADERS, POLITICS and POWER. Hi every one. If you're living in Our community , you should know the structure of the political department of New City, from our Mayor to the community leaders. How to get in touch with them. If you have a complain, where to place it. What are your rights as a citizen and how to use it. Get the location of the conselor,, etc. Take your time to know the political structure of your neiborhood. Remenber,you live here, is your city, your neiborhood.......your home.
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Executive branch
New York City consists of the Mayor, the Public Advocate, the Comptroller, and five Borough Presidents.The heads of about 50 city departments are appointed by the mayor. The mayor also appoints several Deputy Mayors to head major offices within the executive branch of the city government. Deputy Mayors report directly to the Mayor.
Mayor
The Mayor is responsible for all city services, police and fire protection, enforcement of all city and state laws within the city, and administration of public property and most public agencies. The mayor is directly elected by popular vote for a four-year term, and formerly faced a two-term limit. increased the limit to three terms.
The current mayor is Michael Bloomberg, a former Democrat, elected as a Republican in 2001 with 50.3% of the vote and re-elected as a Republican in 2005 with 58.4%. Bloomberg left the Republican Party in 2007 and is now a political independent.(more)
Public Advocat
The public Advocate is a directly elected executive official and heads the Office of the Public Advocate. The Public Advocate's primary responsibility is to ease public relations with the government, investigate complaints regarding city agencies, mediate disputes between city agencies and citizens, serve as the city sombudsman and advise the mayor on community relations. The Public Advocate is an ex-officio member of all Council committees and is permitted to introduce legislation in the Council (more).
Comptroller
The Comptroller is the city's chief financial officer, elected directly by city voters. In addition to managing the city's $80 billion pension fund.the Comptroller advises the mayor and the City Council on all financial matters, fiscal policy and financial transactions. (more).
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