New York City

== Government and politics ==
{{Main|Government of New York City|Politics of New York City|Elections in New York City}}

=== Government ===
[[File:New_York_City_Hall_exterior,_October_2016.jpg|thumb|[[New York City Hall]]]]
[[File:New_York_County_Courthouse_-_Angle_Shot_(48129112547).jpg|thumb|[[New York County Courthouse]] houses the [[New York Supreme Court]] and other governmental offices.]]
New York City has been a [[metropolitan municipality]] with a [[strong Mayor|strong mayor–council form of government]]<ref>{{cite web |title = Forms of Municipal Government |url = http://www.nlc.org/build-skills-networks/resources/cities-101/forms-of-municipal-government |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120118035924/http://www.nlc.org/build-skills-networks/resources/cities-101/forms-of-municipal-government |archive-date = January 18, 2012 |access-date = February 10, 2012 |publisher = [[National League of Cities]] }}</ref> since its consolidation in 1898. The city government is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, and welfare services.

The [[New York City Council|City Council]] is a [[unicameral]] body of 51 council members whose districts are defined by geographic population boundaries.<ref>{{cite web |title = About the Council |url = http://www.nyccouncil.info/html/actioncenter/moved.cfm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071208230244/http://www.nyccouncil.info/html/actioncenter/moved.cfm |archive-date = December 8, 2007 |access-date = June 6, 2007 |publisher = [[New York City Council]] }}</ref> Each term for the [[Mayor of New York City|mayor]] and council members lasts four years and has a two [[Term limit|consecutive-term limit]],<ref>{{cite news |last1 = Chan |first1 = Sewell |last2 = Hicks |first2 = Jonathan P. |date = October 23, 2008 |title = Council Votes, 29 to 22, to Extend Term Limits |newspaper = [[The New York Times]] |url = http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/23/council-to-debate-term-limits-change/ |access-date = February 13, 2012 }}</ref> which is reset after a four-year break. The ''[[New York City Administrative Code]]'', the ''[[New York City Rules]]'', and ''[[The City Record]]'' are the code of local laws, compilation of regulations, and official journal, respectively.<ref>{{cite book |last1 = Gibson |first1 = Ellen M. |url = https://www.wshein.com/media/samples/5268.pdf |title = Gibson's New York Legal Research Guide |last2 = Manz |first2 = William H. |publisher = Wm. S. Hein Publishing |year = 2004 |isbn = 978-1-57588-728-9 |edition = 3rd |pages = 450, 458, 473 |lccn = 2004042477 |oclc = 54455036 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last = Durkin |first = Erin |date = May 26, 2014 |title = Councilman Ben Kallos wants city to publish government notices on its website |newspaper = [[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location = New York |url = https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/post-city-notices-website-councilman-article-1.1806264 |url-status = live |access-date = July 23, 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171011010531/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/post-city-notices-website-councilman-article-1.1806264 |archive-date = October 11, 2017 }}</ref>

Each borough is coextensive with a [[judicial district]] of the state [[New York State Unified Court System|Unified Court System]], of which the [[New York City Criminal Court|Criminal Court]] and the [[New York City Civil Court|Civil Court]] are the local courts, while the [[New York Supreme Court]] conducts major trials and appeals. Manhattan hosts the First Department of the [[New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division|Supreme Court, Appellate Division]], while Brooklyn hosts the Second Department. There are several extrajudicial [[administrative court]]s, which are executive agencies and not part of the state Unified Court System.

New York City is divided between, and is host to the main branches of, two different [[U.S. district courts]]: the [[District Court for the Southern District of New York]], whose main courthouse is on [[Foley Square]] near City Hall in Manhattan and whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx;<ref>[https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov Welcome], [[District Court for the Southern District of New York]]. Accessed January 15, 2024. "The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York encompasses the counties of New York, Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan and draws jurors from those counties."</ref> and the [[District Court for the Eastern District of New York]], whose main courthouse is in Brooklyn and whose jurisdiction includes Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.<ref>[https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov Home Page], [[District Court for the Eastern District of New York]]. Accessed January 15, 2024. "The district comprises the counties of Kings, Nassau, Queens, Richmond, and Suffolk and concurrently with the Southern District, the waters within the counties of Bronx and New York."</ref> The [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] and [[U.S. Court of International Trade]] are based in New York, also on Foley Square in Manhattan.<ref>[https://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/about_the_court.html About the Court], [[U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]]. Accessed January 15, 2024. "The Second Circuit Court of Appeals sits in New York City at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in lower Manhattan."</ref><ref>[https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/court-info/court-locations Court Address & Directory], [[U.S. Court of International Trade]]. Accessed January 15, 2024.</ref>

=== Politics ===
[[File:Nancy_Pelosi_and_Eric_Adams_at_the_Speaker's_Balcony_(cropped).jpg|upright|thumb|[[Eric Adams]], the current [[Mayor of New York City]]]]

The city's mayor is [[Eric Adams]], who was [[2021 New York City mayoral election|elected in 2021]] with 67% of the vote and assumed office on January 1, 2022.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/election/2021/results/new-york-city/mayor "New York City Mayor"], [[CNN]]. Accessed January 15, 2024.</ref> The Democratic Party holds the majority of public offices. As of November 2023, 67% of active registered voters in the city are Democrats and 10.2% are [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]].<ref>[https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_Nov23.xlsx NYSVoter Enrollment by County, Party Affiliation and Status Voters Registered as of November 01, 2023] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116035832/https://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/enrollment/county/county_Nov23.xlsx |date=January 16, 2024 }}, [[New York State Board of Elections]], November 1, 2023. Accessed January 15, 2024.</ref> New York City has not been carried by a Republican presidential candidate since President [[Calvin Coolidge]] won all five boroughs in [[United States presidential election in New York, 1924|1924]]. A Republican candidate for statewide office has not won all five boroughs of the city since it was incorporated in 1898. In redistricting following the 2020 census, 14 of the 26 [[New York's congressional districts|congressional districts in the state of New York]] include portions of New York City.<ref>Boschma, Janie; Rigdon, Renée; Manley, Byron; and Cohen, Ethan. [https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/politics/us-redistricting/new-york-redistricting-map/ "Redistricting in New York"], [[CNN]], November 8, 2022. Accessed January 15, 2024.</ref>

New York City is the most important geographical source of [[political fundraising]] in the United States. From 2016 to 2020, eight of the ten [[ZIP Code]]s where residents gave the greatest number of maximum allowable contribution of $2,800 to congressional candidates were located in New York City.<ref>Lincoln, Taylor. [https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/MaxedOut.pdf ''The Wells of the Congress''], [[Public Citizen]], January 18, 2022. Accessed January 13, 2024. "Eight of the 10 zip codes giving the most in maxed-out contributions are located in New York City and, specifically, in Manhattan."</ref> The city has a strong imbalance of payments with the national and state governments. It receives 83 cents in services for every $1 it sends to the federal government in [[Taxation in the United States|taxes]] (or annually sends $11.4&nbsp;billion more than it receives back). City residents and businesses also sent an additional $4.1&nbsp;billion in the 2009–2010 [[fiscal year]] to the state of New York than the city received in return.<ref>{{cite web |date = December 2011 |title = Downstate Pays More, Upstate Gets More: Does It Matter? |url = https://rockinst.org/blog/downstate-pays-upstate-gets-matter |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160501015209/http://www.rockinst.org/observations/wardr/2011-12-giving_getting.aspx |archive-date = May 1, 2016 |access-date = January 22, 2019 |publisher = The Nelson A. [[Rockefeller Institute of Government]]—The Public Policy Research Arm of the State University of New York }}</ref>

=== International relations ===
{{Main|List of sister cities of New York City}}
In 2006, the [[sister city]] program<ref>{{Cite web |title = History |url = http://www.nyc.gov/html/rwg/mcp/html/scp/scptokyohistory.html |access-date = March 22, 2022 |website = nyc.gov |archive-date = February 27, 2003 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030227225602/http://www.nyc.gov/html/rwg/mcp/html/scp/scptokyohistory.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> was restructured and renamed ''New York City Global Partners''. Through this program, New York City has expanded its international outreach to a network of cities worldwide. New York's ''historic sister cities'' are denoted below by the year they joined New York City's partnership network.<ref name="GlobalOutreach">{{cite web |title = NYC's Partner Cities |url = http://www.nyc.gov/html/ia/gp/html/partner/partner.shtml |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130814165415/http://www.nyc.gov/html/ia/gp/html/partner/partner.shtml |archive-date = August 14, 2013 |access-date = March 26, 2015 |publisher = The City of New York }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" width="100%"
!New York City Global Partners network
|-
|'''Africa'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Accra]], Ghana
* [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia
* [[Cairo]], Egypt (1982)
* [[Cape Town]], South Africa
* [[Lagos]], Nigeria
* [[Libreville]], Gabon
* [[Johannesburg]], South Africa (2003)
* [[Nairobi]], Kenya
{{div col end}}'''Asia'''

'''(''East'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Bangkok]], Thailand
* [[Beijing]], China (1980)
* [[Biên Hòa City|Biên Hòa]], Vietnam
* [[Changwon]], South Korea
* [[Chongqing]], China<ref>{{cite web |url = http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/bill/K1084-2011 |title = K1084-2011: Recognizing Yunnan Province and Chongqing Municipality of the People's Republic of China as a "Sister City" with New York City |publisher = [[New York State Senate]] |access-date = December 16, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Guangzhou]], China
* [[Ho Chi Minh City]], Vietnam
* [[Hong Kong]], China
* [[Jakarta]], Indonesia
* [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia<ref>{{cite web |url = http://poskod.my/features/kls-sister-cities/ |title = KL's Sister Cities |publisher = poskod.my |access-date = August 21, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130830201710/http://poskod.my/features/kls-sister-cities/ |archive-date = August 30, 2013 |url-status = dead |date = October 21, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Manila]], Philippines
* [[Seoul]], South Korea
* [[Shanghai]], China
* [[Shenyang]], China
* [[Singapore]], Singapore
* [[Taipei]], Taiwan
* [[Tokyo]], Japan (1960)
{{div col end}}'''(''South'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Bangalore]], India
* [[Delhi]], India
* [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
* [[Karachi]], Pakistan
* [[Mumbai]], India
{{div col end}}'''(''West'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Dubai]], United Arab Emirates
* [[Istanbul]], Turkey ([[List of transcontinental countries|transcontinental]])
* [[Jerusalem]], Israel (1993)
* [[Tel Aviv]], Israel<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Cityhall/Pages/Partnerships.aspx?tm=&sm=&side=515 |title = (Israel) Sister Cities |publisher = Tel Aviv |access-date = May 4, 2013 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131001194353/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Cityhall/Pages/Partnerships.aspx?tm=&sm=&side=515 |archive-date = October 1, 2013 }}</ref>
{{div col end}}'''Australia'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Melbourne]], Australia
* [[Sydney]], Australia
{{div col end}}'''Europe'''

'''(''Central'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Berlin]], Germany
* [[Budapest]], Hungary (1992)
* [[Düsseldorf]], Germany
* [[Geneva]], Switzerland
* [[Hamburg]], Germany
* [[Heidelberg]], Germany
* [[Munich]], Germany
* [[Prague]], Czech Republic
* [[Vienna]], Austria
* [[Warsaw]], Poland
{{div col end}}'''(''East'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Kyiv]], Ukraine
* [[Moscow]], Russia
* [[St. Petersburg]], Russia
{{div col end}}'''(''North'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
* [[Helsinki]], Finland
* [[Oslo]], Norway
* [[Stockholm]], Sweden
{{div col end}}'''(''South'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Barcelona]], Spain
* [[Bucharest]], Romania
* [[Istanbul]], Turkey ([[List of transcontinental countries|transcontinental]])
* [[Lisbon]], Portugal
* [[Madrid]], Spain (1982)
* [[Milan]], Italy
* [[Pristina]], Kosovo
* [[Rome]], Italy (1992)
{{div col end}}'''(''West'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands
* [[Antwerp]], Belgium
* [[Belfast]], United Kingdom
* [[Brussels]], Belgium
* [[Dublin]], Ireland
* [[Edinburgh]], United Kingdom
* [[Glasgow]], United Kingdom
* [[London]], United Kingdom (2001)
* [[Luxembourg (city)|Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg
* [[Lyon]], France
* [[Paris]], France
* [[Rotterdam]], Netherlands
* [[The Hague]], Netherlands
{{div col end}}'''North America'''

'''(''Canada'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Calgary]], Alberta, Canada
* [[Edmonton]], Alberta, Canada
* [[Montreal]], Quebec, Canada
* [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada
* [[Quebec City]], Quebec, Canada
* [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
* [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada
* [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], British Columbia, Canada
* [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada
{{div col end}}'''(''Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Cuernavaca]], Morales, Mexico
* [[Mexico City]], Mexico
* [[Monterrey]], Nuevo León, Mexico
* [[Panama City]], Panama
* [[Santo Domingo]], Dominican Republic (1983)
{{div col end}}'''(''United States'')'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Baltimore]], Maryland, United States
* [[Boston]], Massachusetts, United States
* [[Chicago]], Illinois, United States
* [[Los Angeles]], California, United States
* [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, United States
{{div col end}}'''South America'''{{div col|small=yes|rules=yes|colwidth=20em}}
* [[Bogotá]], Colombia
* [[Brasilia]], Brazil (2004)
* [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina
* [[Caracas]], Venezuela
* [[Córdoba, Argentina|Córdoba]], Argentina
* [[Curitiba]], Brazil
* [[Lima]], Peru
* [[Medellín]], Colombia
* [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil
* [[Santiago]], Chile
* [[São Paulo]], Brazil
{{div col end}}
|}