Cities in New York
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Top 100 cities by population |
Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.
This page includes the following resources:
- The city governments covered by Ballotpedia in New York
- An overview of local elections in New York
- An overview of the initiative process in New York
Cities
City government
Click the links in the table below for information about the cities in Ballotpedia's coverage scope and the county governments that overlap those cities:
| City | County |
|---|---|
| Albany | Albany County |
| Buffalo | Erie County |
| New York | Bronx County, Kings County, New York County, Richmond County, Queens County |
According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 57 counties, 1,525 cities, towns, and villages, and 1,189 special districts. Five counties—Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond—are classified as active consolidated governments.[1]
Elections
Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.
2024
- Albany, New York
- Buffalo, New York
- Bronx County, New York
- Erie County, New York
- Kings County, New York
- New York County, New York
- Queens County, New York
2023
- Buffalo, New York
- New York, New York
- Bronx County, New York
- Erie County, New York
- Kings County, New York
- New York County, New York
- Queens County, New York
- Richmond County, New York
- New York school board elections
2022
- Buffalo, New York
- Bronx County, New York
- Erie County, New York
- Kings County, New York
- New York County, New York
- Queens County, New York
- Richmond County, New York
- New York school board elections
2021
- Bronx County, New York
- Erie County, New York
- Kings County, New York
- New York County, New York
- Queens County, New York
- Richmond County, New York
- Albany, New York
- Buffalo, New York
- New York, New York
- New York school board elections
2020
- Bronx County, New York
- Erie County, New York
- Kings County, New York
- New York County, New York
- Queens County, New York
- Richmond County, New York
- New York, New York
- New York school board elections
Past elections
Initiative process availability
Cities
All of New York's 62 cities have charter amendment by initiative under state law.[2][3]
Counties
Suffolk County has an initiative process authorized by a special state law. Also, five counties are under the jurisdiction of New York City. As such residents of these counties enjoy an initiative process at the city level.[4][3]
See also
| New York | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- New York municipal code library
- [New York New York state government website]
Footnotes
- ↑ U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
- ↑ New York Department of State, "Revising City Charters in New York State," June 1998 (Reprinted 2015)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012
- ↑ Suffolk County, "Administrative Code, Article VII," accessed October 27, 2012
