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The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs.. 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.
The pink line is the modern shoreline. New York City was divided into wards in 1683; all of the wards were located in what is now the 1st district, and each ward except for the "Out" Ward had the entirety of its territory in the modern-day 1st district. Wards were given numbers in 1791, and the previous "South" Ward was given the 1st ward number.
Community boards each have up to 50 volunteer members appointed by the local borough president, half from nominations by City Council members representing the community district (i.e., whose council districts cover part of the community district). [1] [7] Non-board members may also join or work on board committees. [1]
District 28 covers a series of predominantly Black neighborhoods in southeastern Queens, including some or all of Richmond Hill, Jamaica, South Ozone Park, and Rochdale Village. [4] Much of John F. Kennedy International Airport is located in the district, as is Baisley Pond Park . The district overlaps with Queens Community Boards 9, 10, and 12 ...
The district overlaps with Brooklyn Community Boards 15 and 18, and with New York's 8th and 9th congressional districts. It also overlaps with the 19th, 21st, and 22nd districts of the New York State Senate, and with the 41st, 58th, 59th, and 60th districts of the New York State Assembly. Members representing the district
Borough boards of New York City. In the New York City government, each of the five boroughs has a borough board composed of the borough president, City Council members from the borough, and the chairperson of each community board in the borough. [1] The borough boards can hold or conduct public or private hearings, adopt by-laws, prepare ...
Community boards of the Bronx. Community boards of the Bronx [1] are the 12 New York City community boards in the borough of the Bronx, which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning, participate in the city budget process, and address service delivery in their district. [2]
The Staten Island Borough Board is composed of the borough president, New York City Council members whose districts are part of the borough, and the chairperson of each community board in the Staten Island. The current borough board (as of June 2020) is composed of the 7 members listed in the table below: