Mayor of New York City
The mayor of New York City administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, and enforces all city and state laws. The mayor is entitled to a salary of USD 258,750 a year. Bill de Blasio, who was elected on November 5, 2013, and again reelected to a second term on November 7, 2017, is the current mayor. For 156 years, the mayor was appointed and had limited power.
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The mayor of New York City administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws. The mayor is entitled to a salary of USD 258,750 a year. Bill de Blasio, who was elected on November 5, 2013, and again reelected to a second term on November 7, 2017, is the current mayor. For 156 years, the mayor was appointed and had limited power. In 2000 direct control of the city’s public school system was transferred to the mayor’s office. Tammany Hall, which evolved from an organization of craftsmen into a Democratic political machine, gained control of Democratic Party nominations in the state and city in 1861.
In the 1980s and 1990s, mayors Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani appeared in films such as The Out-of-Towners and The Non-Fatty. Mayor Bloomberg has also appeared as himself in an episode of Seinfeld, titled “The Non-fatty Mayor” The mayor has the power to appoint and remove the commissioners of more than 40 city agencies and members of City boards and commissions. He is an ex-officio board member of the following organizations: Local tabloid newspapers often refer to him as ‘Honer’, in the honorific style of His Honor.
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