Mayor of the City of New York Flag of the Mayor Incumbent Michael Bloomberg since January 1 2002 Style His Honor Residence Gracie Mansion Term length 4 years; may serve 3 consecutive terms Inaugural holder Thomas Willett Formation 17th century Salary $225000 1 (Mayor Bloomberg's Salary is $1.00 annually ) Website Office of the Mayor Second inauguration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg on the steps of City Hall 2006.

The Mayor of the City of New York is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. The Mayor's office administers all city services public property police and fire protection most public agencies and enforces all city and state laws within New York City.

The budget overseen by the Mayor's office is the largest municipal budget in the United States at $50 billion a year.2 The city employs 250000 people spends about $15 billion to educate more than 1.1 million students levies $27 billion in taxes and receives $14 billion from the state and federal governments.

The Mayor's office is located in New York City Hall; it has jurisdiction over all five boroughs of New York City: Manhattan Brooklyn The Bronx Queens and Staten Island. The Mayor appoints a large number of officials including commissioners who head city departments and his or her deputy mayors. According to current law the Mayor is limited to three consecutive four-year terms in office which was previously limited to two terms. It was changed from two to three terms on October 23 2008 when the New York City Council voted 29-22 in favor of passing the term limit extension into law.3 Contents 1 Current mayor 2 History of the office 2.1 Tammany Hall 3 Deputy Mayors 4 The Mayor in popular culture 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Current mayor Main article: Michael Bloomberg

The current mayor is Michael Bloomberg elected as a Republican in 2001 re-elected in 2005 with 59% of the vote and elected to a third term in 2009 with 50.4 %. He is known for taking control of the city's education system from the state rezoning and economic development sound fiscal management and aggressive public health policy. In his second term he has made school reform and strict gun control central priorities of his administration. On June 19 2007 he filed papers to leave the Republican Party thus becoming an Independent. History of the office

In 1665 Governor Richard Nicolls appointed Thomas Willett as the first mayor of New York. For 156 years the mayor was appointed and had limited power. Between 1777 and 1821 the mayor was appointed by the Council of Appointments in which the state's governor had the loudest voice. In 1821 the Common Council which included elected members gained the authority to choose the mayor. An amendment to the New York State constitution in 1834 provided for the direct popular election of the mayor. Cornelius W. Lawrence a Democrat was elected that year.

Gracie Mansion has been the official residence of the Mayor since Fiorello La Guardia's administration in 1942. Neither the current Mayor Bloomberg nor his predecessor Rudolph Giuliani has actually inhabited the mansion. Its main floor is open to the public and serves as a small museum.

The Mayor is entitled to a salary of $2250004 but current Mayor Michael Bloomberg the 10th richest man in the United States has declined the salary and instead is paid $1 yearly.

In 2000 direct control of the city's public school system was transferred to the Mayor's Office. In 2003 the reorganization established the New York City Department of Education. Tammany Hall Main article: Tammany Hall "New York's new solar system": Tammany Hall revolves around Boss Croker in this 1899 cartoon in Puck.

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. It played a major role in New York City politics into the 1960s and was a dominant player from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the era of Fiorello La Guardia (19341945). Deputy Mayors The Mayor of New York City may appoint several Deputy Mayors to assist him and to oversee major offices within the executive branch of the city government. The powers and duties and even the number of deputy mayors are not defined by the City Charter. The post was created by Fiorello LaGuardia (who appointed Grover Whalen as deputy mayor) to handle ceremonial events that the mayor was too busy to attend. Since then deputy mayors have been appointed with their areas of responsibility defined by the appointing mayor. There are currently seven deputy mayors all of whom report directly to the Mayor. Deputy mayors do not have any right to succeed to the mayoralty in the case of vacancy or incapacity of the mayor (the order of succession is Public Advocate then Comptroller). The current deputy mayors are: First Deputy Mayor: Patricia Harris Advises the Mayor on citywide administrative operational and policy matters. Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding: Robert K. Steel Oversees and coordinates the operations of the New York City Economic Development Corporation the Department of Buildings the Department of City Planning Department of Housing Preservation and Development and related agencies. Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services: Linda Gibbs Oversees and coordinates the operations of the Department for the Aging the Administration for Childrens Services and related agencies. Deputy Mayor for Legal Affairs: Carol Robles-Roman Oversees and coordinates the operations of the Coordinator of Administrative Justice Office to Combat Domestic Violence and related agencies. Deputy Mayor for Governmental Affairs: Howard Wolfson Directs the Citys relations with federal state and local governing entities and serves as the Mayors chief liaison with elected officials. Deputy Mayor for Operations: Stephen Goldsmith5 Assists the Mayor in managing the Police Department Fire Department Office of Emergency Management Office of Management and Budget etc. Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development: Dennis Walcott Inter alia oversees and coordinates the operations of the Department of Education and the Department of Youth and Community Development. The Mayor in popular culture The New York City mayoralty has played a central role in several films and television series. Spin City (19962002) set in City Hall starred Michael J. Fox as a Deputy Mayor making efforts to stop the dim-witted Mayor from embarrassing himself in front of the media and voters. City Hall (1996) starred Al Pacino as an idealistic Mayor and John Cusack as his Deputy Mayor who leads an investigation with unexpectedly far-reaching consequences into the accidental shooting of a boy in New York. The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) features Lee Wallace as an indecisive flu-struck mayor who is bullied by his deputy and booed by the citizenry. The comic-book series Ex Machina posits an alternate history in which the 2001 election is won by the independent Mitchell Hundred a former superhero called the Great Machine who sweeps to victory after saving the second tower of the World Trade Center on September 11. Local tabloid newspapers often refer to the mayor as "Hizzoner" a corruption of the title "His Honor". In the 1990s Mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared on Saturday Night Live on several occasions sometimes mocking himself in a sketch. Giuliani and Bloomberg have both appeared as themselves in their mayoral capacities on episodes of Law & Order. Giuliani has made cameos in films such as The Out-of-Towners and Anger Management. Mayor Bloomberg has appeared on 30 Rock. See also List of mayors of New York City New York City mayoral elections (since 1897) Government of New York City History of New York City New York City Council New York City Public Advocate New York City Comptroller New York City Board of Estimate (18971990) Borough President New York City Civil Court New York City Criminal Court Spin City References http://www.lwvnyc.org/nycgovern.html Nationmaster (2009-06-02). "General government final consumption expenditure current US$ by country. New York City would be 24th largest by expenditure if it were a country.". http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/govgengovfinconexpcurus-final-consumption-expenditure-current-us.  WCBS (2008-10-23). "'Aye' And Mighty: Bloomberg's Wish Is Granted". http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/bloomberg.third.term.2.847239.html.  http://www.lwvnyc.org/nycgovern.html "MAYOR BLOOMBERG APPOINTS NATION'S PREMIER EXPERT ON INNOVATION IN GOVERNMENT FORMER INDIANAPOLIS MAYOR STEPHEN GOLDSMITH AS DEPUTY MAYOR FOR OPERATIONS". Mayor of New York City. April 30 2010. http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsppageIDmayorpressrelease&catID1194&docnamehttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2010a%2Fpr190-10.html&ccunused1978&rc1194&ndi1. Retrieved 4 May 2010.  External links Office of the Mayor v d eMayors of New York from inception to consolidation (June 12 1665 December 31 1897) T. Willett  Delavall  T. Willett  Van Steenwyk  Delavall  Nicoll  J. Lawrence  Dervall  De Mayer  S. Van Cortlandt  Delavall  Rombouts  Dyre  Van Steenwyk  Minvielle  N. Bayard  S. Van Cortlandt  Delanoy  J. Lawrence  A. De Peyster  Lodwik  Merritt  J. 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