New York City Council Case Study

Financial emergency management stripped City Council of many powers and included state financial oversight.  Another issue the City Council has recently contended with is the water crisis.  City Council is charged with the authority to make investigations into the affairs and operations of city departments by city charter.  Investigations into the recent water crisis has involved considerable council

His role as mayor includes the following duties: helping to write a new budget, transforming Pittsburgh’s economy, redeveloping Pittsburgh’s East End neighborhood, and he is co-chair of the cities Climate Action Plan for a greener city.

Penticton’s city council is comprised of a 7-member panel which is headed by the mayor. The council is elected to a 4 year term. Penticton’s city council is responsible for passing and implementing the

On August 10, 2025, the Seattle City Council passed Council Bill 118437, which creates an ordinance allowing the City to impose a tax on businesses that sale firearms and ammunition. The ordinance added Chapter 5.50 to the Seattle Municipal Code, which states in part:

The meeting was held at the Glenwood Landing School Auditorium. It was hosted by the North Shore Schools Board of Education. It convened at six- thirty p.m. on Thursday October 6th, 2016 at 60 Cody Avenue, Glen Head, NY 11545. This meeting discussed issues, concerns, and matters that addressed the needs of the schools, students and community. The purpose of the North Shore Board of Education is to serve as a liaison between the community and the Board regarding legislative matters that have a direct bearing on fiscal or educational aspects of the North Shore Central School District. The Board of Education consists of seven individuals whose primary responsibilities include: establishing general policies consistent with the laws of New York State and the rules and regulations of the State Education Department.

The island council, with current mayor Gil Egan as its representative, is responsible for making all

elected separately from the council, and is often a full-time and paid position with a significant administrative and budgetary authority. This form of government, the elected City Council sets policies for the operation of the City. The City Council enacts Ordinances, the laws of the City, adopts Resolutions authorizing actions on behalf of the City, reviews plan for development, and establishes the policies by which the City is governed. The City Council consists of seven members a Mayor and two Councilmember 's elected citywide and four additional Councilmember 's elected by individual districts. The administrative responsibility of the City rests with the City Manager, who is appointed by the City Council upon recommendation of the Mayor. Each Councilmember is

“The mayor shall preside at meetings of the council, and perform such duties as are

The city of Mason City operates under a Mayor-Council form of government, comprised of seven elected officials – Mayor, four wards and two members-at-large – with a City Administrator and a contracted City Attorney. Most of the existing members have been re-elected, with membership expiring in 2016 or later. The Council’s goals are to: increase population by the state of Iowa average; develop a Sustainability Plan that links to the Comprehensive Plan; provide a safe and healthy community; and continue a commitment to excellence in government services. There are three primary government public services – Police Department, Fire & Ambulance Service, and Sanitation Department. The city owns the Public Library, Municipal Airport, and a public golf course.

Congress is the part of the US Federal Government responsible for creating laws. The United States Congress consists of two parts, also known as chambers, the Senate, which is made up of two senators from each state (plus the Vice President can break ties), and the House of Representatives, which is made up of 435 representatives from across the country, allocated to states based on population (so a very populous state like California gets more representatives than a state like Wyoming). A proposed law must be approved by both chambers and then be signed by the president in order to become a law.

A bill is a proposed legislation that is brought to a legislative body. In the case of the New York City Council, the bill is introduced into the Council at a Stated Meeting and becomes a law after an intricate voting or vetoing process with the Council and the Mayor of New York City (“Legislative Process”). In the last year, many bills were passed by the New York City Council. While browsing through the list of bills passed in the last year, a bill in particular stood out to me – “Reducing city government emission of greenhouse gases by 40 percent by 2030,” as it is a bill that proposes a way to tackle climate change. The bill was dated to be on the agenda for October 15, 2015, and its co-sponsors are Donovan J. Richards, Costa G. Constantinides, Margaret S. Chin, Mathieu Eugene, Vincent J. Gentile, Corey D. Johnson, Peter A. Koo, Rosie Mendez, Annabel Palma, Deborah L. Rose, Andrew Cohen, and Ydanis A. Rodriguez. It proposes for the city government to have at least a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 (“The New York City Council”).

Developing an arts council requires focused planning and a commitment to offer arts programs that are meaningful and relevant to the community. Arts councils

I chose to attend a city council meeting for this assignment and was very surprised at what I witnessed. The city council served an important purpose and the meeting actually accomplished many important goals. Among the interesting things that I saw at the council meeting were the people who attended, the people who presented, the people who sat on the council, and the subjects that were being voted upon in the meeting.

The Officers of the Council carry out the day to day work of the Council in accordance with policy and strategy decided by the Councillors.

Section 56 (1) states that an executive mayor is entitled to receive reports from committees