Government

''New York City municipality's government is a Mayor-Council government system with a strong mayor form. Which is a system of organization of local government that has an executive mayor who is elected by voters, and a separately elected legislative City Council. The Corporate Council made itself de facto part of local government as an independent advice organ on the 24th of April 2031 (known with the neutral term: 'The Division of Powers', or the anti-corp terms: 'Day of Defeat' or 'Collapse of Community').''

Mayor
The mayor is the municipal head of government with a separate office from the City Council. In a strong mayor form the elected mayor is given almost total administrative authority and clear, wide range of political independence, with the power to appoint and dismiss department heads without council approval and little or no public input. The mayor acts as an elected executive and has veto powers over city council legislation. He also prepares and administers the city budget, which has to be approved by the City Council.

Chief administrative officer
The mayor appoints a chief administrative officer (CAO) who is a top-tier executive who supervises the daily operations and is ultimately responsible for its performance. This chief supervises the department heads, prepares the city budget and coordinates the departments.

City Council
The City Council of New York City consists of 50 council members. The council generally functions as a parliamentary style legislative body, proposing bills, holding votes and passing laws to help govern the city.

Elections
Both the mayor as the members of the City Council are elected by majority of votes for a term of four years. Every four years there are elections in which all New Yorkers (both New York City citizens as well as citizens of the megacorporations located in NYC).

Elections will be held earlier if the mayor doesn't survive his full term, requiring a new mayor to be elected. If less than half the council members (24 members) are remaining a new council requires to be elected.

In recent years, and especially since the Division of Powers, the mayor has been targeted many times. This because the control the mayor can have over City Council legislation with his veto powers (and thus indirectly over Corporate Council suggestions). Assassination of the mayor puts the local government in a state of disaster and control falls upon the Chief administrative officer. The City Council's decisions can't be stopped, but only un-done afterwards by the new elected mayor.


 * Assassination of Lonnie Norman on 17th of June 2067.