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The 2020 revision included 19 ballot proposals, combined into 5 questions, all of which were approved in the general election on November 5, 2019. These revisions included the implementation of
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The 1975 revision of the New York City Charter set the number of Community Districts/Boards to 59, established the position of the district manager for the community districts, and created the
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As of January 2018, it includes a non-numbered introductory chapter, plus chapters identified by a number (1 through 75) or a number plus a letter suffix.
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The charter is periodically revised, generally via a charter commission including revisions that took place in 1898, 1901, 1938, 1963, 1975, and 2020.
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enacted a charter for the consolidated city (Laws of 1897, chapter 378, effective January 1, 1898). The Charter was overhauled in 1989, after the
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beginning in 2021 for New York City municipal elections, the expansion of the powers and size of the
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had been declared unconstitutional, to redistribute power from the Board of Estimate to the
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provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject
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The 1963 revision of the New York City Charter extended the
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to review proposed land use changes as part of the ULURP.
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with the New York City Council, and it also created the
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Full text of the 1963 revised New York City Charter
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New York State Legislature
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New York City
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1898 consolidation of New York City
New York State Legislature
New York City Board of Estimate
Mayor
City Council
New York City Board of Aldermen
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Community Boards
Uniform Land Use Review Procedure
ranked choice voting
New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board
New York City Conflicts of Interest Board
Community Boards
Borough Presidents
The Greater New York charter (1897)
The New York city charter (1900)
The Charter of the City of New York (1904)
The charter of New York City (1909)
New York City Administrative Code

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