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Ballotpedia provides comprehensive coverage of elections in the 100 largest cities in America by population and the largest counties that overlap those cities. This encompasses all city, county, judicial, school district, and special district offices appearing on the ballot within those cities.
This page includes the following resources:
The county governments covered by Ballotpedia in New York
A list and map of counties in New York
An overview of local elections in New York
An overview of the initiative process in New York
Contents
1Counties
1.1County government
1.2Full list of counties
1.3Map of counties
2Elections
2.12024
2.22023
2.32022
2.42021
2.52020
2.62019
2.72018
2.82017
2.92016
2.102015
3Initiative process availability
3.1Cities
3.2Counties
4See also
5External links
6Footnotes
Counties[edit]
County government[edit]
Click the links below for information about the county governments in Ballotpedia's coverage scope:
Government of Bronx County
Government of Erie County
Government of Kings County
Government of New York County
Government of Queens County
Government of Richmond County
Full list of counties[edit]
According to a 2022 study from the U.S. Census Bureau, this state's local governments consist of 57 counties, 1,525 cities, towns, and villages, and 1,189 special districts. Five counties—Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond—are classified as active consolidated governments.[1]
The following table defaults to displaying only 25 counties at a time. To change the number of counties displayed, use the drop-down menu above the upper left-hand corner of the table. You can also use the search bar above the upper-right corner of the table to look up a specific county.
County
Allegany
Bronx
Broome
Cattaraugus
Cayuga
Chautauqua
Chemung
Chenango
Clinton
Columbia
Cortland
Delaware
Dutchess
Erie
Essex
Franklin
Fulton
Genesee
Greene
Hamilton
Herkimer
Jefferson
Kings
Lewis
Livingston
Madison
Monroe
Montgomery
Nassau
New York
Niagara
Oneida
Onondaga
Ontario
Orange
Orleans
Oswego
Otsego
Putnam
Queens
Rensselaer
Richmond
Rockland
Saratoga
Schenectady
Schoharie
Schuyler
Seneca
St. Lawrence
Steuben
Suffolk
Sullivan
Tioga
Tompkins
Ulster
Warren
Washington
Wayne
Westchester
Wyoming
Yates
Albany
Map of counties[edit]
Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:
Elections[edit]
Click the links below for information about the elections held in each municipality. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list of municipalities that held elections each year in this state; click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's local government coverage scope.
2024[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2024 and School board elections, 2024
Albany, New York
Buffalo, New York
Bronx County, New York
Erie County, New York
Kings County, New York
New York County, New York
Queens County, New York
2023[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2023 and School board elections, 2023
Buffalo, New York
New York, New York
Bronx County, New York
Erie County, New York
Kings County, New York
New York County, New York
Queens County, New York
Richmond County, New York
New York school board elections
2022[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2022 and School board elections, 2022
Buffalo, New York
Bronx County, New York
Erie County, New York
Kings County, New York
New York County, New York
Queens County, New York
Richmond County, New York
New York school board elections
2021[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2021 and School board elections, 2021
Bronx County, New York
Erie County, New York
Kings County, New York
New York County, New York
Queens County, New York
Richmond County, New York
Albany, New York
Buffalo, New York
New York, New York
New York school board elections
2020[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2020 and School board elections, 2020
Bronx County, New York
Erie County, New York
Kings County, New York
New York County, New York
Queens County, New York
Richmond County, New York
New York, New York
New York school board elections
Past elections
Click here for past election information
2019[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2019 and School board elections, 2019
Bronx County, New York
Erie County, New York
Kings County, New York
New York County, New York
Queens County, New York
Richmond County, New York
Buffalo, New York
New York, New York
New York school board elections
2018[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2018 and School board elections, 2018
Erie County, New York
Buffalo, New York
New York, New York
2017[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2017 and School board elections, 2017
Bronx County, New York
Erie County, New York
Kings County, New York
New York County, New York
Queens County, New York
Richmond County, New York
Buffalo, New York
New York City, New York
New York school board elections
2016[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2016 and School board elections, 2016
New York, New York
New York school board elections
2015[edit]
See also: United States municipal elections, 2015 and School board elections, 2015
Buffalo, New York
New York school board elections
Initiative process availability[edit]
See also: Laws governing local ballot measures in New York
Cities[edit]
All of New York's 62 cities have charter amendment by initiative under state law.[2][3]
Counties[edit]
Suffolk County has an initiative process authorized by a special state law. Also, five counties are under the jurisdiction of New York City. As such residents of these counties enjoy an initiative process at the city level.[4][3]
See also[edit]
New York
Municipal government
Other local coverage
New York
New York elections, 2024
Public policy in New York
Endorsers in New York
Top counties
100 largest cities
Current mayors
Current council officials
2024 municipal elections
School board elections, 2024
Local ballot measure elections in 2024
2024 local judicial elections
External links[edit]
Search Google News for this topic
New York municipal code library
New York state government website
Footnotes[edit]
↑U.S. Census Bureau, "2022 Census of Governments – Organization," accessed October 16, 2023
↑New York Department of State, "Revising City Charters in New York State," June 1998 (Reprinted 2015)
↑ 3.03.1Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012
↑Suffolk County, "Administrative Code, Article VII," accessed October 27, 2012
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