Counties in New York
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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
Counties
County government
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
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.
Map of counties
Counties in blue on the map below are part of Ballotpedia's county coverage scope:
Elections
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.
2025
- Albany, New York
- Buffalo, New York
- New York, New York
- Erie County, New York
- New York 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
- New York 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Initiative process availability
Cities
All of New York's 62 cities have charter amendment by initiative under state law.[2][3]
Counties
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
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ballotpedia, "Types & #s of local government by state," September 2012
- ↑ Suffolk County, "Administrative Code, Article VII," accessed October 27, 2012
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