Civic - Government - New York, New York, USA
New York City's government and representatives at all levels
- Local: City government
- NYC.gov: Portal for NYC government information; provides details on government, services, agencies, and Office of the Mayor
- Police: New York City Police Department; NYPD; "New York's Finest"
- Fire: New York City Fire Department; FDNY; "New York's Bravest"
- Advocate: The Public Advocate for the City of New York; an independently elected citywide official, who answers complaints about people's problems with city government, investigates agencies and programs, proposes solutions, and helps communities gain access to government
- Council: New York City Council; the lawmaking body of the City of New York; consists of 51 members from 51 different Council Districts in the five boroughs; monitors city agencies, makes land use decisions and has sole responsibility for approving the city's budget; legislates on a range of subjects
- Comm Bds: Community Boards; a list of Community Boards by borough, and police precincts, sorted by Community Board number
- Fraud Report: Report fraud against the City of NY and you may be entitled to a monetary reward; based on the New York City False Claims Act which allows people who file with evidence of fraud against the City of New Tork to be eligible to get money in return; qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequiter
- Voting: Board of Elections in the City of New York; includes information on how to register, where to vote, when to vote, and who is on the ballot
- State: State of New York access
- NY.gov: New York State government; portal to state government information and services
- Executive: Governor of New York
- Assembly: State of New York
- Senate: State of New York
- Library: State of New York
- Federal: The United State's government has a presence in NYC through elected representatives and some facilities
- US Senate: United States Senators
- US House: United States Representatives
- EPA: Environmental Protection Agency; Region 2; serves New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands and 7 Tribal Nations
- FBI: New York Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation; responsible for conducting criminal and counterintelligence investigations within the five boroughs of New York City and the counties of Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, Sullivan, and Westchester
- FEB: New York City Federal Executive Board; exchanges information between Washington and the local area; coordinates Federal programs
- FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency Region II; serves the federal emergency management needs of the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Goddard ISS: Goddard Institute for Space Studies; at Columbia University; studies Global Change, an interdisciplinary look at natural and man-made changes in the environment that affect the habitability of Earth; a division of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Sciences Directorate and a unit of the Columbia Earth Institute; upstairs of Tom's Restaurant, exterior shots of which were used in the NBC-TV program Seinfeld
- NARA: National Archives and Records Administration Facilities New York; maintains archival records from Federal agencies and courts in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.Virgin Islands
- Social Sec: Social Security Administration New York Region; field offices, teleservice centers, Northeastern Program Service Center, offices of hearings and appeal, state disability determination sites, and regional office support staff
- USACE: North Atlantic Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn; plan, design and build for the Army and Air Force in the northeastern states and Europe; develop and manage water resources
- US Ct: United States District Court Southern District of New York
- -USA Federal-: USA Federal Government links; links to major top-level Web sites related to the United States government; you can use these to locate federal services available in the area not listed here
- World: NYC is home to major international organizations and representatives
- UN: United Nations
- -More-: Electronic Embassy Web; gives information about embassies in Washington, DC; many of these have a New York City presence
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