Posts from — June 2007

City Hall by AllWaysNY on Flickr.

It was not that long ago (1989) that the Supreme Court of the United States declared New York City’s method of city government unconstitutional. Learn about this shift in power from the Board of Estimate to today’s City Council below:

Supreme Court decision regarding the Board of Estimate (Cornell)

Video of first City Council Speaker Peter Vallone, Sr. speaking about government (Baruch/CUNY)

Search the City Council Archives (LaGuardia/CUNY)

About the Council (NYC City Council)

The NYC Charter and NYC Administrative Code (Justia)