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Real Estate License Exam. Level 15 - Municipalities Questions and Answers 2024
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Real Estate License Exam. Level 15 -Municipalities
How is New York State's government organized? - answer New York's state
government mirrors the structure of the U.S. government: The governor is the head of
the executive branch, and the legislative branch is made up of two houses, the State
Senate and the State Assembly.
How many counties are there in New York? - answer The state is then broken up into
62 counties.
How are the counties in New York organized? - answer Each has a county seat — a city
or town that serves as the "capital" of the county. Counties sometimes have executives
or county administrators, and most have a legislative branch in the form of a board of
supervisors, a board of legislators, or a county legislature.
-Counties have their own courts with their own county judges and prosecutors. They
provide social services and law enforcement to parts of the county that don't belong to
another, smaller administrative division.
How is New York City (specifically) further organized? - answer There is a further
division into five (5) boroughs.
-Boroughs came to be as NYC ate up surrounding incorporated farmland and other
small towns, many of which wanted to keep some amount of legislative autonomy.
-Today, though, each borough elects a borough president, the office is mostly
ceremonial. Boroughs do not actually have the power to create their own legislation.
Municipality - answera city, town, or village that has corporate status and a local
government.
Cities - answerSelf-governing, incorporated entities established by an act of the state
legislature and organized by each city's specific charter (charters can vary widely from
city to city).
-Cities have the right to tax their citizens, adopt zoning ordinances, pass laws, and
approve budgets.
-They provide law enforcement, sanitation, fire control, emergency response, and most
other services.
How are cities run? - answer1) Most New York cities are governed by what's called a
mayor-council system. In that kind of government, the mayor is an elected executive
and the city council is an elected legislative body. The role of mayor can be "strong,"
meaning they have veto power over the city council's decisions, or "weak," meaning
they don't have veto power, and are primarily a figurehead.
, 2) Cities can also be run by an elected commission with no mayor, or a council-
manager setup, where the elected city council-people appoint an administrative
manager.
Towns - answerEncompass all of the land in New York that isn't a city or an Indian
reservation. Towns can contain villages within them, or villages can be split across two
townships. Most towns provide municipal services for all of the town residents that don't
live in a village, but some towns leave services to the county to provide.
Who governs towns? - answerTowns are governed by town boards, which consist of
two to six elected representatives and are led by an elected supervisor or CEO. Towns
also have clerks, a receiver of taxes, tax assessors, and some have town justices.
Villages - answerIncorporated areas that exist within towns. Villages generally provide
some services to residents and create their own zoning rules and building codes.
Villages are less independent than cities. All but 12 of New York's almost-550 villages
are governed by the state's Village Law, which is kind of like a universal charter for
villages.
Jay lives in a big, depressing mansion located just outside the village of West Egg.
What kind of municipality is Jay's home located in? - answera town
*Any land that is not inside a city or a village (or Indian reservation) is part of a town
Village Board of Trustees - answerServes as the primary governing bodies of New
York's villages. A village board of trustees is made up of four elected trustees and a
mayor. The board approves budgets, manages the village's finances, creates land-use
regulations, and passes laws for the village.
-In addition to the board of trustees, villages have clerks, tax assessors, law
enforcement officers, and justices.
New York Municipal Home Rule Law - answerStates that every local government shall
have power to adopt and amend local laws not inconsistent with the provisions of the
constitution or not inconsistent with any general law relating to its property, affairs or
government.
-New York's state constitution gives counties, cities, towns, and villages the power to
make laws, tax citizens, create land-use regulations, determine the structure of their
government, obtain and maintain roads and public transit
The New York City Council (made up of 51 people council people representing each of
the 5 boroughs) has the power to (4): - answer1) Pass laws
2) Make land-use regulations
3) Approve the budget for the city
4) Monitor the performance of city agencies
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