New York City has a highly centralized municipal government. The mayor, chosen by a citywide electorate for a four-year term, has wide executive powers. The mayor has a leadership role in budget-making, authority to organize and reorganize administrative agencies and to appoint and remove their heads, a strong veto, and all powers not specifically otherwise granted. The comptroller, elected on a citywide basis for a four-year term, recommends financial policies and advises the mayor and the city council in the preparation of the budget.
There are nine major administrative agencies, called administrations. The police and fire departments are not classified as administrations, but are also principal agencies. Certain important city agencies are quasi-independent, including the board of education, the board of higher education, the health and hospitals corporation, and the housing authority. In addition, two major agencies are bi-state or regional in character: the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which controls airports and interstate buses, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which controls subway and bus operations in the city and commuter railroad service in New York and Connecticut.
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