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Agencies & public bodies

Find departments, elected offices, boards, authorities, and organizations doing public work.

Showing all 159 public bodies.

Departments & executive offices 2

City departments and offices inside the executive branch.

  • Department of City Planning

    City department Prepares the city's planning work; its director also chairs the City Planning Commission, and its staff assist that commission.

  • Office of Racial Equity

    Mayoral office A city office established inside the executive office of the mayor.

Council & elected offices 6

The city's legislative body and the offices filled by city-wide or borough election.

New York City Charter § 21 (opens in new tab) New York City Charter § 2601 (opens in new tab)

Boards & commissions 2

Bodies that hold hearings, vote or make recommendations, separately from the departments that staff them.

Community & borough boards 65

Local bodies established at community-district and borough geography.

New York City Charter § 85 (opens in new tab) New York City Charter § 2800 (opens in new tab)

Authorities & public corporations 6

Bodies created by state law, or reached by an authority reporting regime. These statutes define overlapping categories, so a body here may also appear under another group.

General Construction Law § 66 (opens in new tab) Public Authorities Law § 2 (opens in new tab)

  • Long Island Rail Road

    MTA operating body One of the distinct operating bodies the MTA lists in its own directory. Being listed there does not establish that this body shares the authority's legal form.

  • Metropolitan Transportation Authority

    Public benefit corporation A state-created public benefit corporation running transit and commuter services for the region, with a state-level appointment process for its board.

  • MTA Construction & Development

    MTA operating body One of the distinct operating bodies the MTA lists in its own directory. Being listed there does not establish that this body shares the authority's legal form.

  • N.Y.C. Transit Authority

    MTA operating body One of the distinct operating bodies the MTA lists in its own directory. Being listed there does not establish that this body shares the authority's legal form.

  • New York City Housing Authority

    Public housing authority A body corporate and politic established by state law to provide public housing in the city.

  • Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority

    MTA operating body One of the distinct operating bodies the MTA lists in its own directory. Being listed there does not establish that this body shares the authority's legal form.

Nonprofit organizations 1

Organizations doing public work whose own corporate form is a nonprofit corporation.

Public Authorities Law § 2 (opens in new tab)

  • Economic Development Corporation

    Nonprofit organization A nonprofit corporation doing economic development work in the city. Its own board materials discuss obligations that apply to local authorities.

Other published institutions 65

Listed by name with a published destination. A type appears here only once a primary source states one, so these carry none yet.

Names without a published profile 12

CityScroll keeps these names so an older reference to one still leads somewhere. A profile page opens for a name once there are public records to show under it.

  • Borough President - Brooklyn

    Elected office A borough office Chapter 68 names as elected. Borough presidents also sit on their borough board. No profile page yet.

  • Borough President - Manhattan

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  • Borough President - Staten Island

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  • Civil Service Commission

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  • Department Of Employment

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  • Districting Commission

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  • Juvenile Justice

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  • Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence

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  • Metro-North Railroad

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  • MTA Bus

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  • New York City Fire Pension Fund

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  • Office of The Actuary

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