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Is Manhattan its own city? I thought it was just a district or borough of NYC. How does this work with the rest of NYC.

by hk1337 6y ago

tacostakohashi 6y ago
No, but it is its own county. Each of the five boroughs has a coterminous county, each with its own district attorney.
ardit33 6y ago
Manhattan is part of NYC, but also it is so large that it is its own county as well... county of New York. And each county has its own DA. Other counties of NYC: Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County (The Bronx), Richmond County (Staten Island), and Queens County (Queens).
- nerdponx 6y ago
  It's even more fun/complicated than that. New York City is dividied into five boroughs, each of which is coterminous with is own county. Boroughs are subdivivions of New York City City, counties are subdivisions of New York State. Manhattan is the borough, New York County is the county. However, I don't think any of the 5 counties that correspond to boroughs have their own governments. So there is no government at all for County of New York, but the Borough of Manhattan does have its own government, which is fine because the County and Borough are coterminous with each other (and both contained entirely within the City of New York).
  - bradleyjg 6y ago
    It’s not much of a government. The DA of Manhattan is far more powerful than the borough president, who mostly doles out patronage jobs and pork projects.
  - Ericson2314 6y ago
    Coming from "The City and County of San Francisco" the NYC situation makes sense as the logical next step. I look forward to visiting the borough of Yerba Buena someday.
stevenicr 6y ago
Brooklyn came out with similar decriminalization a few months ago or so - as well as trashing a thousand past warrants for such I think.. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-da-to-dismiss-more-than-1000-prostitution-warrants-dating-back-decades/2855508/ https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-da-to-dismiss... as did baltimore md and ann arbor(ish?) mich I think I had read.

Is Manhattan its own city? I thought it was just a district or borough of NYC. How does this work with the rest of NYC.

by hk1337 6y ago

Is Manhattan its own city? I thought it was just a district or borough of NYC. How does this work with the rest of NYC.

tacostakohashi 6y ago

No, but it is its own county. Each of the five boroughs has a coterminous county, each with its own district attorney.

ardit33 6y ago

Manhattan is part of NYC, but also it is so large that it is its own county as well... county of New York. And each county has its own DA. Other counties of NYC: Kings County (Brooklyn), Bronx County (The Bronx), Richmond County (Staten Island), and Queens County (Queens).

nerdponx 6y ago
It's even more fun/complicated than that. New York City is dividied into five boroughs, each of which is coterminous with is own county. Boroughs are subdivivions of New York City City, counties are subdivisions of New York State. Manhattan is the borough, New York County is the county. However, I don't think any of the 5 counties that correspond to boroughs have their own governments. So there is no government at all for County of New York, but the Borough of Manhattan does have its own government, which is fine because the County and Borough are coterminous with each other (and both contained entirely within the City of New York).
- bradleyjg 6y ago
  It’s not much of a government. The DA of Manhattan is far more powerful than the borough president, who mostly doles out patronage jobs and pork projects.
- Ericson2314 6y ago
  Coming from "The City and County of San Francisco" the NYC situation makes sense as the logical next step. I look forward to visiting the borough of Yerba Buena someday.

stevenicr 6y ago

Brooklyn came out with similar decriminalization a few months ago or so - as well as trashing a thousand past warrants for such I think.. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-da-to-dismiss-more-than-1000-prostitution-warrants-dating-back-decades/2855508/ https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-da-to-dismiss... as did baltimore md and ann arbor(ish?) mich I think I had read.