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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 N
by ardit33 5y 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 5y agoIt'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 5y agoIt’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 5y agoComing 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.