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A planning and zoning commission is a local elected or appointed government board charged with recommending to the local town or city council the boundaries of the various original zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and any proposed amendments thereto. In addition, the Planning and Zoning Commission collects ...
The town is served by the Carmel Central School District and, for the majority of residents, by the Carmel Post Office. Kent is home to the 82.5-foot-tall (25.1 m) Nimham Mountain Fire Tower, located in the Taconic Hills. Built by the State of New York and the CCC in 1940, it is the tallest remaining fire tower in New York state and appears on ...
Pages in category "Non-profit organizations based in New York (state)" The following 186 pages are in this category, out of 186 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Each community board has committees that do most of the planning and work on the issues that are brought to action at board meetings. [1] Committees may be functional committees that deal with specific New York City Charter mandates (e.g., land use review and budget committees), or agency committees that relate to a particular agency (e.g ...
In the New York City government, each of the five boroughs has a borough board composed of the borough president, City Council members from the borough, and the chairperson of each community board in the borough. [1]
Pages in category "Non-profit organizations based in New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 483 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
In New York, a town is a municipal corporation, [29] and is the major division of each county (excluding the five boroughs that comprise New York City), very similar to townships in other states such as Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana. Towns in New York are classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as minor civil divisions. [30]
The New York State Constitution, Art.X, sec. 5, provides that public benefit corporations may only be created by special act of the legislature. In City of Rye v. MTA, 24 N.Y.2d 627 (1969), the court of appeals explained that "The debates of the 1938 Convention indicate that the proliferation of public authorities after 1927 was the reason for the enactment of section 5 of article X....