Current Mayor
The current mayor is Michael Bloomberg, elected as a Republican in 2001, re-elected in 2005 with 59% of the vote, and elected to a third term in 2009 with 50.4%. He is known for taking control of the city's education system from the state, rezoning and economic development, fiscal management, and public health policy. In his second term he made school reform and strict gun control central priorities of his administration. On June 19, 2007, he filed papers to leave the Republican Party, thus becoming an independent.
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