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How many consecutive four-year terms can a New York City mayor currently serve before a required break?

Answer2 consecutive terms

A mayor is limited to two consecutive four-year terms, but under the current rule could run again after sitting out a term.

Source: Wikipedia, Mayor of New York City (2024) en.wikipedia.org

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By 2001, about how many U.S. cities with over 2,500 people used the council-manager system?

Answer3,302 cities

The council-manager system, alongside 371 counties, made it the single most popular local government structure in the U.S. at the time.

Source: Wikipedia, Council-manager government (2024) en.wikipedia.org

About how many students does the New York City school system, run under the mayor, educate?

Answermore than 1.1 million students

New York City spends roughly $21 billion a year on public education for its student population, one of the largest school systems in the country.

Source: Wikipedia, Mayor of New York City (2024) en.wikipedia.org

As of April 2022, how many Polish cities were headed by a directly elected city mayor (prezydent miasta)?

Answer107 cities

That's out of 2,477 total municipalities in Poland, most of which have a different type of local leader instead of a city mayor.

Source: Wikipedia, Mayor (2022) en.wikipedia.org

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