List of mayors of New York City

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The mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the Government of New York City, as stipulated by New York City's charter. The current officeholder, the 112th in the sequence of regular mayors, is Zohran Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Party.

During the Dutch colonial period from 1624 to 1664, New Amsterdam was governed by the Director of New Netherland. Following the 1664 creation of the British Province of New York, newly renamed New York City was run by the British military governor, Richard Nicolls. The office of Mayor of New York City was established in 1665. Holders were appointed by colonial governors, beginning with Thomas Willett. The position remained appointed until 1777. That year, during the American Revolution, a Council of Appointment was formed by the State of New York. In 1821 the New York City Council – then known as the Common Council – began appointing mayors. Since 1834, mayors have been elected by direct popular vote.

The city included little beyond the island of Manhattan before 1874, when it annexed the western part of the Bronx, to be followed in 1895 by the rest of the Bronx. The 1898 consolidation created the city as it is today with five boroughs: Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island and the Bronx. The first mayor of the expanded city was Robert Anderson Van Wyck.

The longest-serving mayors have been Fiorello H. La Guardia (1934–1945), Robert F. Wagner Jr. (1954–1965), Ed Koch (1978–1989) and Michael Bloomberg (2002–2013), each of whom was in office for twelve years (three successive four-year terms). The shortest terms in office since 1834 have been those of acting mayors: William T. Collins served a single day on December 31, 1925, Samuel B. H. Vance served one month (from November 30 to December 31, 1874), and Thomas Coman served five weeks (from Monday, November 30, 1868, to Monday, January 4, 1869).

Colonial mayors (1665–1783)

Before 1680, mayors served one-year terms. From 1680, they served two-year terms. Exceptions are noted thus (*). A dagger (†) indicates mayoralties cut short by death in office.

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! Name

! scope=col class=unsortable |Term

! scope=col class=unsortable |Previous office

! 1

| Thomas Willett

| 1665–1666

| Captain of the Plymouth Colony militia

! 2

| Thomas Delavall

| 1666–1667

| Receiver-General of New York City

! 3

| Thomas Willett

| 1667–1668

! 4

| Cornelius Van Steenwyk

| 1668–1671

! 5

| Thomas Delavall

| 1671–1672

| 2nd Mayor of New York City

! 6

| Matthias Nicoll

| 1672–1673

! 7

| John Lawrence

| 1673–1674

! 8

| Matthias Nicoll1

| 1674–1675

| 6th Mayor of New York City

! 9

| William Dervall

| 1675–1676

! 10

| Nicholas De Mayer

| 1676–1677

! 11

| Stephanus Van Cortlandt

| 1677–1678

! 12

| Thomas Delavall

| 1678–1679

| 2nd & 5th Mayor of New York City

! 13

| Francis Rombouts

| 1679–1680

! 14

| William Dyre

| 1680–1682

! 15

| Cornelius Van Steenwyk

| 1682–1684

| Governor of New Holland

! 16

| Gabriel Minvielle (*)

| 1684–1685

! 17

| Nicholas Bayard (*)

| 1685–1686

| Member of the New York Executive Council

! 18

| Stephanus Van Cortlandt

| 1686–1688

| 11th Mayor of New York City

! 19

| Peter Delanoy2

| 1689–1691

! 20

| John Lawrence (*)

| 1691

| 7th Mayor of New York City

! 21

| Abraham de Peyster

| 1691–1694

! 22

| Charles Lodwik

| 1694–1695

| Captain of the New York City militia

! 23

| William Merritt

| 1695–1698

! 24

| Johannes de Peyster

| 1698–1699

| Assistant alderman of the New York City Common Council

! 25

| David Provost

| 1699–1700

! 26

| Isaac De Riemer

| 1700–1701

| Alderman of the New York City Common Council from the West Ward

! 27

| Thomas Noell

| 1701–1702

! 28

| Phillip French

| 1702–1703

| Alderman of the New York City Common Council

! 29

| William Peartree

| 1703–1707

! 30

| Ebenezer Wilson

| 1707–1710

| Sheriff of New York County

! 31

| Jacobus Van Cortlandt

| 1710–1711

! 32

| Caleb Heathcote

| 1711–1713

! 33

| John Johnstone

| 1714–1719

| Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from Perth Amboy

! 34

| Jacobus Van Cortlandt

| 1719–1720

| 31st Mayor of New York City

! 35

| Robert Walters

| 1720–1725

| Associate justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature

! 36

| Johannes Jansen

| 1725–1726

| Member of the New York General Assembly

! 37

| Robert Lurting †

| 1726–1735

! 38

| Paul Richard

| 1735–1739

! 39

| John Cruger †

| 1739–1744

| Alderman of the New York City Common Council from the Dock Ward

! 40

| Stephen Bayard

| 1744–1747

! 41

| Edward Holland †

| 1747–1756

| 23rd Mayor of Albany

! 42

| John Cruger Jr.

| 1757–1766

! 43

| Whitehead Hicks

| 1766–1776

| Associate justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature

! 44

| David Mathews

| 1776–1783

| Clerk of Orange County

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Note

For a time, Matthias Nicoll's second and non-consecutive term was erroneously excluded from the official numbering of mayors due to the contemporary records of Nicoll's second term being misplaced, leading to a misnumbering of every subsequent mayor. The error was first noted as early as 1935, and was later officially corrected in 2026.
Peter Delanoy was the first and only directly-elected mayor of New York until 1834. Appointed mayors resumed in the wake of Leisler's Rebellion.

<nowiki>†</nowiki> died in office

Pre-consolidation mayors (1784–1897)

The mayor continued to be selected by the Government of New York's Council of Appointment until 1821, when Stephen Allen became the first mayor appointed by a local Common Council. Under the Charter of 1834, mayors were elected annually by direct popular vote. Starting in 1849, mayors were elected to serve two-year terms.

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! scope=col class=unsortable |Portrait

! scope=col |Name

! scope=col class=unsortable |Term

! scope=col colspan=2 |Party

! scope=col class=unsortable |Election

! scope=col class=unsortable |Previous office

! 45

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| James Duane

| January 1, 1784 – 1789

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| Unaffiliated

| –

| Member of the Congress of the Confederation from New York

! 46

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| Richard Varick

| October 12, 1789 – December 31, 1801

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| Federalist

| –

| 2nd Attorney General of New York

! 47

| 120px

| Edward Livingston

| 1801 – 1803

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| Democratic-Republican

| –

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd district

! 48

| 120px

| DeWitt Clinton

| 1803 – 1807

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| Democratic-Republican

| –

| United States Senator from New York

! 49

| 120px

| Marinus Willett

| 1807 – 1808

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| Democratic-Republican

| –

| Sheriff of New York County

! 50

| 120px

| DeWitt Clinton

| 1808 – 1810

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| Democratic-Republican

| –

| 48th Mayor of New York City

! 51

| 120px

| Jacob Radcliff

| February 13, 1810 – 1811

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| Federalist

| –

| Justice of the New York Supreme Court

! 52

| 120px

| DeWitt Clinton

| 1811 – 1815

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| Democratic-Republican

| –

| 48th & 50th Mayor of New York City

! 53

| 120px

| John Ferguson

| March 6, 1815 – July 9, 1815

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| Democratic-Republican

| –

| Naval officer of the Port of New York

! 54

| 120px

| Jacob Radcliff

| July 10, 1815 – 1818

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| Federalist

| –

| 51st Mayor of New York City

! 55

| 120px

| Cadwallader D. Colden

| 1818 – 1821

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| Federalist

| –

| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 1st district

! 56

| 120px

| Stephen Allen

| 1821 – 1824

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| Federalist

| –

| Assistant alderman of the New York City Common Council from the 10th ward

! 57

| 120px

| William Paulding Jr.

| 1825 – 1826

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| Unaffiliated

| –

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd district

! 58

| 120px

| Philip Hone

| 1826 – 1827

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| Federalist

| –

| Member of the New York City Board of Assistant Aldermen from the 3rd ward

! 59

| 120px

| William Paulding Jr.

| 1827 – 1829

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| Unaffiliated

| –

| 57th Mayor of New York City

! 60

| 120px

| Walter Bowne

| 1829 – 1833

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| Democratic

| –

| Member of the New York State Senate from the 1st district

! 61

| 120px

| Gideon Lee

| 1833 – 1834

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| Democratic

| –

| Member of the New York City Board of Aldermen

! 62

| 120px

| Cornelius Lawrence

| 1834 – 1837

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| Democratic

| 1834<hr/>1835<hr/>1836

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd district

! 63

| 120px

| Aaron Clark

| 1837 – 1839

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| Whig

| 1837<hr/>1838

| Member of the New York City Board of Aldermen from the 1st ward

! 64

| 120px

| Isaac L. Varian

| 1839 – 1841

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| Democratic

| 1839<hr/>1840

| Member of the New York State Senate from New York County

! 65

| 120px

| Robert H. Morris

| 1841 – 1844

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| Democratic

| 1841<hr/>1842<hr/>1843

| 18th Recorder of New York City

! 66

| 120px

| James Harper

| 1844 – 1845

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| American Republican

| 1844

| Owner of Harper & Brothers

! 67

| 120px

| William Frederick Havemeyer

| 1845 – 1846

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| Democratic

| 1845

| Presidential elector from New York

! 68

| 120px

| Andrew H. Mickle

| 1846 – 1847

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| Democratic

| 1846

| New York City public school trustee from the 1st ward

! 69

| 120px

| William V. Brady

| 1847 – 1848

| bgcolor= |

| Whig

| 1847

| Member of the New York City Board of Aldermen

! 70

| 120px

| William Frederick Havemeyer

| 1848 – 1849

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| Democratic

| 1848

| 67th Mayor of New York City

! 71

| 120px

| Caleb Smith Woodhull

| 1849 – 1851

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| Whig

| 1849

| President of the New York City Board of Aldermen

! 72

| 120px

| Ambrose Kingsland

| 1851 – 1853

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| Whig

| 1850

| Commissioner of the Croton Aqueduct

! 73

| 120px

| Jacob Aaron Westervelt

| 1853 – 1855

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| Democratic

| 1852

| Member of the New York City Board of Aldermen from the 13th ward

! 74

| 120px

| Fernando Wood1

| January 1, 1855 – December 31, 1857

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| Democratic

| 1854<hr/>1856

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd district

! 75

| 120px

| Daniel F. Tiemann

| 1858 – 1860

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| Unaffiliated

| 1857

| Member of the Board of Governors of the New York City Alms House

! 76

| 120px

| Fernando Wood

| January 1, 1860 – December 31, 1861

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| Democratic

| 1859

| 74th Mayor of New York City

! 77

| 120px

| George Opdyke

| 1862 – 1864

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| Republican

| 1861

| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 14th district

! 78

| 120px

| Charles Godfrey Gunther

| 1864 – 1866

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| Democratic

| 1863

| President of the Board of Governors of the New York City Alms House

! 79

| 120px

| John T. Hoffman2

| January 1, 1866 – November 30, 1868

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| Democratic

| 1865<hr/>1867

| 25th Recorder of New York City

|- style="background:lightyellow"

| Acting

| 120px

| Thomas Coman2

| November 30, 1868 – January 4, 1869

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| Democratic

| –

| President of the New York City Board of Aldermen

! 80

| 120px

| A. Oakey Hall3

| January 4, 1869 – December 31, 1872

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| Democratic

| 1868<hr/>1870

| District Attorney of New York County

! 81

| 120px

| William Frederick Havemeyer4 †

| January 1, 1873 – November 30, 1874

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| Republican

| 1872

| President of the Bank of North America

|- style="background:lightyellow"

| Acting

| frameless|120px

| Samuel B. H. Vance4

| November 30, 1874 – December 31, 1874

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| Republican

| –

| President of the New York City Board of Aldermen

! 82

| 120px

| William H. Wickham

| January 1, 1875 – December 31, 1876

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| Democratic

| 1874

| President of the New York City Fire Department

! 83

| 120px

| Smith Ely Jr.

| January 1, 1877 – December 31, 1878

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| Democratic

| 1876

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 7th district

! 84

| 120px

| Edward Cooper

| January 1, 1879 – December 31, 1880

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| Democratic

| 1878

| Member of the Commission to Devise a Plan for the Government of Cities in the State of New York

! 85

| 120px

| William Russell Grace

| January 1, 1881 – December 31, 1882

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| Democratic

| 1880

| Owner of W. R. Grace and Company

! 86

| 120px

| Franklin Edson

| January 1, 1883 – December 31, 1884

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| Democratic

| 1882

| President of the New York Produce Exchange

! 87

| 120px

| William Russell Grace

| January 1, 1885 – December 31, 1886

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| Unaffiliated

| 1884

| 85th Mayor of New York City

! 88

| 120px

| Abram Hewitt

| January 1, 1887 – December 31, 1888

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| Democratic

| 1886

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 10th district

! 89

| 120px

| Hugh J. Grant

| January 1, 1889 – December 31, 1892

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| Democratic

| 1888<hr/>1890

| Sheriff of New York County

! 90

| 120px

| Thomas Francis Gilroy

| January 1, 1893 – December 31, 1894

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| Democratic

| 1892

| Undersheriff of New York County

! 91

| 120px

| William Lafayette Strong5

|January 1, 1895 – December 31, 1897

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| Republican

| 1894

| President of the First National Bank

Notes

As a result of a conflict between the Republican-dominated New York State Legislature and the Tammany Hall political machine, Fernando Wood's second consecutive term as mayor was shortened by a year through a vote passed by both chambers of legislature to revise the New York City Charter. A mayoral election for a standard-length term was held later that year, resulting in the incumbent Wood's loss to independent candidate Daniel F. Tiemann.
John T. Hoffman resigned after his election as governor of the State of New York but before the end of his mayoral term. Thomas Coman, president of the New York City Board of Aldermen, completed Hoffman's term as acting mayor until his elected successor, A. Oakey Hall, took office.
When Hall temporarily retired from office during the Tweed investigation in 1872, the acting mayor was Board of Aldermen president John Cochrane.
William F. Havemeyer died during his last term in office. Samuel B. H. Vance, president of the Board of Aldermen, completed Havemeyer's term as acting mayor until his elected successor, William H. Wickham, took office.
William Lafayette Strong served an additional year in office because New York City mayoral elections were changed to be held in odd-numbered years due to the impending consolidation of New York City.

<nowiki>†</nowiki> died in office

Post-consolidation mayors (since 1897)

The 1898–1901 term was for four years. The City Charter was changed to make the mayor's term a two-year one beginning in 1902, but after two such terms was changed back to resume four-year terms in 1906. George B. McClellan Jr. thus served one two-year term from 1904 to 1905, during which he was elected to a four-year term from 1906 to 1909. Since then, mayors have had to be elected with the support of all five boroughs: Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx.

The party of the mayor reflects party registration, as opposed to the party lines run under during the general election.

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! scope=col |Name

! scope=col class=unsortable |Term

! scope=col colspan=2 |Party

! scope=col class=unsortable |Election

! scope=col class=unsortable |Previous office

! 92

| 120px

| Robert Anderson Van Wyck1

| January 1, 1898 – December 31, 1901

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| Democratic

| 1897

| Chief Justice of the City Court of New York

! 93

| 120px

| Seth Low2

| January 1, 1902 – December 31, 1903

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| Republican

| 1901

| 11th President of Columbia University

! 94

| 120px

| George B. McClellan Jr.

| January 1, 1904 – December 31, 1909

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| Democratic

| 1903<hr/>1905

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th district

! 95

| 120px

| William Jay Gaynor3 †

| January 1, 1910 – September 10, 1913

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| Democratic

| 1909

| Justice of the New York Supreme Court

|- style="background:lightyellow"

| Acting

| align=left | 120px

| Ardolph L. Kline3

| September 10, 1913 – December 31, 1913

| style="background:" |  

| Republican

| –

| President of the New York City Board of Aldermen

! 96

| 120px

| John Purroy Mitchel

| January 1, 1914 – December 31, 1917

| style="background:" |  

| Republican

| 1913

| Collector of the Port of New York

! 97

| 120px

| John Francis Hylan4

| January 1, 1918 – December 30, 1925

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| Democratic

| 1917<hr/>1921

| Judge in Kings County

|- style="background:lightyellow"

| Acting

| 120px

| align=center | William T. Collins4

| December 31, 1925

! 100

| 120px

| Fiorello La Guardia

| January 1, 1934 – December 31, 1945

| style="background:" |  

| Republican

| 1933<hr/>1937<hr/>1941

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th district

! 101

| 120px

| William O'Dwyer6

| January 1, 1946 – August 31, 1950

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| Democratic

| 1945<hr/>1949

| District Attorney of Kings County

! 102

| 120px

| Vincent R. Impellitteri7

| November 14, 1950 – December 31, 1953

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| Democratic

| 1950

| President of the New York City Council

! 103

| 120px

| Robert F. Wagner Jr.

| January 1, 1954 – December 31, 1965

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| Democratic

| 1953<hr/>1957<hr/>1961

| 17th Borough President of Manhattan

! 104

| 120px

| John Lindsay

| January 1, 1966 – December 31, 1973

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| Republican8<hr/>Democratic

| 1965<hr/>1969

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th district

! 105

| 120px

| Abraham Beame

| January 1, 1974 – December 31, 1977

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| Democratic

| 1973

| 36th & 38th New York City Comptroller

! 106

| 120px

| Ed Koch

| January 1, 1978 – December 31, 1989

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| Democratic

| 1977<hr/>1981<hr/>1985

| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 18th district

! 107

| 120px

| David Dinkins

| January 1, 1990 – December 31, 1993

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| Democratic

| 1989

| 23rd Borough President of Manhattan

! 108

| 120px

| Rudy Giuliani

| January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2001

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| Republican

| 1993<hr/>1997

| United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York

! 109

| 120px

| Michael Bloomberg

| January 1, 2002 – December 31, 2013

| style="background: linear-gradient( 50%, 50%)" |

| Republican9<hr/>Unaffiliated

| 2001<hr/>2005<hr/>2009

| CEO of Bloomberg L.P.

! 110

| 120px

| Bill de Blasio

| January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2021

| style="background:" |  

| Democratic

| 2013<hr/>2017

| 3rd New York City Public Advocate

! 111

| 120px

| Eric Adams

| January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2025

| style="background:" |  

| Democratic

| 2021

| 18th Borough President of Brooklyn

!112

|120px

|Zohran Mamdani

| January 1, 2026 – Incumbent

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| Democratic

| 2025

| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 36th district

Notes

City Council president Randolph Gugghenheimer served as acting mayor multiple times throughout the mayoralty of Robert Anderson Van Wyck whenever Van Wyck was not present in the city.
Seth Low previously served as mayor of the city of Brooklyn from 1881 to 1885.
Ardolph L. Kline, president of the Board of Aldermen, became acting mayor upon the death of William Jay Gaynor on September 10, 1913, but then sought re-election as an alderman rather than mayor. Kline has been the only person since 1834 to occupy the office of mayor while never previously winning a citywide election, having been appointed vice president of the Board of Aldermen by his colleagues and then succeeding to the council's presidency mid-term, rather than winning it by popular election at large.
John Hylan and New York City police commissioner Richard Enright resigned on December 30, 1925 to ensure that they received their city pensions, which they may not have been entitled to keep had they stayed in office for one more day. President of the Board of Aldermen William T. Collins became acting Mayor for one day, prior to the inauguration of Jimmy Walker.
Michael Bloomberg was a lifelong member of the Democratic Party before registering as a Republican in 2001 and running for mayor. He left the Republican Party in 2007 and ran as an independent candidate in the 2009 mayoral election, later re-registering as a Democrat in 2018 in preparation for his unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president in 2020.

<nowiki>†</nowiki> died in office

List of living former mayors

There are four living former mayors.

Appendices

Official misnumbering

In 1937, Charles Lodwick, who served from as mayor from 1694 to 1695, was inserted as the city's 21st mayor, increasing the official numbering of all subsequent mayors by one.

In December 2025, another official numbering issue affecting all mayors after John Lawrence's first term in 1673 was widely reported. Similar to American presidents, mayors are counted twice in the official numbering if they served non-consecutive terms. Matthias Nicoll, who was the sixth mayor from 1672–73, was appointed to a non-consecutive term by governor Edmund Andros in 1674 as the city's eighth mayor after the city was returned to English control following the Dutch reconquest during Third Anglo-Dutch War as part of the Treaty of Westminster, but his second term was erroneously omitted in official records. The error appeared in official numberings from as early as an 1841 Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. The New York City Department of Records and Information Services located original court documents corroborating Nicoll's second term after reporting by Gothamist the same month. The error had previously been noted by various researchers since as early as 1935.

The outgoing administration of Eric Adams declined to address the issue in its final weeks. On January 1, 2026, as Zohran Mamdani was sworn into office his official website called him the 112th mayor. In his inauguration speech, Mamdani joked about the misnumbering, saying "I stand before you... honored to serve as either your 111th or 112th Mayor of New York City."

Mayoral terms and term limits in New York City since 1834

Direct elections to the mayoralty of the unconsolidated City of New York began in 1834 for a term of one year, extended to two years after 1849. The 1897 Charter of the consolidated City stipulated that the mayor was to be elected for a single four-year term. In 1901, the term halved to two years, with no restrictions on reelection. In 1905, the term was extended to four years once again. (Mayors Fiorello La Guardia, Robert F. Wagner Jr., Ed Koch and Michael Bloomberg were later able to serve for twelve years each.) In 1993, the voters approved a two-term (eight-year) limit, and reconfirmed this limit when the issue was submitted to referendum in 1996. In 2008, the New York City Council voted to change the two-term limit to three terms (without submitting the issue to the voters). However, in 2010, yet another referendum, reverting the limit to two terms, passed overwhelmingly.

{|class="wikitable"

! Year

! Term

! Term limit

! Years

! Mayor(s) affected

| 1834

| style="background:#e0e0d0" | 1 year

| (no limit)

| (unlimited)

| all from Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence to Caleb S. Woodhull

| 1849

| style="background:#e0e0d0" | 2 years

| (no limit)

| (unlimited)

| all from Ambrose Kingsland to William L. Strong1

| colspan="5" style="background:#efefef" |

| 1897

| style="background:#e0e0d0" | 4 years

| style="background:#d8d8d8" |

| Robert A. Van Wyck

| 1901

| style="background:#e0e0d0" | 2 years

| (no limit)

| (unlimited)

| Seth Low and George B. McClellan Jr.2

| 1905

| style="background:#e0e0d0" | 4 years

| (no limit)

| (unlimited)

| all from George B. McClellan Jr.2 to David Dinkins3

| 1993

| style="background:#e0e0d0" | 4 years

| style="background:#d8d8d8" |

| Rudolph Giuliani4

| 2008

| style="background:#e0e0d0" | 4 years

| style="background:#d8d8d8" |

| Michael Bloomberg only 4, 5

| 2010

| style="background:#e0e0d0" | 4 years

| style="background:#d8d8d8" |

| Bill de Blasio and his successors6

Principal source: The Encyclopedia of New York City especially the entries for "charter" and "mayoralty".

Mayor Strong, elected in 1894, served an extra year because no municipal election was held in 1896, in anticipation of the consolidated City's switch to odd-year elections.
George B. McClellan Jr. was elected to one two-year term (1904–1906) and one four-year term (1906-1910).
David Dinkins was not affected by the term limit enacted in 1993 because he had served only one term by 1993 and failed to win re-election.
The September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in Manhattan coincided with the primary elections for a successor to Mayor Giuliani, who was completing his second and final term of office. Many were so impressed by both the urgency of the situation and Giuliani's response that they wanted to keep him in office beyond December 31, 2001, either by removing the term limit or by extending his service for a few months. However, neither happened, the primary elections (with the same candidates) were re-run on September 25, the general election was held as scheduled on November 6, and Michael Bloomberg took office on the regularly appointed date of January 1, 2002.
On October 2, 2008, Michael Bloomberg announced that he would ask the city council to extend the limit for mayor, council and other officers from two terms to three, and that, should such an extended limit prevail, he himself would seek re-election as mayor. On October 23, the New York City Council voted 29–22 to extend the two-term limit to three terms. (A proposed amendment to submit the vote to a public referendum had failed earlier the same day by a vote of 22–28 with one abstention.)
In November 2010, yet another popular referendum, limiting mayoral terms to two, passed overwhelmingly.

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! 1

| George Hall

| 1834

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| Whig

! 2

| Jonathan Trotter

| 1835–1836

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| Democratic

! 3

| Jeremiah Johnson

| 1837–1838

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| Whig

! 4

| Cyrus P. Smith

| 1839–1841

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| Whig

! 5

| Henry C. Murphy

| 1842

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| Democratic

! 6

| Joseph Sprague

| 1843–1844

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| Democratic

! 7

| Thomas G. Talmage

| 1845

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| Democratic

! 8

| Francis B. Stryker

| 1846–1849

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| Whig

! 9

| Edward Copland

| 1849–1850

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| Whig

! 10

| Samuel Smith

| 1850

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| Democratic

! 11

| Conklin Brush

| 1851–1852

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| Whig

! 12

| Edward A. Lambert

| 1853–1854

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| Democratic

! 13

| George Hall

| 1855–1856

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| Know Nothing

! 14

| Samuel S. Powell

| 1857–1860

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| Democratic

! 15

| Martin Kalbfleisch

| 1861–1863

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| Democratic

! 16

| Alfred M. Wood

| 1864–1865

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| Republican

! 17

| Samuel Booth

| 1866–1867

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| Republican

! 18

| Martin Kalbfleisch

| 1868–1871

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| Democratic

! 19

| Samuel S. Powell

| 1872–1873

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| Democratic

! 20

| John W. Hunter

| 1874–1875

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| Democratic

! 21

| Frederick A. Schroeder

| 1876–1877

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| Republican

! 22

| James Howell

| 1878–1880

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| Democratic

! 23

| Seth Low

| 1881–1885

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| Republican

! 24

| Daniel D. Whitney

| 1886–1887

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| Democratic

! 25

| Alfred C. Chapin

| 1888–1891

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| Democratic

! 26

| David A. Boody

| 1892–1893

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| Democratic

! 27

| Charles A. Schieren

| 1894–1895

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| Republican

! 28

| Frederick W. Wurster

| 1896–1897

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| Republican

List of mayors of Long Island City (1870–1897)

Long Island City, now a neighborhood within the Borough of Queens, was incorporated as a city on May 4, 1870 and consolidated into the present Greater New York City on January 1, 1898, along with the City of Brooklyn and several other municipalities in the counties of Queens and Richmond.

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|+Mayors of the City of Long Island City

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! 1

| Abram D. Ditmars

| 1870–1872

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| Democratic

! 2

| Henry S. DeBevoise1

| 1872–1875

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| Democratic

! 3

| Abram D. Ditmars

| 1875

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| Democratic

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| Acting

| John Quinn

| 1876

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| Democratic

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| Henry S. DeBevoise

| 1876–1883

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| Democratic

! 5

| George Petry

| 1883–1886

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| Democratic

! 6

| Patrick J. Gleason

| 1887–1892

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| Democratic

! 7

| Horatio S. Sanford

| 1893–1895

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| Democratic

! 8

| Patrick J. Gleason

| 1895–1897

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| Democratic

Notes

George H. Hunter served as acting mayor from September 1873 to April 1874 while Henry S. DeBevoise temporarily retired from office.

List of mayors of New York City

Colonial mayors (1665–1783)

Pre-consolidation mayors (1784–1897)

Post-consolidation mayors (since 1897)

List of living former mayors

Appendices

Official misnumbering

Mayoral terms and term limits in New York City since 1834

List of mayors of Long Island City (1870–1897)

See also

References

External links