Vocabulary
Voters, or anyone represented by government officials
What are constituents?
This topic is currently a major issue for both parties, sparking debate on things like border control.
What is immigration?
An attempt to influence government action through either written or oral communication
What is lobbying?
Leader of the executive branch of state government.
What is the governor?
This current leader of the NYC executive branch who is under investigation for bribery.
Who is Eric Adams?
A set of rules or requirements issued by a government agency
What is regulation?
The legislation passed during the 1960s that caused many Americans to switch political parties.
What is the 1964 Civil Rights Act?
These are legal donations by special interest groups to encourage representatives to vote their way.
What are campaign contributions?
Highest level of the judicial branch of state government.
What is the New York Court of Appeals?
This body of government passes municipal laws and controls New York City’s yearly budget.
What is the city council?
A document stating the positions and interests of a political party
What is a platform?
The political party most likely to favor increased personal freedoms, higher taxes for the wealthy, and more government control.
What is the Democratic party?
This legislation, signed in 2010, required all Americans to have healthcare coverage by 2014.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
The TWO houses of state legislative government.
What are the New York State Assembly and Senate?
Besides garbage, this agency is also responsible for managing snow clean-up and other street cleanliness concerns.
What is the NYC Sanitation Department (DSNY)?
Dedicated or loyal to a political party
What is partisan?
This major issue during westward expansion caused tensions between the North and South and helped lead to the creation of the Republican party.
What is slavery?
This is the final step in the immigration process, after acquiring a Green Card for permanent residency.
What is naturalization?
This refers to a group of people within a state represented by one elected official each, no matter how large the geographic area.
What is a district?
The inability of this agency to effectively make repairs and expansions to their train systems is an example of how priorities in state government often don't match local priorities.
What is the MTA?
Manipulation of district boundaries to give an advantage to a party, group, or socioeconomic class
What is gerrymandering?
If news outlets that favor Republicans have a conservative bias, this is the term that would indicate a news outlet favors the Democratic perspective.
What is liberal bias?
This agency is currently at risk of being shut down at the federal level, but state and local versions of this will continue to exist, helping schools stay open and functional.
What is the Department of Education?
In addition to passing laws, this branch of state government must approve the state budget, though they do not get to oversee how it is spent after approval.
What is the legislative branch?
This amount is the approximate budget for the NYPD in 2025.
What is $6 billion dollars?