Politics and Government of Buffalo, New York
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The municipal government of the City of Buffalo consist of an elected council made of a mayor and 9 common councilmembers.
The city is also a member of Erie County and has 27 members on the Erie County Legislature. Buffalo is also the seat of Erie County.
At the state level Buffalo is represented by 3 assemblymen (141st District, 144th District and 145th District) and two state senators (60th District and 58th District) in Albany, New York.
The city is divided between two Congressional districts: the 27th, which also contains southern Erie County and Chautauqua County and the 28th, which also contains Tonawanda, Grand Island, Niagara Falls, northern Niagara and Orleans counties and most of the city of Rochester. Buffalo and Rochester are the largest non-contiguous cities in the United States connected by a single congressional district. The city is not directly represented in the US Senate, rather by two senators for the entire state of New York.
