As part of the 1898 consolidation of New York City, the New York State Legislature enacted a charter for the consolidated city. The Charter was overhauled in 1989, after the New York City Board of Estimate had been declared unconstitutional, to redistribute power from the Board of Estimate to the Mayor and City Council.
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