The New York State Senate's members are each elected to three-year terms.
The state is divided into counties, cities, towns, and villages, all of which are municipal corporations with respect to their own governments, as well as various corporate entities that serve single purposes that are also local governments, such as school districts, fire districts, and New York state public-benefit corporations, frequently known as authorities or development corporations
 The secretary of state, formerly an elected officer, is currently appointed by the governor

