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Fragmented Government on Long Island
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Long Island is divided into numerous categories of local government entities: 2 cities, 2 counties, 13 towns, 95 villages, 127 school districts, and many, many other special purpose units. There are 126 municipal corporations in Nassau County, including 1 county, 2 cities, 3 towns, 64 villages, and 56 school districts. In Suffolk County there are 113 municipal corporations, including 1 county, 10 towns, 31 villages, and 71 school districts. By contrast the closest county in terms of municipal corporations is Westchester, with 96 municipal corporations.
In total, when special purpose units of government are included (e.g. library districts, fire districts, water districts, sanitation districts, lighting districts, highway districts, etc.) there are 901 local government entities on Long Island, (476 in Suffolk county and 425 in Nassau County).