City-state

A city-state is a sovereign state that consists of a city and its dependent territories. Historically, this included famous cities like Rome, Athens, Carthage, and the Italian city-states during the Renaissance—but today only a handful of sovereign city-states exist, with some disagreement as to which are city-states. However, a great deal of consensus exists that the term properly applies to Singapore, Monaco, and Vatican City. In particular, Singapore has been referred to by The Economist as the "world's only fully-functioning city-state".

A number of other states share similar characteristics, and therefore are sometimes also cited as modern city-states. These include Malta,Bahrain, and San Marino which are microstates with high population densities; as well as Qatar,Brunei, and Kuwait, each with an urban center comprising a significant proportion of the population. Notably however, all of them have several distinct settlements and a designated or 'de facto' capital city.

Additionally, several non-sovereign cities enjoy a high degree of autonomy, and are sometimes considered city-states. Hong Kong and Macau, along with independent members of the United Arab Emirates, most notably Dubai and Abu Dhabi, are often cited as such.

City & State

City & State is political journalism organization based in New York City, that covers politics and government in New York City and New York State. The print publication is distributed to New York State legislators, county executives, municipalities, the New York Congressional delegation, New York City Council members and others leaders in New York business and government. After years of publishing a twice-monthly print edition, "City & State" has announced plans to switch to a weekly in January 2016. "City & State" also publishes on their website, www.CityandStateNY.com and sends the First Read and Last Read daily emails. Andrew Holt is the organization's publisher.Tom Allon is the organization’s president and CEO.

History

City Hall (2006-2011)

City Hall was monthly newspaper and website started by Manhattan Media in June 2006, that covered New York City politics and policy. With free distribution around City Hall and other government buildings, the publication quickly became a must-read for New York City government and business leaders.