Manhattan City Clerk's Office

The Office of the City Clerk is one of the oldest offices in New York City government with beginnings traceable to the inception of the Town of New Amsterdam. The original role of the Clerk was to record the proceedings of the Town's legislative body and attest to and affix the Town Seal on official documents of the municipality. The office remained during the time that New Amsterdam became New York under British rule and after the War of Independence and the establishment of the United States of America.