Office of the City Clerk of New York

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city clerk's office municipal government agency public records office

The Office of the City Clerk of New York is the municipal agency responsible for maintaining official city records, issuing marriage licenses, and supporting the legislative processes of the New York City Council.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
New York City Clerk's Office	2
New York City Clerk’s Office	2
New York City Department of Records and Information Services	2
Office of the City Clerk of New York canonical	2
New York City Clerk’s Office (Brooklyn)	1
New York City Office of the City Clerk	1
Office of the Clerk of the New York City Council	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5719987 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of the City Clerk of New York
Context triple: [Civic Center, hasGovernmentBody, Office of the City Clerk of New York]

A. Office of the Mayor of New York City
The Office of the Mayor of New York City is the executive branch leadership office responsible for overseeing city governance, policy direction, and administration across all municipal agencies.
B. New York City Law Department
The New York City Law Department is the municipal legal agency responsible for representing and advising the City of New York and its officials in legal matters, litigation, and policy.
C. Albany City Clerk’s Office
The Albany City Clerk’s Office is a municipal department responsible for maintaining official city records, managing public documents, and supporting the legislative and administrative functions of the City of Albany’s government.
D. New York City Department of Finance
The New York City Department of Finance is the municipal agency responsible for administering the city’s tax laws, property assessments, and revenue collection.
E. New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services is a municipal agency responsible for managing the city’s real estate, procurement, fleet, and civil service administration to support the operations of New York City government.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of the City Clerk of New York
Target entity description: The Office of the City Clerk of New York is the municipal agency responsible for maintaining official city records, issuing marriage licenses, and supporting the legislative processes of the New York City Council.

A. Office of the Mayor of New York City
The Office of the Mayor of New York City is the executive branch leadership office responsible for overseeing city governance, policy direction, and administration across all municipal agencies.
B. New York City Law Department
The New York City Law Department is the municipal legal agency responsible for representing and advising the City of New York and its officials in legal matters, litigation, and policy.
C. Albany City Clerk’s Office
The Albany City Clerk’s Office is a municipal department responsible for maintaining official city records, managing public documents, and supporting the legislative and administrative functions of the City of Albany’s government.
D. New York City Department of Finance
The New York City Department of Finance is the municipal agency responsible for administering the city’s tax laws, property assessments, and revenue collection.
E. New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
The New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services is a municipal agency responsible for managing the city’s real estate, procurement, fleet, and civil service administration to support the operations of New York City government.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city clerk's office ⓘ municipal government agency ⓘ public records office ⓘ
appointedBy	New York City Council ⓘ
boroughsServed	Bronx ⓘ linked to: The Bronx Brooklyn ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ Queens ⓘ Staten Island ⓘ
cityServed	New York City ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
employerType	civil service employer ⓘ
governingBody	New York City Council ⓘ
hasOfficial	City Clerk of New York ⓘ linked to: Clerk of the New York City Council
headquartersLocation	141 Worth Street, New York, NY ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ
jurisdiction	City of New York ⓘ linked to: New York City
languageOfService	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalForm	municipal agency ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ
oversees	City marriage license bureaus ⓘ
partOf	Government of the City of New York ⓘ linked to: New York City government New York City government ⓘ
regionServed	New York metropolitan area ⓘ
responsibleFor	administering oaths related to city records and filings ⓘ issuing civil marriage certificates ⓘ issuing domestic partnership registrations ⓘ issuing marriage licenses in New York City ⓘ maintaining legislative records of the New York City Council ⓘ maintaining marriage records for New York City ⓘ maintaining municipal archives of council proceedings ⓘ maintaining official city records ⓘ maintaining the official seal of the City of New York ⓘ providing clerical support to the New York City Council ⓘ recording local laws and resolutions ⓘ registering lobbyists who interact with New York City government ⓘ supporting the legislative processes of the New York City Council ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
serviceType	legislative support services ⓘ licensing services ⓘ vital records services ⓘ
subjectOf	New York City Charter provisions regarding the City Clerk ⓘ
uses	New York City seal ⓘ
website	https://www.cityclerk.nyc.gov ⓘ

How these facts were elicited