New York City Elite Model

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New York City Elite Model
The elite and the pluralist models are two different ways of creating public policies. Both models contradict democracy that requires that the governments be for the people and by the people. Therefore, the policymaking should involve the people. The elite model involves small wealthy but influential people holding power and making the policies on behalf of the people. Contrastingly, the pluralist model is where a group of people of interest share power and compete for the public policy-making process (Bellamy 18). The paper will cover the elite model of policymaking in the New York City. In the city of New York, the enacting of the public policies is purposefully to solve problems facing the people or to improve the quality of people’s life. In the United States of America, three elite groups take part in making the policies (Stern 33). They involve the executives, legislatures, and judiciary. These two elite groups make law on behalf of the people. However, in the New York City, the elite New York City council takes the responsibility of making the law. Moreover, the making of the policy takes several stages that run from the inception stage all the way to the conclusion (Stern 34). The examples of the New York City’s policies that are products of the elite model include the essential algorithmic accountability bill. The bill intended to make the government operations as transparent as possible. Even though the law was to affect the public, the public participation was minimum in regards to the making of this policy (Veale & Reuben 27).

Another policy made in New York City by the elite model is the policy prohibiting vaping and smocking at the playgrounds in the presence of anyone under 12 years of age. Like the other policy, this policy never involved the people but only the elite New York City council (Stern 39).
Works cited
Bellamy, Richard. “Developments in Pluralist and Elite Approaches.” The Blackwell Companion
to Political Sociology, 2016, pp. 17–28.
Stern, Mark J. “Culture, Equity, and Social Wellbeing in New York City.” Policy Press, vol. 2,
no. 1, 2018, pp. 32–43.
Veale, Michael, and Reuben Binns. “Fairness and Accountability Design Needs for Algorithmic
Support in High-Stakes Public Sector Decision-Making.” Vol. 3, no. 2, 4 Mar. 2018, pp. 23–43.