borough hall

noun

1. a building housing the administrative offices of a borough.

Word History and Origins

Origin of borough hall¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Another site near borough hall now commemorates the first worldwide broadcasts by a local radio station in the 1920s and “the earliest transmissions of electronic television images.”

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At a meeting into the blast at Bedford Borough Hall on Tuesday night, some residents alluded to the fact that people had refused to sign the new letters.

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During that time, Adams also fell under city investigation for funneling money he earned renting out space at Brooklyn Borough Hall toward his nonprofit; granting unofficial parking spaces outside the hall to city employees who’d racked up extensive records of traffic violations; and telling city transplants to “go back to Iowa” and “go back to Ohio.”

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As borough president, he made a big show of sleeping at the Borough Hall in a makeshift bed and constructing a small gym to go along with it, and encouraged off-duty cops to carry their guns while attending church.

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Well, there was the point when people began to question whether he even lived in New York City, considering that he kept sleeping at Brooklyn Borough Hall while campaigning for a different position.

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