Answer: mayor

AnswerCrossword Clue
MAYORBrooklyn hasn't had one since 1898.
MAYORCivic leader
MAYORMunchkin official
MAYORCity Hall leader
MAYORPolitician called "Hizzoner"
MAYORGracie Mansion resident
MAYORO'Dwyer's designation.
MAYORImpy.
MAYORCity bigwig.
MAYORCity leader.
MAYORDispenser of the keys of the city.
MAYORCity official
MAYORHardy's Michael Henchard.
MAYORDaley, of Chicago.
MAYORDick Whittington, for one.
MAYORMunicipal official.
MAYORWagner, for example.
MAYORCity VIP.
MAYORElected official.
MAYORWilly Brandt, for example.
mayorthe chief officer of a city
MAYOR... McCheese (former fast-food character)
MAYOREd Koch's book
MAYORLocal boss
MAYORClint Eastwood's onetime role in Carmel-by-the-Sea
MAYORCity chief
MAYORBoston boss, for example
MAYOROakland's is Jerry Brown
MAYORBorough boss
MAYORHouston honcho, e.g.
MAYORCity leader
MAYORRudy and Ed, once
MAYORJerry Springer title, once
MAYORCity bigwig
MAYORLa Guardia was one
MAYORCity boss
MAYORMunicipal muck-a-muck
MAYORNew York's Giuliani, e.g.
MAYORKeys-to-the-city giver
MAYORMunicipal ribbon cutter, often