 New York also has various corporate entities that serve single purposes that are also local governments, such as school and fire districts as well as New York state public-benefit corporations, frequently known as "authorities" or "development corporations".New York has 62 counties, which are subdivided into 932 towns and 62 cities; it also has 10 Indian reservations.In total, the state has over 3400 active local governments and over 4200 taxing jurisdictions.