 The links in the column FIPS County Code are to the Census Bureau's "QuickFacts" page for that county.Excepting the five boroughs of New York City, New York counties have governments run by either a Board of Supervisors or a County Legislature and either elected County Executive or appointed county manager.Counties without charters are run by a Board of Supervisors, in which Town Supervisors from towns within the county also sit on the county Board of Supervisors.