Consolidated city-county

Imagine you live in a big city, like New York, but you also live in a smaller area called a county, like Queens. A consolidated city-county is when these two areas join together to become one big area. This means that the government and services for the city and county are now in the same place and making decisions together. It's like if you had two toys and you decided to play with them together instead of separately. It's easier for everyone to work together this way and get things done faster.