The favored form of big city government in the united states found in most of the nation's large cities such as new york city, chicago, san francisco, los angeles, atlanta (although it is not the favorite form of government for cities in texas, even though houston has this form) is known as the

Answer is: Mayor–council government.
Characteristics of mayor–council governments are:
1. mayor is elected by the voters separately from the council.
2. mayor could have weak or strong powers.
3. council is elected and maintains legislative powers.
4. some cities have chief administrative officerc(city manager).

Ibelieve the answer is c