Corbin City operates within the City form of New Jersey municipal government. The city is one of 15 municipalities (of the 565) statewide that use this traditional form of government. The city's governing body is comprised of the Mayor and the three-member City Council. The Mayor is elected at-large to a two-year term of office and the City Council has three members elected at-large to three-year terms in office on a staggered basis, with one seat coming up for election each year as part of the November general election in a three-year cycle.