Section 3-201
§ 3-201 Councilmanic flag. The official flag of the council shall be
the same in design as the official flag of the city, except that upon
the middle or white bar there shall be below the design of the seal, in
a straight line, the word "Council"; the dimensions of such flag shall
be the same as the standard size of flags used for state and parade
occasions.
Section 3-202
§ 3-202 Council districts. a. The city is hereby divided into
thirty-five council districts for the election of council members other
than the public advocate, the boundaries of which are hereby established
and described as follows:
1. First District
That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described
as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of
New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding
southeast, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to
Staten Island Expressway, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy Avenue, to Arlene
Street, to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to Victory Boulevard, to
Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory Boulevard, to Manor
Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Richmond Road, proceeding
northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard, to Old Town Road, to
Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north on Staten Island
Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steuben Street, to
Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to Lily Pond
Avenue, extended to waters of the Atlantic Ocean; thence southerly and
westerly through waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Raritan Bay, to the
waters of Arthur Kill, along the intersection New Jersey-New York Line,
proceeding northerly and including Island of Meadows, and Pralls Island,
to the point or place of beginning.
2. Second District
That part of the Borough of Manhattan bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the East River at East Twentieth
Street extended, to East Twentieth Street, to First Avenue, to East
Fourteenth Street, to Fourth Avenue, to East Eighth Street, to Broadway,
to West Houston Street, to West Houston Street extended in the waters of
the Hudson River, thence southerly, easterly, and northerly, along the
East River, to the point or place of beginning; this District is
intended to include that part of the City of New York known as
Governor's Island, Ellis Island and Liberty Island, (Bedloe's Island).
3. Third District
That part of the Borough of Manhattan bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the Hudson River, at West
Houston Street extended, to West Houston Street, to Broadway, to East
Eighth Street, to Fourth Avenue, to East Fourteenth Street, to First
Avenue, to East Twentieth Street, to East Twentieth Street extended in
the waters of the East River, north to East Thirty-ninth Street extended
in the waters of the East River, west on East Thirty-ninth Street and
its easterly prolongation to Second Avenue, to East Sixtieth Street, to
Fifth Avenue, to Central Park South, to Avenue of the Americas, to West
Fifty-fifth Street, to Seventh Avenue, to West Forty-eighth Street, to
Eighth Avenue, to West Twenty-ninth Street, to Tenth Avenue, to West
Thirty-sixth Street, to West Thirty-sixth Street extended to the waters
of the Hudson River, thence southerly to the point or place of
beginning.
4. Fourth District
That part of the Borough of Manhattan bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the Hudson River at the
Manhattan borough line and West Ninety-ninth Street extended, to West
Ninety-ninth Street, to Broadway, to West Ninety-eighth Street, to
Amsterdam Avenue, to West One Hundredth Street, to Central Park West, to
Central Park South, to Avenue of the Americas, to West Fifty-fifth
Street, to Seventh Avenue, to West Forty-eighth Street, to Eighth
Avenue, to West Twenty-ninth Street, to Tenth Avenue, to West
Thirty-sixth Street, extended into the waters of the Hudson River to the
Manhattan borough line, thence northerly along said borough line to the
point or place of beginning.
5. Fifth District
That part of the Borough of Manhattan bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the Hudson River at the
Manhattan borough line and West One Hundred Thirteenth Street extended,
to West One Hundred Thirteenth Street, to Amsterdam Avenue, to Cathedral
Parkway--Central Park North, to Fifth Avenue, to West One Hundred
Twentieth Street, to Mount Morris Park West, to West One Hundred
Twenty-fourth Street, to Fifth Avenue, to East One Hundred Thirty-second
Street, extended into the waters of the Harlem River to the Manhattan
borough line, thence northerly along said borough line to West One
Hundred Sixty-fifth Street extended, to the Harlem River Drive, to Saint
Nicholas Place, to West One Hundred Fifty-first Street, to Saint
Nicholas Avenue, to West One Hundred Fifty-second Street, to Amsterdam
Avenue, to West One Hundred Fifty-first Street, to Broadway, to West One
Hundred Fiftieth Street, extended into the waters of the Hudson River to
the Manhattan borough line, thence southerly along said borough line to
the point or place of beginning.
6. Sixth District
That part of the Borough of Manhattan bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the Hudson River at the
Manhattan borough line at West One Hundred Fiftieth Street extended, to
West One Hundred Fiftieth Street, to Broadway, to West One Hundred
Fifty-first Street, to Amsterdam Avenue, to West One Hundred
Fifty-second Street, to Saint Nicholas Avenue, to West One Hundred
Fifty-first Street, to Saint Nicholas Place, to the Harlem River Drive,
to West One Hundred Sixty-fifth Street extended, into the waters of the
Harlem River to the Manhattan borough line, thence northerly, westerly
and southerly along said borough line to the point or place of
beginning.
7. Seventh District
That part of the Borough of Manhattan bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the East River at the easterly
prolongation of East Thirty-ninth Street extended to Franklin D.
Roosevelt Drive along said East Thirty-ninth Street, to Second Avenue,
to Sixtieth Street, to Fifth Avenue, to Central Park South, to Central
Park West, to West Eighty-sixth Street, proceeding easterly through
Central Park, to East Eighty-fourth Street, to Madison Avenue, to East
Eighty-sixth Street, to Park Avenue, to East Ninety-first Street, to
Lexington Avenue, to East Ninety-second Street, to First Avenue, to East
Ninety-sixth Street extended into the waters of the East River, thence
running southerly to the point or place of beginning; this district is
intended to include that part of the City of New York known as Franklin
D. Roosevelt Island.
8. Eighth District
That part of the Borough of Manhattan bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the East River at the Manhattan
borough line and East Ninety-sixth Street extended, to East Ninety-sixth
Street, to First Avenue, to East Ninety-second Street, to Lexington
Avenue, to East Ninety-first Street, to Park Avenue, to East
Eighty-sixth Street, to Madison Avenue, to East Eighty-fourth Street,
thence through Central Park to Central Park West at West Eighty-sixth
Street, to West One Hundredth Street, to Amsterdam Avenue, to West
Ninety-eighth Street, to Broadway, to West Ninety-ninth Street, extended
into the waters of the Hudson River to the Manhattan borough line,
thence northerly along said borough line to West One Hundred Thirteenth
Street extended, to West One Hundred Thirteenth Street, to Amsterdam
Avenue, to Cathedral Parkway--Central Park North, to Fifth Avenue, to
East One Hundred Twentieth Street, to Mount Morris Park West, to West
One Hundred Twenty-fourth Street, to Fifth Avenue, to East One Hundred
Thirty-second Street, extended into the waters of the Harlem River to
the Manhattan borough line, thence southerly along said borough line to
the point or place of beginning. This district is intended to include
that part of the City of New York known as Randall's Island and Ward's
Island; this district is further intended to include that part of the
Borough of the Bronx bounded by a line described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the Harlem River at the Macombs Dam Bridge,
extended along the Macombs Dam Bridge, to Jerome Avenue, to East One
Hundred Sixty-fifth Street, to Gerard Avenue, to East One Hundred
Sixty-fourth Street, to Grand Concourse, to East One Hundred Fifty-third
Street, to Morris Avenue, to Third Avenue, to Major Deegan Expressway,
to Bruckner Boulevard, to Leggett Avenue, to Truxton Street, to Spofford
Avenue, to Halleck Street, to Ryawa Avenue, to Manida Street, extended
into the waters of the East River to the Bronx borough line, thence
westerly and northerly along said borough line to the point or place of
beginning. This District is intended to include that part of the City of
New York known as North Brother Island and South Brother Island.
9. Ninth District
That part of the Borough of the Bronx bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of the Bronx borough line and
West Kingsbridge Road, to Major Deegan Expressway, to West Two Hundred
Thirtieth Street, to Kingsbridge Terrace, to West Two Hundred
Twenty-ninth Street, to Sedgwick Avenue, to Fordham Road, to University
Avenue, to Burnside Avenue, to Jerome Avenue, to East One Hundred
Sixty-eighth Street, to Grand Concourse, to East One Hundred
Seventy-second Street, to Teller Avenue, to East One Hundred Seventieth
Street, to East One Hundred Seventy-first Street, to Third Avenue, to
Saint Paul's Place, to Crotona Park South, to Crotona Avenue, to
Prospect Avenue, to East One Hundred Sixty-fifth Street, to Union
Avenue, to East One Hundred Sixty-first Street, to Third Avenue, to East
One Hundred Fifty-ninth Street, to Courtlandt Avenue, to East One
Hundred Fifty-sixth Street, to Melrose Avenue, to Third Avenue, to
Morris Avenue, to East One Hundred Fifty-third Street, to Grand
Concourse, to East One Hundred Sixty-fourth Street, to Gerard Avenue, to
East One Hundred Sixty-fifth Street, to Jerome Avenue, extended into the
waters of the Harlem River to the Bronx borough line, thence northerly
along said borough line to the point or place of beginning.
10. Tenth District
The part of the Borough of the Bronx bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point where the Bronx-Westchester County line
intersects the Hutchinson River Parkway, thence southerly along the
Hutchinson River Parkway, to the Hutchinson River, thence easterly in
the waters of said River, to the Harlem River Division Penn Central
Railroad tracks, thence southerly along said Railroad tracks, to Hunter
Avenue, to Hutchinson River Parkway, to the New England Thruway, to
Conner Street, to Provost Avenue, to Light Street, to Harper Avenue, to
Garrett Place, to Pratt Avenue, to East Two Hundred Thirty-third Street,
to Monticello Avenue, to Strang Avenue, to Myrdok Avenue, to Edenwald
Avenue, to Wylder Avenue, to Pitman Avenue, to Barnes Avenue, to East
Two Hundred Thirty-third Street, to White Plains Road, to East Two
Hundred Thirtieth Street, to Carpenter Avenue, to East Two Hundred
Twenty-ninth Street, to Bronx Boulevard, to East Gun Hill Road, to the
Harlem Division Penn Central Railroad tracks, to East Two Hundred
Eleventh Street, to Perry Avenue, to East Two Hundred Fifth Street, to
Bainbridge Avenue, to East Mosholu Parkway South, to Briggs Avenue, to
Bedford Park Boulevard, to Grand Concourse, to East One Hundred
Ninety-eighth Street, to Jerome Avenue, to Kingsbridge Road, to
University Avenue, to West One Hundred Ninetieth Street, to Webb Avenue,
to Sedgwick Avenue, to West Two Hundred Twenty-ninth Street, to
Kingsbridge Terrace, to West Two Hundred Thirtieth Street, to Major
Deegan Expressway, to West Kingsbridge Road, to the Bronx borough line,
thence westerly, northerly and easterly along said borough line to the
point or place of beginning.
11. Eleventh District
That part of the Borough of the Bronx bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the East River at the
intersection of the Bronx-Queens County line and Olmstead Avenue
extended, thence northerly through the waters of Pugsley's Creek, to
Lacombe Avenue, to Olmstead Avenue, to Lafayette Avenue, to Pugsley
Avenue, to Cross Bronx Expressway, to East One Hundred Seventy-seventh
Street, to DeVoe Avenue, to East Tremont Avenue, to Bronx Street, to
East One Hundred Eightieth Street, to Boston Road, to Bronx Park South,
to Vyse Avenue, to Cross Bronx Expressway, to Sheridan Expressway, to
East One Hundred Sixty-fifth Street, to Westchester Avenue, to East One
Hundred Sixty-fifth Street, to Union Avenue, to East One Hundred
Sixty-first Street, to Third Avenue, to East One Hundred Fifty-ninth
Street, to Courtlandt Avenue, to East One Hundred Fifty-sixth Street, to
Melrose Avenue, to Third Avenue, to Major Deegan Expressway, to Bruckner
Boulevard, to Leggett Avenue, to Truxton Street, to Spofford Avenue, to
Halleck Street, to Ryawa Avenue, to Manida Street, extended into the
waters of the East River to the Bronx borough line, thence easterly and
northerly along said borough line to the point or place of beginning;
this District is intended to include that part of the City of New York
known as Riker's Island.
12. Twelfth District
That part of the Borough of the Bronx bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the East River at the
intersection of the Bronx-Queens County line and Olmstead Avenue
extended, thence northerly through the waters of Pugsley's Creek, to
Lacombe Avenue, to Olmstead Avenue, to Lafayette Avenue, to Pugsley
Avenue, to Cross Bronx Expressway, to East One Hundred Seventy-seventh
Street, to Devoe Avenue, to East Tremont Avenue, to Bronx Street, to
East One Hundred Eightieth Street, to Boston Road, to Bronx Park South,
to Southern Boulevard, to Fordham Road, to Pelham Parkway, to Burr
Avenue, to Bruckner Expressway, to Middletown Road, to Stadium Avenue,
to Watt Avenue, extended to the waters of Long Island Sound, thence
northerly and easterly to the Bronx borough line, thence southerly and
westerly along said borough line to the point or place of beginning;
this District is intended to include that part of the City of New York
known as City Island and Hart Island.
13. Thirteenth District
That part of the Borough of the Bronx bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of Sedgwick Avenue and
Fordham Road, thence easterly along Fordham Road, to University Avenue,
to West Burnside Avenue, to Jerome Avenue, to East One Hundred
Sixty-eighth Street, to Grand Concourse, to East One Hundred
Seventy-second Street, to Teller Avenue, to East One Hundred Seventieth
Street, to East One Hundred Seventy-first Street, to Third Avenue, to
Saint Paul's Place, to Crotona Park South, to Crotona Avenue, to
Prospect Avenue, to East One Hundred Sixty-fifth Street, to Westchester
Avenue, to East One Hundred Sixty-fifth Street, to Sheridan Expressway,
to Cross Bronx Expressway, to Vyse Avenue, to Bronx Park South, to East
One Hundred Eighty-second Street, to Quarry Road, to East One Hundred
Eighty-first Street, to Third Avenue, to East One Hundred Eighty-second
Street, to Park Avenue, to Fordham Road, to Webster Avenue, to East One
Hundred Ninety-eighth Street, to Jerome Avenue, to Kingsbridge Road, to
University Avenue, to West One Hundred Ninetieth Street, to Webb Avenue,
to Sedgwick Avenue, to the point or place of beginning.
14. Fourteenth District
That part of the Borough of the Bronx bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point where the Bronx-Westchester County line
intersects the Hutchinson River Parkway, thence southerly along the
Hutchinson River Parkway, to the Hutchinson River, thence easterly in
the waters of said River, to the Harlem River Division Penn Central
Railroad tracks, thence southerly along said Railroad tracks, to Hunter
Avenue, to Hutchinson River Parkway, to the New England Thruway, to
Conner Street, to Provost Avenue, to Light Street, to Harper Avenue, to
Garrett Place, to Pratt Avenue, to East Two Hundred Thirty-third Street,
to Monticello Avenue, to Strang Avenue, to Murdock Avenue, to Edenwald
Avenue, to Wilder Avenue, to Pitman Avenue, to Barnes Avenue, to East
Two Hundred Thirty-third Street, to White Plains Road, to East Two
Hundred Thirtieth Street, to Carpenter Avenue, to East Two Hundred
Twenty-ninth Street, to Bronx Boulevard, to East Gun Hill Road, to the
Harlem Division Penn Central Railroad tracks, to East Two Hundred
Eleventh Street, to Perry Avenue, to East Two Hundred Fifth Street, to
Bainbridge Avenue, to East Mosholu Parkway South, to Briggs Avenue, to
Bedford Park Boulevard, to Grand Concourse, to East One Hundred
Ninety-eighth Street, to Webster Avenue, to Fordham Road, to Park
Avenue, to East One Hundred Eighty-second Street, to Third Avenue, to
East One Hundred Eighty-first Street, to Quarry Road, to East One
Hundred Eighty-second Street, to Southern Boulevard, to Fordham Road, to
Pelham Parkway, to Burr Avenue, to Bruckner Expressway, to Middletown
Road, to Stadium Avenue, to Watt Avenue, extended to the waters of Long
Island Sound, thence northerly to the Bronx-Westchester County line,
thence westerly along said County line to the point or place of
beginning.
15. Fifteenth District
That part of the Borough of Queens bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, proceeding
easterly along the Brooklyn-Queens borough line, into Rockaway Inlet,
thence, easterly and northerly along the border of the Brooklyn-Queens
borough line, through Spring Creek following the Brooklyn-Queens borough
line, to One Hundred Fifty-fifth Avenue, proceeding north on Sapphire
Street, to Dumont Avenue, to Ruby Street, to Liberty Avenue, to Drew
Street, to Ninety-fifth Avenue, to Eldert Lane, extended to the
Brooklyn-Queens borough line, following said Brooklyn-Queens borough
line, westerly to Sunnyside Park, north to Robert Place, to Robert
Street, to Hendricks Street, to Vermont Avenue, following the
Brooklyn-Queens borough line through the Cemetery of the Evergreens, to
Irving Avenue, to Eldert Street, to Wycoff Avenue, to Gates Avenue, to
Nicholas Avenue, to Menahan Street, to Cypress Avenue, to Stanhope
Street, to Grandview Avenue, to Gates Avenue, to Forest Avenue, to
Putman Avenue, to Woodward Avenue, to Catalpa Avenue, to Fresh Pond
Road, to Myrtle Avenue, to Central Avenue, to Sixty-sixth Street, to
Myrtle Avenue, to Eighty-eighth Street, to Eighty-third Drive, to
Eighty-ninth Street, to Myrtle Avenue, to Woodhaven Boulevard, to
Jamaica Avenue, to Eighty-seventh Street, to Atlantic Avenue, to
Ninety-second Street, to Ninety-seventh Avenue, to Eighty-eighth Street,
to Rockaway Boulevard, to Cross Bay Boulevard, to North Conduit Avenue,
to Cohancy Street, proceeding southerly, to South Conduit Avenue, to
Nassau Expressway, to One Hundred Fiftieth Street, running thence
easterly and southerly along the northerly and easterly and southerly
borders of the John F. Kennedy International Airport, thence following
the Queens-Nassau County borderline to the Atlantic Ocean, thence
westerly, including that part of the City of New York known as the
Rockaways to the point or place of beginning.
16. Sixteenth District
That part of the Borough of Queens bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point where the Queens-Nassau County boundary line
intersects Twenty-fourth Avenue, extended into the waters of Little Neck
Bay, to the Cross Island Parkway, thence southerly, to Thirty-seventh
Avenue, thence easterly across Little Neck Bay along Thirty-seventh
Avenue, to Two Hundred Thirty-third Street, to Bay Street, to Two
Hundred Thirty-fourth Street, thence westerly across Little Neck Bay, to
Forty-first Avenue, to Two Hundred Fifteenth Street, to Northern
Boulevard, to Clearview Expressway, to Forty-fifth Road, to Francis
Lewis Boulevard, to Forty-fifth Avenue, to One Hundred Ninety-second
Street, to Forty-seventh Avenue, to Auburndale Lane, to Meadow Road, to
Fresh Meadow Lane, to Long Island Expressway, to Bell Boulevard, to
Sixty-seventh Avenue, to Two Hundred Ninth Street, to Richland Avenue,
to Hollis Court Boulevard, to Union Turnpike, to Utopia Parkway,
southerly, to Home Lawn Street, to One Hundred Seventieth Street, to
Jamaica Avenue, to Hollis Avenue, to Ninety-ninth Avenue, to Francis
Lewis Boulevard, to Jamaica Avenue, to Two Hundred Eleventh Street, to
Hollis Avenue, to Two Hundred Thirteenth Street, to Witthoff Street, to
Two Hundred Twelfth Street, to One Hundred Fifteenth Avenue, to Two
Hundred Twenty-fourth Street, to One Hundred Fifteenth Road, to Two
Hundred Thirtieth Street, to One Hundred Fifteenth Avenue, to Cross
Island Parkway, to Queens-Nassau County boundary line, thence proceeding
northerly and easterly to the point or place of beginning.
17. Seventeenth District
That part of the Borough of Queens bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point where Jamaica Avenue intersects Sutphin
Boulevard, thence along Jamaica Avenue, to Hollis Avenue, to
Ninety-ninth Avenue, to Francis Lewis Boulevard, to Jamaica Avenue, to
Two Hundred Eleventh Street, to Hollis Avenue, to Two Hundred Thirteenth
Street, to Witthoff Street, to Two Hundred Twelfth Street, to One
Hundred Fifteenth Avenue, to Two Hundred Twenty-fourth Street, to One
Hundred Fifteenth Road, to Two Hundred Thirtieth Street, to One Hundred
Fifteenth Avenue, to the Cross Island Parkway, to the Queens-Nassau
County boundary line, proceeding southerly along said line to the point
where Quigley Boulevard intersects Rockaway Boulevard, thence proceeding
northerly and westerly along the John F. Kennedy International Airport,
to One Hundred Fiftieth Street, to North Conduit Avenue, to Van Wyck
Expressway, to Rockaway Boulevard, to One Hundred Sixteenth Avenue, to
Sutphin Boulevard, to the point or place of beginning.
18. Eighteenth District
That part of the Borough of Queens bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point where Jamaica Avenue, intersects Sutphin
Boulevard, proceeding easterly along Jamaica Avenue, to One Hundred
Seventieth Street, to Hillside Avenue, to Home Lawn Street, to Union
Turnpike easterly, to Hollis Court Boulevard, to Richland Avenue, to Two
Hundred Tenth Street, to Sixty-seventh Avenue, to Bell Boulevard, to
Long Island Expressway westerly to Fresh Meadow Lane, to Booth Memorial
Avenue, to One Hundred Sixty-fourth Street, to Oak Avenue, to Parsons
Boulevard, to Kalmia Avenue, to One Hundred Fifty-sixth Street, to
Forty-sixth Avenue, to Parsons Boulevard, to Forty-fifth Avenue, to
Kissena Boulevard, to Elder Avenue, to Main Street, to Peck Avenue, to
Elder Avenue, to One Hundred Thirty-third Street, to Booth Memorial
Avenue, to College Point Boulevard, to Park Drive East, to the end of
Park Drive East, thence easterly along the northern boundary of Grand
Central Parkway, to Main Street, to Manton Street, to One Hundred
Thirty-fourth Street, to Interborough Parkway, to Park Lane, to Park
Lane South, to Metropolitan Avenue, to Van Wyck Expressway, to Altantic
Avenue, to One Hundred Twenty-seventh Street, to One Hundred Third
Avenue, to One Hundred Thirty-first Street, to One Hundred Ninth Avenue,
to One Hundred Twenty-fourth Street, to Rockaway Boulevard, westerly, to
One Hundred Twenty-third Street, to One Hundred Thirty-third Avenue, to
One Hundred Fourteenth Street, to North Conduit Avenue, to Hawtree
Avenue southerly, to Cohancy Street, to Nassau Expressway, to One
Hundred Fiftieth Street, to North Conduit Avenue, to Van Wyck
Expressway, to Rockaway Boulevard, to One Hundred Sixteenth Avenue, to
Sutphin Boulevard, to the point or place of beginning.
19. Nineteenth District
That part of the Borough of Queens bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point where the Queens-Nassau County boundary line
intersects Twenty-fourth Avenue, extended into the waters of Little Neck
Bay, to Cross Island Parkway, thence southerly, to Thirty-seventh
Avenue, thence easterly across Little Neck Bay, along Thirty-seventh
Avenue, to Two Hundred Thirty-third Street, to Bay Street, to Two
Hundred Thirty-fourth Street, thence westerly across Little Neck Bay, to
Forty-first Avenue, to Two Hundred Fifteenth Street, to Northern
Boulevard, to Clearview Expressway, to Forty-fifth Road, to Francis
Lewis Boulevard, to Forty-fifth Avenue, to One Hundred Ninety-second
Street, to Forty-seventh Avenue, to Auburndale Lane, to Meadow Road, to
Fresh Meadow Lane, to Booth Memorial Avenue, to One Hundred Sixty-fourth
Street, to Oak Avenue, to Parsons Boulevard, to Kalmia Avenue, to One
Hundred Fifty-sixth Street, to Forty-sixth Avenue, to Parsons Boulevard,
to Forty-fifth Avenue, to Kissena Boulevard, to Elder Avenue, to Main
Street, to Peck Avenue, to Elder Avenue, to One Hundred Thirty-third
Street, to Booth Memorial Road, to College Point Boulevard, to Long
Island Expressway, to the southwest corner of Flushing Meadow Park,
proceeding north around said park, to Forty-fifth Avenue, to One Hundred
Second Street, to Roosevelt Avenue, to Ninety-ninth Street, to
Thirty-fifth Avenue, to Ninety-seventh Street, to Northern Boulevard, to
College Point Boulevard, to Whitestone Expressway, to Fourteenth Avenue,
to Parsons Boulevard, to Thirteenth Avenue, to One Hundred Forty-seventh
Street, to Fourteenth Avenue, to One Hundred Forty-eighth Street, to
Fifteenth Avenue, to Francis Lewis Boulevard, to Cross Island Parkway,
to One Hundred Fifty-fourth Street, to Twelfth Avenue, to One Hundred
Fifty-seventh Street, to Powells Cove Boulevard, to One Hundred
Fifty-eighth Street, to Riverside Drive, to One Hundred Sixty-first
Street, extended into the East River, thence proceeding easterly and
southerly to the point or place of beginning.
20. Twentieth District
That part of the Borough of Queens bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point where the waters of the East River intersects
Thirty-third Road, to Vernon Boulevard, to Thirty-fourth Avenue, to
Northern Boulevard, to Forty-ninth Street, to Broadway, to Forty-eighth
Street, to Thirty-first Avenue, to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, to
Thirtieth Avenue, to Seventy-first Street, to Northern Boulevard, to
College Point Boulevard, to Whitestone Expressway, to Fourteenth Avenue,
to Parsons Boulevard, to Thirteenth Avenue, to One Hundred Forty-seventh
Street, to Fourteenth Avenue, to One Hundred Forty-ninth Street, to
Fifteenth Avenue, to Francis Lewis Boulevard, to Cross Island Parkway,
to One Hundred Fifty-fourth Street, to Twelfth Avenue, to One Hundred
Fifty-seventh Street, to Powells Cove Boulevard, to One Hundred
Fifty-eighth Street, to Riverside Drive, to One Hundred Sixty-first
Street, extended into the East River, proceeding westerly, along the
Bronx-Queens County border, to the point or place of beginning.
21. Twenty-first District
That part of the Borough of Queens bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point where the waters of the East River intersects
Thirty-third Road, to Vernon Boulevard, to Thirty-fourth Avenue, to
Northern Boulevard, to Forty-ninth Street, to Broadway, to Forty-eighth
Street, to Thirty-first Avenue, to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, to
Thirtieth Avenue, southerly to Seventy-first Street, to Thirty-fifth
Avenue, to Leverich Street, to Thirty-seventh Avenue, to Eightieth
Street, to Forty-first Avenue, to Baxter Avenue, to Woodside Avenue, to
Seventy-ninth Street, to Forty-fifth Avenue, to Broadway, to Maurice
Avenue, to Queens Boulevard, to Goldsmith Street, to Van Horn Street, to
Fifty-sixth Avenue, to Haspel Street, to Fifty-seventh Avenue, to Long
Island Expressway, to Eighty-fourth Street, to Caldwell Avenue, to
Eightieth Street, to Sixty-second Avenue, to Juniper Boulevard North, to
Seventy-fifth Street, to Eliot Avenue, proceeding southerly around
Juniper Valley Park, to Juniper Boulevard South, to Seventy-seventh
Street, to Furmanville Avenue, to Seventy-ninth Street, to Metropolitan
Avenue, to Sixty-ninth Street, to Sixty-third Avenue, to Mount Olivet
Crescent, to Sixty-second Avenue, to Sixty-fourth Street, to
Metropolitan Avenue, to Sixtieth Street, to Sixtieth Road, to Rust
Street, along Bushwick Junction Railroad, to Flushing Avenue, to
Fifty-fifth Street, to Arnold Avenue, to Rene Court, to Grandview
Avenue, to Stanhope Street, to Cypress Avenue, northerly and westerly
along the Kings-Queens border, to the waters of the East River Channel,
proceeding northerly to the point or place of beginning.
22. Twenty-second District
That part of the Borough of Queens bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Jamaica
Avenue, proceeding along Metropolitan Avenue, to Park Lane South, to
Park Lane, to Interborough Parkway, to One Hundred Thirty-fourth Street,
to Eighty-third Avenue, to Manton Street, to Main Street, to Grand
Central Parkway, along said Parkway, to Union Turnpike, proceeding
westerly to Park Drive East, to Long Island Expressway, proceeding
westerly on said Expressway, to Ninety-seventh Place, to Sixty-second
Drive, to Ninety-seventh Street, to Sixty-third Road, to Queens
Boulevard, to Sixty-third Avenue, to Woodhaven Boulevard, to
Sixty-seventh Avenue, to Fitchett Street, to Sixty-sixth Road, to
Alderton Street, to Dieterle Crescent, to Thornton Place, to Fleet
Street, to Selfridge Street, to Metropolitan Avenue, to Woodhaven
Boulevard, to Union Turnpike, to Pedestrian Way, thence southerly to
Myrtle Avenue, to Woodhaven Boulevard, to Jamaica Avenue, to
Eighty-seventh Street, to Atlantic Avenue, to Ninety-second Street, to
Ninety-seventh Avenue, to Eighty-eighth Street, to Rockaway Boulevard,
to Cross Bay Boulevard, to North Conduit Avenue, to One Hundred
Fourteenth Street, to One Hundred Thirty-third Avenue, to One Hundred
Twenty-third Street, to Rockaway Boulevard, to One Hundred Twenty-fourth
Street, to One Hundred Ninth Avenue, to One Hundred Thirty-first Street,
to One Hundred Third Avenue, to One Hundred Twenty-seventh Street, to
Atlantic Avenue, to Van Wyck Expressway, to Jamaica Avenue, to the point
or place of beginning.
23. Twenty-third District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn-Queens borough line at Sheridan
Avenue extended, to Flatlands Avenue, to East One Hundred Third Street,
to Glenwood Road, to East One Hundred Fifth Street, to Farragut Road, to
East One Hundred Eighth Street, to Stanley Avenue, to Louisiana Avenue,
to Dewitt Avenue, to Van Sinderen Avenue, to Linden Boulevard, to
Rockaway Avenue, to Ditmas Avenue, to Rockaway Parkway, to Avenue D, to
Foster Avenue, to Ralph Avenue, to the Long Island Railroad tracks, to
East Fifty-sixth Street extended, to East Fifty-sixth Street, to Avenue
D, to Kings Highway, to Foster Avenue, to Utica Avenue, to Glenwood
Road, to Flatbush Avenue, to Avenue H, to East Thirty-fourth Street, to
Avenue K, to East Thirty-fifth Street, to Avenue M, to East Thirty-sixth
Street, to Flatlands Avenue, to East Thirty-seventh Street, to Quentin
Road, to Nostrand Avenue, to Gerritsen Avenue, to Batchelder Street, to
Avenue V, to Bragg Street, to Avenue X, to Batchelder Street, to Avenue
Z, to Nostrand Avenue, to Emmons Avenue, to East Twenty-seventh Street,
to Sheepshead Bay, thence easterly along Sheepshead Bay to Knapp Street
extended, thence southerly to the Brooklyn borough line, thence easterly
and northerly along said borough line to the point or place of
beginning.
24. Twenty-fourth District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn-Queens borough line at Sheridan
Avenue extended, to Flatlands Avenue, to East One Hundred Third Street,
to Glenwood Road, to East One Hundred Fifth Street, to Farragut Road, to
East One Hundred Eighth Street, to Stanley Avenue, to Louisiana Avenue,
to Dewitt Avenue, to Van Sinderen Avenue, to Linden Boulevard, to
Rockaway Avenue, to Ditmas Avenue, to Rockaway Parkway, to Avenue D, to
Foster Avenue, to Ralph Avenue, to the Long Island Railroad tracks, to
East Fifty-sixth Street extended, to East Fifty-sixth Street, to Avenue
D, to East Fifty-fourth Street, to Church Avenue, to East Fifty-fifth
Street, to Clarkson Avenue, to Remsen Avenue, to Lenox Road, to East
Ninety-sixth Street, to Kings Highway, to East Ninety-eighth Street, to
Livonia Avenue, to Saratoga Avenue, to Dumont Avenue, to Rockaway
Avenue, to East New York Avenue, to Hopkinson Avenue, to Fulton Street,
to Saratoga Avenue, to Broadway, to Jamaica Avenue, to Pennsylvania
Avenue, to Liberty Avenue, to Autumn Avenue, to McKinley Avenue, to the
Brooklyn-Queens borough line at Drew Street, thence southerly along said
borough line to the point or place of beginning.
25. Twenty-fifth District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of Ocean Parkway and Avenue
H, thence along Avenue H to East Eighth Street, to Avenue I, to East
Twelfth Street, to Avenue H, to East Seventeenth Street, to Avenue I, to
East Twenty-seventh Street to the Long Island Railroad tracks, to
Nostrand Avenue, to Avenue H, to Flatbush Avenue, to Glenwood Road, to
Utica Avenue, to Foster Avenue, to Kings Highway, to East Fifty-fourth
Street, to Church Avenue, to East Fifty-fifth Street, to Linden
Boulevard, to East Forty-ninth Street, to Clarkson Avenue, to Flatbush
Avenue, to Parkside Avenue, to Parade Place, to Caton Avenue, to Coney
Island Avenue, to Church Avenue, to East Fourth Street, to Ditmas
Avenue, to East Eighth Street, to Eighteenth Avenue, to Ocean Parkway,
to Avenue H, to the point or place of beginning.
26. Twenty-sixth District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of Broadway and Saratoga
Avenue, to Fulton Street, to Hopkinson Avenue, to East New York Avenue,
to Rockaway Avenue, to Dumont Avenue, to Saratoga Avenue, to Livonia
Avenue, to East Ninety-eighth Street, to Kings Highway, to East
Ninety-sixth Street, to Lenox Avenue, to Remsen Avenue, to Clarkson
Avenue, to East Fifty-fifth Street, to Linden Boulevard, to East
Forty-ninth Street, to Clarkson Avenue, to Flatbush Avenue, to Parkside
Avenue, to Ocean Avenue, to Lincoln Road, to Flatbush Avenue, to
Washington Avenue, to Lefferts Avenue, to Schenectady Avenue, to Eastern
Parkway, to Kingston Avenue, to Pacific Street, to Brooklyn Avenue, to
Fulton Street, to Tompkins Avenue, to Jefferson Avenue, to Throop
Avenue, to Park Avenue, to Broadway, to the point or place of beginning.
27. Twenty-seventh District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of Eldert Lane and
Ninety-fifth Avenue at the Brooklyn-Queens borough line to Drew Street,
to McKinley Avenue, to Autumn Avenue, to Liberty Avenue, to Pennsylvania
Avenue, to Jamaica Avenue, to Broadway, to Park Avenue, to Throop
Avenue, to Myrtle Avenue, to Bedford Avenue, to Lynch Street, to
Broadway, to Berry Street, to Metropolitan Avenue, to Roebling Street,
to North Fifth Street, to Havemeyer Street, to Metropolitan Avenue, to
Union Avenue, to Powers Street, to Lorimer Street, to Maujer Street, to
Leonard Street, to Grand Street, to Morgan Avenue, to Johnson Avenue, to
Stewart Avenue, to Flushing Avenue, to Wyckoff Avenue, to Stockholm
Street, to the Brooklyn-Queens borough line, thence southerly, easterly,
and southerly along said borough line to the point or place of
beginning.
28. Twenty-eighth District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of Lincoln Road and Ocean
Avenue, to Flatbush Avenue, to Grand Army Plaza, around the eastern
boundary of said Plaza to Vanderbilt Avenue, to Sterling Place, to
Flatbush Avenue, to Myrtle Avenue, to Vanderbilt Avenue, to
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, to Flushing Avenue, to Bedford Avenue, to
Myrtle Avenue, to Throop Avenue, to Jefferson Avenue, to Tompkins
Avenue, to Fulton Street, to Brooklyn Avenue, to Pacific Street, to
Kingston Avenue, to Eastern Parkway, to Schenectady Avenue, to Lefferts
Avenue, to Washington Avenue, to Flatbush Avenue, to Lincoln Road, to
the point or place of beginning.
29. Twenty-ninth District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of
Buttermilk Channel at Hamilton Avenue extended, to Hamilton Avenue-Ferry
Place, to Van Brunt Street, to DeGraw Street, to Court Street, to
Douglas Court, to Douglas Street, to Gowanus Canal, to Carroll Street,
to Fourth Avenue, to Fifth Street, to Eighth Avenue, to Union Street, to
Grand Army Plaza, around the eastern boundary of said Plaza, to
Vanderbilt Avenue, to Sterling Place, to Flatbush Avenue, to Myrtle
Avenue, to Vanderbilt Avenue, to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, to Flushing
Avenue, to Bedford Avenue, to Lynch Street, to Broadway, to Berry
Street, to Metropolitan Avenue, to Roebling Street, to North Fifth
Street, to Havemeyer Street, to Metropolitan Avenue, to Union Avenue, to
Powers Street, to Lorimer Street, to Maujer Street, to Leonard Street,
to Grand Street, to Morgan Avenue, to Johnson Avenue, to Stewart Avenue,
to Flushing Avenue, to Wyckoff Avenue, to Stockholm Street, to
Brooklyn-Queens borough line, thence northerly westerly, and southerly
along the Brooklyn borough line to the point or place of beginning.
30. Thirtieth District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of
Buttermilk Channel at Hamilton Avenue extended, to Hamilton Avenue-Ferry
Place, to Van Brunt Street, to DeGraw Street, to Court Street, to
Douglas Court, to Douglas Street, to Gowanus Canal, to Carroll Street,
to Fourth Avenue, to Fifth Street, to Eighth Avenue, to Union Street, to
Grand Army Plaza, to Flatbush Avenue, to Ocean Avenue, to Parkside
Avenue, to Parade Place, to Caton Avenue, to Coney Island Avenue, to
Church Avenue, to Dahill Road, to Sixteenth Avenue, to Forty-sixth
Street, to Thirteenth Avenue, to Fifty-fifth Street, to Third Avenue, to
Fifty-fourth Street, to Second Avenue, to Fifty-seventh Street, extended
into the waters of the Upper Bay to the Brooklyn borough line, thence
northerly along said borough line to the point or place of beginning.
31. Thirty-first District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of the
Upper Bay at Fifty-seventh Street extended, to Fifty-seventh Street, to
Second Avenue, to Fifty-fourth Street, to Third Avenue, to Fifty-fifth
Street, to New Utrecht Avenue, to Sixty-seventh Street, to Eighteenth
Avenue, to Sixty-sixth Street, to Nineteenth Avenue, to Seventy-seventh
Street, to Twentieth Avenue, to Benson Avenue, to Eighteenth Avenue, to
Cropsey Avenue, to Bay Nineteenth Street, to Shore Parkway, to Bay
Eighth Street, to Cropsey Avenue, to Fourteenth Avenue, to Poly Place,
to Battery Avenue, thence northerly and westerly along the border of the
United States Government reservation known as Fort Hamilton, to Gowanus
Expressway, to Fort Hamilton Parkway, to One Hundred First Street, to
Fourth Avenue, extended into the waters of the Narrows to Brooklyn
borough line, thence northerly along said borough line to the point or
place of beginning.
32. Thirty-second District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of Church Avenue and Dahill
Road, to East Fourth Street, to Ditmas Avenue, to East Eighth Street, to
Eighteenth Avenue, to Ocean Parkway, to Avenue H, to East Eighth Street,
to Avenue I, to East Twelfth Street, to Avenue H, to East Seventeenth
Street, to Avenue I, to East Twenty-seventh Street, to the Long Island
Railroad tracks, to Nostrand Avenue, to Avenue H, to East Thirty-fourth
Street, to Avenue K, to East Thirty-fifth Street, to Avenue M, to East
Thirty-sixth Street, to Flatlands Avenue, to East Thirty-seventh Street,
to Quentin Road, to Nostrand Avenue, to Gerritsen Avenue, to Batchelder
Street, to Avenue U, to East Twenty-ninth Street, to Avenue T, to East
Sixteenth Street, to Avenue S, to East Fifteenth Street, to Avenue R, to
East Twelfth Street, to Quentin Road, to West Twelfth Street, to Kings
Highway, to Bay Parkway, to Seventy-seventh Street, to Nineteenth
Avenue, to Sixty-sixth Street, to Eighteenth Avenue, to Sixty-seventh
Street, to New Utrecht Avenue, to Thirteenth Avenue, to Forty-sixth
Street, to Sixteenth Avenue, to Dahill Road, to the point or place of
beginning.
33. Thirty-third District
That part of the Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of
Lower New York Bay at Twenty-sixth Avenue extended, to Twenty-sixth
Avenue, to Harway Avenue, to Stillwell Avenue, to Avenue U, to West
Ninth Street, to Avenue T, to West Twelfth Street, to Quentin Road, to
East Twelfth Street, to Avenue R, to East Fifteenth Street, to Avenue S,
to East Sixteenth Street, to Avenue T, to East Twenty-ninth Street, to
Avenue U, to Batchelder Street, to Avenue V, to Bragg Street, to Avenue
X, to Batchelder Street, to Avenue Z, to Nostrand Avenue, to Emmons
Avenue, to East Twenty-seventh Street, to Sheepshead Bay, thence
easterly along Sheepshead Bay to Knapp Street extended, thence southerly
to the Brooklyn borough line, thence westerly and northerly along said
borough line to the point or place of beginning.
34. Thirty-fourth District
That part of the Borough of Queens bounded by a line described as
follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and
Seventy-first Street, proceeding easterly to Ninety-seventh Street, to
Thirty-fifth Avenue, to Ninety-ninth Street, to Roosevelt Avenue, to One
Hundred Second Street, to Forty-fifth Avenue, to One Hundred Eleventh
Street, (along outer line of Flushing-Corona Park), to Long Island
Expressway, thence westerly, to Ninety-seventh Place, to Sixty-second
Drive, to Ninety-seventh Street, to Sixty-third Road, to Queens
Boulevard, to Sixty-third Avenue, to Woodhaven Boulevard, to
Sixty-seventh Avenue, to Fitchett Street, to Sixty-sixth Road, to
Alderton Street, to Dieterle Crescent, to Thornton Place, to Fleet
Street, to Selfridge Street, to Metropolitan Avenue, to Woodhaven
Boulevard, to Union Turnpike, to Pedestrian Way, thence south and
southeast, along the line of Forest Park, to Myrtle Avenue, to
Eighty-ninth Street, to Eighty-third Drive, to Eighty-eighth Street, to
Myrtle Avenue, to Sixty-sixth Street, to Central Avenue, to Sixty-first
Street, to Fresh Pond Road, to Catalpa Avenue to Woodward Avenue, to
Putnam Avenue, to Forest Avenue, to Gates Avenue, to Grandview Avenue,
to Rene Court, to Metropolitan Avenue, to Arnold Avenue, to Fifty-fifth
Street, to Flushing Avenue, to Rust Street, to Andrews Street, to Forest
Avenue, to Metropolitan Avenue, thence easterly, to Sixty-fourth Street,
to Sixty-second Avenue, to Mount Olivet Crescent, to Sixty-third Avenue,
to Sixty-ninth Street, to Metropolitan Avenue, to Seventy-ninth Street,
to Furmanville Avenue, to Seventy-seventh Street, to Juniper Boulevard
South, thence westerly to Sixty-second Drive, thence northerly and
easterly around Juniper Valley Park along Juniper Boulevard North, to
Sixty-second Avenue, to Eightieth Street, to Caldwell Avenue, to
Eighty-fourth Street, to Long Island Expressway, to Long Island Railroad
Cut, to Fifty-seventh Avenue, crossing the Long Island Railroad Cut, to
Fifty-sixth Street, to Van Horn Street, to Grand Avenue, to Goldsmith
Street, to Queens Boulevard, to Maurice Avenue, to Broadway to
Forty-fifth Avenue, to Seventy-ninth Street, to Woodside Avenue, to
Baxter Avenue, to Forty-first Avenue, to Eightieth Street, to
Thirty-seventh Avenue, to Leverich Street, to Thirty-fifth Avenue, to
Northern Boulevard, to the point or place of beginning.
35. Thirty-fifth District
That part of the Borough of Staten Island bounded by a line described
as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in waters of Arthur Kill between border lines of
New Jersey, and Richmond County, at Goethals Bridge, proceeding
southeast, to Railroad cut, then proceeding east, to Gulf Avenue, to
Staten Island Expressway, to Bengal Avenue, to Fahy Avenue, to Arlene
Street, to Lander Avenue, to Richmond Avenue, to Victory Boulevard, to
Willowbrook Road, to Watchogue Road, to Victory Boulevard, to Manor
Road, to Ocean Terrace, to Todt Hill Road, to Richmond Road, proceeding
northerly, to Cromwell Avenue, to Hylan Boulevard, to Old Town Road, to
Staten Island Rapid Transit Line, proceeding north on Staten Island
Rapid Transit Line, to West Fingerboard Road, to Steuben Street, to
Hylan Boulevard, to Hickory Avenue, to McClean Avenue, to Lily Pond
Avenue, extended to waters of Atlantic Ocean; thence northerly and
westerly through the Narrows, through the Kill Van Kull Waters,
including the entire part of the City of New York known as Snooter's
Island, to the waters of the Arthur Kill, to the point or place of
beginning; this district is further intended to include that part of the
Borough of Brooklyn bounded by a line described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point at the Brooklyn borough line in the waters of
Gravesend Bay at Twenty-sixth Avenue, extended to Harway Avenue, to
Stillwell Avenue, to Avenue U, to West Ninth Street, to Avenue T, to
West Twelfth Street, to Kings Highway, to Bay Parkway, to
Seventy-seventh Street, to Twentieth Avenue, to Benson Avenue, to
Eighteenth Avenue, to Cropsey Avenue, to Bay Nineteenth Street, to Shore
Parkway, to Shore Road extension, to Bay Eighth Street, to Cropsey
Avenue, to Fourteenth Avenue, to Poly Place, to Battery Avenue, thence
northerly and westerly along the border of the United States Government
reservation known as Fort Hamilton, to Gowanus Expressway, to Fort
Hamilton Parkway, to One Hundred First Street, to Fourth Avenue,
extended in the waters of The Narrows, at the Brooklyn borough line,
thence projected into the waters of the Lower Bay, on the north side of
and parallel to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge thence southerly and
easterly to the point or place of beginning.
b. If any numbered paragraph of subdivision a of this section or any
clause, sentence or part of any such numbered paragraph shall be
adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate any other numbered
paragraph of subdivision a of this section, but shall be confined in its
operation to the numbered paragraph which was directly involved in the
controversy or of which a clause, sentence, or part was directly
involved in such controversy.
c. The provisions of this section shall apply to the nomination and
election of council members at the primary and general election in the
year nineteen hundred eighty-one and thereafter and elections by the
voters for the filling of vacancies in the offices of the council
members so elected arising otherwise than by expiration of the term, for
the balance thereof.
Section 3-203
§ 3-203 Public advocate; member of all committees. The public
advocate, ex-officio, shall be a member of all the committees thereof.
Section 3-204
§ 3-204 Salaries; additional compensation for officers of council. The
mayor, pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred twenty-three of
the charter, may fix any additional remuneration to be paid to the
vice-chairman of the council, the leader of the dominant minority party,
the chairperson of the finance committee, the chairperson of the general
welfare committee, and during a vacancy in the office of mayor or the
office of public advocate, the person designated to act as leader of the
majority party, over and above the salaries paid to them as council
members.
Section 3-204.1
§ 3-204.1 Transfer and disposal of surplus old desks and chairs,
councilmanic chambers. a. The commissioner of citywide administrative
services in the case of the disposal of surplus old desks and chairs no
longer needed for use of the city council in the councilmanic chambers
shall transfer such chairs and desks to the control and custody of the
city clerk, clerk of the council.
b. The city clerk, clerk of the council, shall have the power, upon
request, to transfer and deliver one such desk and/or chair in the
following order of priority: (1) museum of the city of New York; (2)
metropolitan museum of art; (3) New York historical society; (4) present
member of the council; (5) former member of the council. Such museum,
member of the council or former member of the council shall file its or
his or her written request with the city clerk, clerk of the council,
accompanied with the sum of ten dollars per desk or chair, which sums
shall be deposited with the commissioner of finance, except that the
aforesaid museums and historical society shall not be required to pay
anything.
c. The provisions of this section shall be effective notwithstanding
the provisions of any general or special law or provision or regulation
relating to the disposal of personal property and any such statute or
part or parts thereof, relating to such disposal of surplus material,
insofar as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this section,
are hereby superseded.
Section 3-204.2
§ 3-204.2 Transfer of councilmanic chairs at termination of office.
(a) The city clerk, clerk of the council shall have the power at the
request of any member of the council who shall hereafter resign or whose
term of office shall hereafter terminate, or a surviving spouse or
domestic partner of such member, to sell and transfer to such member or
to such surviving spouse or domestic partner the chair last occupied by
such member in the councilmanic chamber for the fair market value as
determined by the commissioner of citywide administrative services,
depositing any monies received from such sale with the commissioner of
finance; provided however, that a written request therefor accompanied
by the payment herein provided be submitted to the city clerk, clerk of
the council within sixty days after any such resignation or termination
of term of office. The commissioner of citywide administrative services
shall upon notice from the city clerk, clerk of the council make prompt
replacement of such chair so transferred or sold.
(b) The provisions of this section shall apply solely to members of
the council who have been elected at a general election.
(c) The provision of this section shall be effective notwithstanding
the provisions of any general or special law or provision or regulation
relating to the disposal of personal property and any such statute, or
part, or parts thereof are hereby superseded.
Section 3-204.3
§ 3-204.3 Workers' compensation for city council employees. a. As used
in this section, the term "city council employees" shall include all
duly sworn members of the city council as well as all salaried employees
who comprise the staff of the city council on a full-time or part-time
basis.
b. Pursuant to the authorization contained in group nineteen of
subdivision one of section three of the state workers' compensation law,
the coverage of the workers' compensation law is extended to cover all
city council employees.
Section 3-204.4
§ 3-204.4 Representation; council members.--Council Members shall be
represented by the corporation counsel and indemnified by the city
pursuant to Section 50-k of the General Municipal Law, subject to the
conditions contained therein, for actions undertaken in the performance
of their constituent responsibilities.
Section 3-205
§ 3-205 City clerk; employees; bonds. Each of the following officers
or employees in the office of the city clerk shall execute a bond to the
city, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his or
her office, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the
comptroller, in the penal sum as follows: city clerk, twenty thousand
dollars; city clerk's cashier, and assistant cashier, three thousand
dollars each; deputy city clerk, borough of Brooklyn, five thousand
dollars; deputy city clerks, boroughs of the Bronx, Queens, and Staten
Island, one thousand dollars each.
Section 3-206
§ 3-206 City clerk; proceedings of council. Immediately after the
adjournment of each meeting of the council, the city clerk shall prepare
a brief extract, omitting technical and formal details, of all
resolutions and local laws introduced or passed, all recommendations of
committees, all final proceedings and full copies of all messages from
the mayor and all reports of city agencies. The city clerk shall
forthwith transmit the same for publication in the City Record to the
director thereof.
Section 3-207
§ 3-207 City clerk; fees. The city clerk shall collect the following
fees:
1. For a copy of any book, account, record or paper other than a
marriage record filed in the city clerk's office, one dollar for each
photocopy;
2. For a certification of any book, account, record, or paper other
than a marriage record filed in the city clerk's office, fifty cents and
five cents in addition for each folio in excess of five;
3. For each bond filed in the city clerk's office, twenty-five cents;
4. For filing of all other papers, required by law to be filed in the
city clerk's office nine dollars;
5. For a certificate of appointment of a commissioner of deeds, fifty
cents;
6. For a certified extract from any marriage record file in the city
clerk's office, ten dollars;
7. For any certifications furnished by the city clerk, one dollar for
each such certification;
8. For certification of marriage status to be used by applicant in
foreign jurisdictions fifteen dollars;
9. In any instance where the personal hand signature of the city clerk
or his or her first deputy is requested, ten dollars;
10. For filing an application for correcting a marriage record,
pursuant to section twenty of the domestic relations law, forty dollars,
which shall include a photostatic copy of the existing marriage record
and the issuance of a new amended certificate. Such fee shall not be
returned in the event of the application is rejected for insufficiency
or other pertinent reason. Upon denial of such application, ten dollars
shall be refunded;
11. For solemnization of marriage pursuant to section eleven-a of the
domestic relations law, twenty-five dollars;
12. For issuance of a certificate of marriage registration pursuant to
section fourteen-a of the domestic relations law, ten dollars.
13. For issuance of a second or subsequent certificate of marriage
registration or a photograph, microphotograph or photocopy of the
original marriage license pursuant to section fourteen-a of the domestic
relations law, ten dollars.
14. For persons registering to perform marriage ceremonies with the
clerk of the city of New York pursuant to section 11-b of the domestic
relations law, fifteen dollars.
Section 3-207.1
§ 3-207.1 Marriage notification. a. The city clerk shall prominently
post the following information on the section(s) of the city clerk's
website, or any successor website maintained by or on behalf of the city
clerk or a successor officer, relating to marriage, domestic
partnerships or other similar subjects: (i) a list of all domestic and
international jurisdictions that perform same sex marriages; and (ii)
the following text: "Lawfully married individuals, including individuals
in same sex marriages, are entitled to more New York State rights and
benefits than those registered as domestic partners here in New York
City. If an individual lawfully enters into a same sex marriage in a
jurisdiction outside New York, they are entitled to most of the New York
State rights and benefits available to people lawfully married in New
York. If you are considering entering into a marriage in one of the
jurisdictions listed above, it is recommended that you contact that
jurisdiction beforehand in order to learn about any applicable marriage
requirements or restrictions."
b. All information required to be made available on the internet
pursuant to this local law shall also be prominently displayed and
distributed free of charge in hard copy at the marriage bureau in the
city clerk's office.
c. The obligations of the city clerk under this section shall be
continuing and the city clerk shall make all reasonable efforts to
ensure that all information provided pursuant to this section is
accurate and current and shall update such information as appropriate.
Section 3-208
§ 3-208 Local laws; public hearings; publication of notice. The notice
prescribed in subdivision five of section twenty of the municipal home
rule law shall be published in the City Record and in such daily
newspaper or newspapers, published in the city of New York, as shall be
selected by the mayor for that purpose.
Section 3-209
§ 3-209 a. Short title. This section shall be known and may be cited
as the "Young Adult Voter Registration Act."
b. Registration of voters. Each public or private high school within
the city shall make available during the school year to seniors such
materials as may be published by the board of elections relating to
voter registration and, where appropriate, shall provide applications
for registration and enrollment, and may assist in the execution of such
applications.
c. Registration of graduating seniors. The department of education of
the city of New York shall provide a postage paid board of elections of
the city of New York voter registration form to each graduating student
who receives a high school diploma, including but not limited to a
Regents, local, general equivalency or Individualized Education Program
diploma. The department shall deliver such voter registration form to
each graduating student at the same time and in the same manner as it
delivers diplomas to each such student.
d. Forms to be available at school. The department of education of the
city of New York shall ensure that postage paid board of elections voter
registration forms are available in the main or central office of each
high school under the jurisdiction of the department for students who
wish to obtain one. The department shall also ensure that each such high
school provides adequate notice to its students of the availability of
such forms in its main or central office.
e. Sufficient quantity of forms. The department shall request from the
board of elections of the city of New York a sufficient quantity of
voter registration forms to meet the requirements of this subdivision.
Section 3-209.1
§ 3-209.1 Distribution of library card application materials. a.
Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall
be defined as follows:
1. "Department" shall mean the department of education.
2. "Public library systems" shall mean the New York Public Library,
the Brooklyn Public Library and the Queens Borough Public Library.
3. "School" shall mean any public school in the city of New York under
the jurisdiction of the department of education that contains any
combination of grades from and including pre-kindergarten through grade
twelve.
4. "Participating agencies" shall mean the administration for
children's services, the department of homeless services, the department
of youth and community development and the human resources
administration.
5. "Young person" shall mean any person under the age of 24.
b. The department and participating agencies, in consultation with the
public library systems, shall obtain from the public library systems or
develop written or electronic materials containing information regarding
each public library system and how students and young persons can obtain
a library card. At a minimum, such written or electronic materials shall
include: (i) a description of the public library system; (ii) an
application for a library card; and (iii) instructions on how to obtain
a library card. Such written or electronic materials shall be produced
and distributed by the department to each school for distribution to
every student of such school upon his or her entry into
pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, grade six and grade nine and to every
student upon his or her entry into a school as a new student; and
obtained or produced and made available by participating agencies for
every young person who receives services from such agencies. In
addition, the department and participating agencies shall make such
materials conspicuously available on their respective websites.
c. The department shall ensure that written or electronic materials
developed pursuant to subdivision b of this section are provided to all
schools in sufficient quantity to satisfy the requirements of
subdivisions b and d of this section.
d. The department shall ensure that such written materials are
available in the main or central office in each school for students and
parents who wish to obtain such materials.
e. Participating agencies may include instructions in all new or
renewed agreements with contractors and subcontractors having regular
contact with young persons in the administration of their business to
follow the guidelines of subdivision b of this section.
Section 3-209.2
* § 3-209.2 Distribution of college-savings plan materials. a.
Definitions. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Department" shall mean the department of education.
2. "School" shall mean any public school in the city of New York under
the jurisdiction of the department of education that contains any
combination of grades from and including kindergarten through grade
twelve.
b. The department shall develop materials containing information
regarding college savings plans. At a minimum, such materials shall
include information on (i) college-savings programs available to
students including, but not limited to, information regarding New York's
529 college savings program and (ii) general information regarding
tuition at colleges under the authority of the city university of New
York and at colleges under the authority of the state university of New
York and financial aid eligibility. Such material shall be produced and
distributed by the department to each school for distribution to every
student of such school upon his or her entry into kindergarten, grade
six and grade nine and to every student upon his or her entry into a
school as a new student.
c. The department shall ensure that materials developed pursuant to
subdivision b of this section are provided to all schools in sufficient
quantity to satisfy the requirements of subdivisions b and d of this
section.
d. The department shall ensure that such written materials are
available in the main or central office in each school and that such
materials are available on the department's website for students and
parents who wish to obtain such materials.
* NB Effective April 16, 2014
Section 3-210
§ 3-210 Fingerprinting. a. Employees. The council shall require that
any applicant or appointee for future employment by the council be
fingerprinted as part of the application process. Such fingerprints and
physical descriptive data are to be provided for the purpose of securing
criminal history records from the state division of criminal justice
services. The applicant shall pay a processing fee as required by the
state division of criminal justice services. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the council need not require applicants or appointees under
this subdivision to be fingerprinted if criminal history records
concerning such applicants or appointees are not made available by the
state division of criminal justice services.
b. Other Persons. The council may require that any candidate for
direct appointment, designation, nomination, recommendation and advice
and consent by the council as required by state legislation, the charter
or administrative code be fingerprinted as part of the background
investigation. Such fingerprints are to be provided for the purposes of
securing criminal history records from the state division of criminal
justice services. The applicant may pay a processing fee as required by
the state division of criminal justice services. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the council need not require candidates under this
subdivision to be fingerprinted if criminal history records concerning
such candidates are not made available by the state division of criminal
justice services.
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