Political and Administrative Districts - Download and Metadata

Use the links below to download the shapefiles and to view the metadata for New York City Political, Administrative and Census geographies. These files were generated from the 23C release of the Department of City Planning's LION file. For the previous District files, release 23B see the BYTES of the BIG APPLE archive.

A note about new political redistricting geographies:

Post-Redistricting City Council & Election Districts (with and without Water Area):
Revised New York City Council Districts and New York City Election Districts. These new geographies represent the post-redistricting political boundary changes implemented by the NYC Board of Elections after approval of new City Council redistricting maps by the New York City Districting Commission on October 6, 2022.

Pre-Redistricting political boundaries can be downloaded from the Archive page

File Name	Download	REST	GeoJSON	Metadata
State Assembly Districts (Clipped to Shoreline)
State Assembly Districts (Water Areas Included)
U.S. Congressional Districts (Clipped to Shoreline)
U.S. Congressional Districts (Water Areas Included)
State Senate Districts (Clipped to Shoreline)
State Senate Districts (Water Areas Included)
Municipal Court Districts (Clipped to Shoreline)
Municipal Court Districts (Water Areas Included)
City Council Districts (Clipped to Shoreline)
City Council Districts (Water Areas Included)
Election Districts (Clipped to Shoreline)
Election Districts (Water Areas Included)

File Name	Download	REST	GeoJSON	Metadata
Borough Boundaries (Clipped to Shoreline)
Borough Boundaries (Water Areas Included)
Community Districts (Clipped to Shoreline)
Community Districts (Water Areas Included)

File Name	Download	REST	GeoJSON	Metadata
School Districts (Clipped to Shoreline)
Police Precincts (Clipped to Shoreline)
Health Area (Clipped to Shoreline)
Health Center (Clipped to Shoreline)
Fire Companies (Clipped to Shoreline)
Fire Battalions (Clipped to Shoreline)
Fire Divisions (Clipped to Shoreline)

Disclaimer
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