Election district boundaries for New York City, clipped to the shoreline, are provided by the New York City Board of Elections. The data is published by the Department of City Planning and the current version is 26a. All previously released versions are available on the DCP BYTES of the BIG APPLE website.
Use Cases
- Map election district boundaries for voter registration and polling place analysis.
- Conduct spatial analysis of electoral demographics based on district shapes.
- Integrate district boundaries with other New York City geospatial datasets for urban planning.
- Perform jurisdictional analysis for political campaigns and redistricting efforts.
Strengths
- Data is sourced from the authoritative New York City Board of Elections and Department of City Planning.
- Boundaries are clipped to the shoreline, which suggests precise geographic alignment.
- Multiple file formats (XML, RDF, JSON, CSV) are available for different technical needs.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- City of New York, Department of City Planning
- Collection Method
- Published by the New York City Board of Elections.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-15 02:57:47.177343; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- New York City