US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  2-201  The  city  of  New  York,  territory  thereof  and extent of
  jurisdiction and powers. All that territory within the  city  being  all
  that  territory  contained  within the boroughs of Manhattan, The Bronx,
  Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island  as  hereafter  described,  shall  be
  known  as  "The City of New York"; and the boundaries, jurisdictions and
  powers of the city are for all  purposes  of  local  administration  and
  government  hereby  declared to be co-extensive with the territory above
  described.