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  "resource": "https://knoedg.nyc/nyc-boundaries/",
  "title": "2023 Census Gazetteer measurements for New York City's five counties",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "U.S. Census Bureau",
    "url": "https://www.census.gov/"
  },
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    "product": "2023 Gazetteer county file",
    "nationalDistribution": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_Gaz_counties_national.zip",
    "selectedStateFile": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_gaz_counties_36.txt",
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    "representedYear": 2023,
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    "capturedAt": "2026-08-08T00:00:00Z",
    "lineage": "TIGER/Line-derived Gazetteer county records",
    "purpose": "Statistical county measurements and internal points; this fixture contains no boundary geometry and is not evidence of a legal boundary survey."
  },
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    "redistributionDecision": "approved",
    "statement": "Census Bureau employee-created data and works generally are not subject to copyright protection within the United States; attribution is retained.",
    "reference": "https://www2.census.gov/foia/ds_policies/ds027.pdf",
    "attribution": "U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Gazetteer Files"
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    "The values are 2023 statistical Gazetteer fields and must not be presented as current legal-boundary survey measurements.",
    "No boundary geometry is included in this fixture.",
    "Borough and county names are paired for NYC presentation while the source records identify counties."
  ]
}