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 Okay, since I started this thread, I'll attempt to finish it. This is the 
extent of New York County, which is coterminous with the Borough of 
Manhattan, according to the DeLorme and Hagstrom atlases, both of which 
can be considered reliable sources and are readily available in major 
bookstores (at least in the northeastern US). 
 
 - Manhattan Island
 - Ward's Island
 - Roosevelt Island
 - Governor's Island
 - The Marble Hill section of the Bronx
 - Some of the East River piers in Brooklyn
 
 The reasons for including the latter two, as far as I can determine: 
Marble Hill was originally part of Manhattan Island, but a new channel 
was dredged for the Harlem River and the old one filled in. The piers
in Brooklyn were administered by the City of New York for tax reasons 
(read: so New York would get the money - corruption is no new thing to
the Big Apple) back when New York and Brooklyn were separate cities.
 
 Despite their proximity to New Jersey, Ellis and Bedloe (Liberty) 
Islands are considered part of New York. None of the maps specifically
assign them to Manhattan, but I'd assume that they fall under its 
jurisdiction since it's the closest of the boroughs. Since both of 
these islands are part of the National Park system and, to the best
of my knowledge, neither has any permanent residents, the islands are
probably administered by the US Department of the Interior, but if the
National Park service needs help with things like fire or police 
coverage, it'd probably come from Manhattan.
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