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NYC Charter, Laws and Rules

io.github.BetaNYC/nyc-charter-laws-rules · v0.4.4

Search and read the NYC Charter, Administrative Code and Rules of the City of New York

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add nyc-charter-laws-rules -e NYC_LAWS_INDEX_DIR=<NYC_LAWS_INDEX_DIR> -e NYC_CLR_FOOTER=<NYC_CLR_FOOTER> -- npx -y @betanyc/[email protected]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nyc-charter-laws-rules": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NYC_LAWS_INDEX_DIR": "<NYC_LAWS_INDEX_DIR>",
        "NYC_CLR_FOOTER": "<NYC_CLR_FOOTER>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nyc-charter-laws-rules": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NYC_LAWS_INDEX_DIR": "<NYC_LAWS_INDEX_DIR>",
        "NYC_CLR_FOOTER": "<NYC_CLR_FOOTER>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "nyc-charter-laws-rules": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NYC_LAWS_INDEX_DIR": "<NYC_LAWS_INDEX_DIR>",
        "NYC_CLR_FOOTER": "<NYC_CLR_FOOTER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Tools

This server runs locally, so its tools are listed by your MCP client once it starts.

Environment variables

NameDescription
NYC_LAWS_INDEX_DIR
Optional
Optional. Serve the index in this directory (laid out like data/index/json/) instead of the bundled one
NYC_CLR_FOOTER
Optional
Optional. How much legal disclaimer each response carries: full-then-compact (default) or full

Details

Package@betanyc/[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
First published9 Nov 2026
Last updated9 Nov 2026
Registry nameio.github.BetaNYC/nyc-charter-laws-rules

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