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NYS Open Legislation

io.github.BetaNYC/nys-openlegislation-mcp ยท v2.5.1

NY State bills, laws, members, committees, calendars and transcripts from NYS Open Legislation

Connect Runs on your machine

Terminal
claude mcp add nys-openlegislation-mcp -e NYS_LEGISLATION_API_KEY=<NYS_LEGISLATION_API_KEY> -e NYS_CORPUS_DB=<NYS_CORPUS_DB> -- npx -y @betanyc/[email protected]
claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nys-openlegislation-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NYS_LEGISLATION_API_KEY": "<NYS_LEGISLATION_API_KEY>",
        "NYS_CORPUS_DB": "<NYS_CORPUS_DB>"
      }
    }
  }
}
~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nys-openlegislation-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NYS_LEGISLATION_API_KEY": "<NYS_LEGISLATION_API_KEY>",
        "NYS_CORPUS_DB": "<NYS_CORPUS_DB>"
      }
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "nys-openlegislation-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@betanyc/[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "NYS_LEGISLATION_API_KEY": "<NYS_LEGISLATION_API_KEY>",
        "NYS_CORPUS_DB": "<NYS_CORPUS_DB>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Replace the values in angle brackets with your own. Keys stay on your machine; we never see them.

Tools

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

Environment variables

NameDescription
NYS_LEGISLATION_API_KEY
Optional, secret
Free NYS Open Legislation API key, needed for live data. Optional only if a local corpus exists
NYS_CORPUS_DB
Optional
Path to the optional local corpus database. Defaults to data/corpus.db in the package

Details

Package@betanyc/[email protected] (NPM, stdio)
First published9 Nov 2026
Last updated9 Nov 2026
Registry nameio.github.BetaNYC/nys-openlegislation-mcp

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