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    Summary of Syringe Data in NYC Parks

    Metadata Updated: March 22, 2026

    This dataset contains records of syringes collected, including how many, whether they are collected from the ground or a kiosk, and when they are collected. The Syringe Summary dataset contains records for syringes collected by both Parks staff as well as collection efforts by the Washington Heights Corner Project (https://www.nycservice.org/organizations/index.php?org_id=1462) and New York Harm Reduction Educators (https://nyhre.org/) nonprofit group

    This is part of the NYC Parks Syringe Litter Data Collection: https://data.cityofnewyork.us/browse?Data-Collection_Data-Collection=NYC+Parks+Syringe+Litter&q=

    You can find the complete data dictionary at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VSUqd1peSc-4D2XnBZNiLdxa0Jg4z62D/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100172030647057411202&rtpof=true&sd=true

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. See Terms License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date May 26, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 22, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NYC JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date May 26, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date March 22, 2026
    Publisher data.cityofnewyork.us
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cityofnewyork.us/api/views/t8xi-d5wb
    Data First Published 2022-05-18
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-19
    Category Public Safety
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.cityofnewyork.us/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id c3d7fc1f-60a8-4dc2-bfc6-349a445ad9bb
    Harvest Source Id 1696593e-c691-4f61-a696-5dcb9e4c9b4c
    Harvest Source Title NYC JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.cityofnewyork.us/d/t8xi-d5wb
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash ceb8ec721b7b892d3833ae05d6cf673166e53a53da48bc09874498410e0e3bbe
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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