Editing Scouting in New York (section)

====Greater New York Councils <!---councils is correct--->====
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{{Infobox WorldScouting
|name=Greater New York Councils (#640)
|image=
|caption=[[Council shoulder patch|CSP]] of the Greater New York Councils 
|type=council
|owner=[[Scouting_America|Scouting America ]]
|headquarters=
|location=475 Riverside Drive, Suite 600
New York, NY 10115
|country=United States
|coords=
|f-date=
|defunct=
|founders=
|founder=
|members=
|chiefscouttitle= Council President
|chiefscout=  Richard Mason
|chiefscouttitle2=Council Commissioner
|chiefscout2=  Anthony Fiori
|chiefscouttitle3=Scout Executive
|chiefscout3= Saroya Friedman-Gonzalez
|website={{URL|http://www.nycscouting.org}}
}}
The Greater New York Councils serves the Scouting families of the five boroughs of New York City.

In 1915, the [[Greater New York Advisory Council]] was founded, changing its name to the [[Boy Scout Federation of Greater New York Council]] (#719) in 1925. In 1936 the council changed its name to the [[Greater New York Council]] (#719). Since the beginning, the [[Boroughs of New York City|five boroughs]] of the city each maintained their own council under the umbrella of the "greater" council [[Bronx Council]] (#372), [[Brooklyn Council]] (#369), [[Manhattan Council]] (#384), [[Greater New York, Queens Council|Queens Council]] (#371), and the [[Staten Island Council]] (#396).{{listref|a}}

In 1967, the council was renumbered as Greater New York Council (#640) with each of the boroughs also being renumbered: [[Greater New York, Bronx Council|Bronx Council]] #641), [[Greater New York, Brooklyn Council|Brooklyn Council]] (#642), [[Greater New York, Manhattan Council|Manhattan Council]] (#643), [[Greater New York, Queens Council|Queens Council]] (#644), and the [[Greater New York, Staten Island Council|Staten Island Council]] (#645).{{listref|a}}
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