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New York, sometimes called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada and the Great Lakes. With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most densely populated as of 2023. New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state by area, with a total area of 54,556 square miles (141,300 km2).
New York has a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate, encompasses New York City, the most populous city in the United States, with over twice the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest city; Long Island, the nation's most populous island; and the suburbs and wealthy enclaves of the lower Hudson Valley. These areas are the center of the New York metropolitan area, a sprawling urban landmass, and account for approximately two-thirds of the state's population. The much larger Upstate area spreads from the Great Lakes to Lake Champlain, and includes the Adirondack Mountains and the Catskill Mountains (part of the wider Appalachian Mountains). The east–west Mohawk River Valley bisects the more mountainous regions of Upstate, and flows into the north–south Hudson River valley near the state capital of Albany. Western New York, home to the cities of Buffalo and Rochester, is part of the Great Lakes region and borders Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Central New York is anchored by the city of Syracuse; between the central and western parts of the state, New York is dominated by the Finger Lakes, a popular tourist destination. To the south, along the state border with Pennsylvania, the Southern Tier sits atop the Allegheny Plateau, representing the northernmost reaches of Appalachia.
New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that went on to form the United States. The area of present-day New York had been inhabited by tribes of the Algonquians and the Iroquois Confederacy Native Americans for several thousand years by the time the earliest Europeans arrived. Stemming from Henry Hudson's expedition in 1609, the Dutch established the multiethnic colony of New Netherland in 1621. England seized the colony from the Dutch in 1664, renaming it the Province of New York. During the American Revolutionary War, a group of colonists eventually succeeded in establishing independence, and the state ratified the then new United States Constitution in 1788. From the early 19th century, New York's development of its interior, beginning with the construction of the Erie Canal, gave it incomparable advantages over other regions of the United States. The state built its political, cultural, and economic ascendancy over the next century, earning it the nickname of the "Empire State." Although deindustrialization eroded a portion of the state's economy in the second half of the 20th century, New York in the 21st century continues to be considered as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance, and environmental sustainability. (Full article...)
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The PS Washington Irving was a 4,000-short-ton (3,600 t) sidewheel day boat and the flagship of the Hudson River Day Line that operated on the Hudson River from 1913 to 1926.
The Washington Irving collided with an oil barge in the fog on 1 June 1926 on the North River. With the aid of tugboats, it reached shore at Pier 12, Jersey City, where it sank soon thereafter. Out of 200 passengers and 105 crew, three died as a result of the accident. (Full article...)Selected article -
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government. The department guides and regulates the conservation, improvement, and protection of New York's natural resources; manages Forest Preserve lands in the Adirondack and Catskill parks, state forest lands, and wildlife management areas; regulates sport fishing, hunting and trapping; and enforces the state's environmental laws and regulations. Its regulations are compiled in Title 6 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations. It was founded in 1970, replacing the Conservation Department, and is headed by Basil Seggos.
NYS DEC had an annual budget of about $2,588 million for FY 2024, and employs roughly 3,000 people across New York State. It manages over four million acres (16,000 km2) of protected state-owned land and another 910,000 acres (3,700 km2) of privately owned land on which it holds conservation easements. The department's activities go beyond land management and environmental enforcement to include the publication of a magazine and a state bird atlas, and the operation of 52 campgrounds in the Adirondack and Catskill Parks. (Full article...)General images
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SUR by Xefirotarch at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens (from Culture of New York City)
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Theodore Roosevelt (from History of New York (state))
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Langston Hughes was part of the Harlem Renaissance that flourished in the 1920s. (from Culture of New York City)
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United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. (from History of New York (state))
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A crowd in Times Square awaits the countdown to the start of 2006. (from Culture of New York City)
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A Phoenix rises to new life at the Village Halloween Parade fifty days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (from Culture of New York City)
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A frameworker tightens bolts on the Empire State Building in 1930; the recently completed Chrysler Building is seen in the background. (from History of New York (state))
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Map of the Province of New York. (from History of New York (state))
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The West Indian Labor Day Parade is an annual carnival along Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. (from Culture of New York City)
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The Yoshio Taniguchi building at the Museum of Modern Art (from Culture of New York City)
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Street vendors at the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan's Little Italy (from Culture of New York City)
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John Trumbull's Surrender of General Burgoyne stylizes the American win at Saratoga. (from History of New York (state))
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The Stadt Huys in Albany became the state's seat of government when Albany became the permanent capitol in 1797. (from History of New York (state))
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Flooding on Avenue C in Lower Manhattan caused by Hurricane Sandy. (from History of New York (state))
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A historical juxtaposition: a replica of Henry Hudson's 17th-century Halve Maen passes modern-day lower Manhattan where the original ship would have sailed while investigating New York Harbor. (from History of New York (state))
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Companies such as Eastman Kodak (Rochester headquarters pictured ca. 1900) epitomized New York's manufacturing economy in the late 19th century. (from History of New York (state))
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Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. He was a Republican lawyer from New York who briefly served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield. Arthur assumed the presidency after Garfield's death on September 19, 1881, and served the remainder of his term until March 4, 1885.
Arthur was born in Fairfield, Vermont, grew up in upstate New York and practiced law in New York City. He served as quartermaster general of the New York Militia during the American Civil War. Following the war, he devoted more time to New York Republican politics and quickly rose in Senator Roscoe Conkling's political organization. President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him as Collector of the Port of New York in 1871, and he was an important supporter of Conkling and the Stalwart faction of the Republican Party. In 1878, following bitter disputes between Conkling and President Rutherford B. Hayes over control of patronage in New York, Hayes fired Arthur as part of a plan to reform the federal patronage system. In June 1880, the extended contest between Grant, identified with the Stalwarts, and James G. Blaine, the candidate of the Half-Breed faction, led to the compromise selection of Ohio's Garfield for president. Republicans then nominated Arthur for vice president to balance the ticket geographically and to placate Stalwarts disappointed by Grant's defeat. Garfield and Arthur won the 1880 presidential election and took office in March 1881. Four months into his term, Garfield was shot by an assassin; he died 11 weeks later, and Arthur assumed the presidency. (Full article...)Selected picture -
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New York State Route 52 is a 108.72 mi (174.97 km)-long state highway in the southeastern part of the state of New York. It generally runs from west to east, beginning at the Pennsylvania state line in the Delaware River near Narrowsburg, crossing the Hudson River on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, and ending in Carmel.
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- ...that the Adirondack Park Agency was created in an attempt to settle the dispute over whether wilderness within the site should be preserved, or be exploited for profit?
- ...that Same-sex marriage in New York became legal on July 24, 2011, under the Marriage Equality Act?
- ...that Coney Island in southern Brooklyn has a population of 60,000?
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- Ruth Atkinson Ford, born Ruth Atkinson (June 2, 1918 – May 31, June 1, or June 15, 1997) was a pioneering female cartoonist and comic book artist, raised in New York, who helped create the long-running Marvel Comics characters Millie the Model and Patsy Walker.
- Kevin Burns (born June 18, 1955 in Schenectady, New York) is an Emmy Award-winning American television and film producer, director, and screenwriter.
- Francis Marion McDowell (June 12, 1831 in Wayne, New York – March 22, 1894) was an American banker and farmer and a co-founder of the National Grange.
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The Moodna Viaduct is an iron railroad trestle that spans the Moodna Creek and its valley at the north end of Schunemunk Mountain in Salisbury Mills, New York. The bridge was constructed between 1904 and 1908 by the Erie Railroad and was opened for train passage in 1909.
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- Nicknames: The Empire State, The Excelsior State
- Capital: Albany
- Governor: Kathy Hochul (D)
- Lieutenant Governor: Antonio Delgado (D)
- Secretary of State: Robert J. Rodriguez (D)
- Attorney General: Letitia James (D)
- Total area: 54,555 mi2
- Land: 47,190 mi2
- Water: 7,365 mi2
- Highest elevation: 5,344 ft (Mount Marcy)
- Population 19,745,289 (2016 est)
- Admission to the Union: July 26, 1788 (11th)
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- Animal: Beaver
- Bird: Eastern Bluebird
- Colors: Blue & Gold
- Freshwater Fish: Brook trout
- Saltwater Fish: Striped bass
- Flower: Rose
- Fossil: Eurypterus remipes
- Insect: Nine-spotted Ladybug
- Songs: "I Love New York"
- Tree: Sugar Maple
- Gem: Garnet
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