New York (state)
New York, also 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 .New York has a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate, encompasses New York City, the United States' 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 large urban area, 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.
The state attracts visitors from all over the globe, with the highest count of any U.S. state in 2022. Many of its landmarks are well known, including four of the world's ten most-visited tourist attractions in 2013: Times Square, Central Park, Niagara Falls, and Grand Central Terminal. New York is home to approximately 200 colleges and universities, including Ivy League members Columbia University and Cornell University, and the expansive State University of New York, which is among the largest university systems in the nation. New York City is home to the headquarters of the United Nations, and it is sometimes described as the world's most important city, the cultural, financial, and media epicenter, and the capital of the world. Provided by Wikipedia
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Geography of New York State.
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Education for American life, a new program for the state of New York.
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To the Honorable the Legislature of the state of New-York. : the commissioners appointed by the statue entitled "An act for making alterations in the criminal law of this state, an...
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State of New-York, in Senate, 16th February, 1791. : Resolved, (if the honorable the Assembly concur herein,) that the printer to this state shall ... print three hundred copies of...
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Anno regni octavo Annae Reginae. : an act to repeal an act of General Assembly, entituled, An act to oblige Robert Livingston to account, according to the purport of an act, entitu...
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An act to impower justices of the peace, mayors, recorders, and aldermen, to try causes to the value of ten pounds, and under, and for suspending an act therein mentioned. : Passed...
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State of New-York, an act to amend an act for regulating impresses of forage and carriages, and for billeting troops within this state.
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State of New-York. An act for pardoning certain offences committed in the north-eastern part of this state. : Passed 14th of April, 1782.
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The ten pound act : that is to say, an act for the more speedy recovery of debts to the value of ten pounds : enacted into a law by the people of the state of New-York, in Senate a...
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An act to amend an act, entitled, An act to regulate the Militia. : Passed the 18th day of April, 1787.
Published 1787“…New York (State)…”
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An act for regulating elections. : Together with an act for regulating town-meetings. : Passed by the representatives of the people of the state of New-York, at their tenth session...
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An act for the more effectual prevention of crimes.
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State of New-York. In Senate, January 10, 1794. : Resolved, (if the hon. the Assembly concur therein) that the printer to the state immediately publish, in his newspaper, a copy of...
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Acts made the 5th Assembly, 5th sessions : beginning the 25th of March, 1697, and ending the 22th day of April following, anno regni Regis Gulielmi Tertij, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Franciæ...
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Report of the Lemmon slave case : containing points and arguments of counsel on both sides, and opinions of all the judges.
Published 1860“…New York (State)…”
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The Constitution of the State of New-York, adopted November 3, 1846 : together with marginal notes and a copious index /
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The Constitution of the state of New-York.
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The Militia act : that is to say, an act to organize the Militia of the state of New-York. : Enacted into a law, by the people of the state of New-York, represented in Senate and A...
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Forms and directions for the assessors in the execution of the statute entitled "An act for the assessment and collection of taxes."
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The constitution of the State of New-York.
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