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New York State Guide
New York is a state in the northeastern United States.
It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish
it from New York City. Because a significant majority of the population
is concentrated in the southern portion around New York City, the state
is often regionalized into Upstate and Downstate. New York is also the
home of Ellis Island, where many immigrants to the United States in the
early 20th century first arrived.
New York State Guide - Geography
New York's borders touch (clockwise from the south)
two Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario, which are connected by the Niagara
River); one former Great Lake (Lake Champlain); the provinces of Ontario
and Quebec in Canada; three New England states (Vermont, Massachusetts,
and Connecticut); the Atlantic Ocean, and two Mid-Atlantic states (New
Jersey and Pennsylvania). In addition, Rhode Island shares a water border
with New York.
New York is also the site of the only extra-territorial enclave within
the boundaries of the U.S., the United Nations compound on Manhattan's
East River.
The southern tip of New York State—New York City, its suburbs
including Long Island, and the southern portion of the Hudson Valley—can
be considered to form the central core of a "megalopolis," a
super-city stretching from the northern suburbs of Boston to the southern
suburbs of Washington D.C. in Virginia and therefore occasionally called "BosWash".
First described by Jean Gottmann in 1961 as a new phenomenon in the history
of world urbanization, the megalopolis is characterized by a coalescence
of previous already-large cities of the Eastern Seaboard: a heavy specialization
on tertiary activity related to government, trade, law, education, finance,
publishing and control of economic activity; plus a growth pattern not
so much of more population and more area as more intensive use of already
existing urbanized area and ever more sophisticated links from one specialty
to another. Several other groups of megalopolis-type super-cities exist
in the world, but that centered around New York City was the first described
and still is the best example.
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While the state is best known for New York City's urban atmosphere,
especially Manhattan's skyscrapers, most of the state is in fact dominated
by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York's Adirondack
State Park is larger than any U.S. National Park outside of Alaska. Niagara
Falls, on the Niagara River as it flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario,
is a popular attraction. The Hudson River begins with Lake Tear of the
Clouds and flows south through the eastern part of the state without
draining Lakes George or Champlain. Lake George empties at its north
end into Lake Champlain, whose northern end extends into Canada, where
it drains into the Richelieu and then the St Lawrence Rivers. Four of
New York City's five boroughs are on the three islands at the mouth of
the Hudson River: Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and Long Island.
"Upstate" is a common term for New York State counties north
of suburban Westchester, Rockland and Dutchess counties. Upstate New
York typically includes the Catskill and Adirondack Mountains, the Shawangunk
Ridge, the Finger Lakes and the Great Lakes in the west; and Lake Champlain,
Lake George, and Oneida Lake in the northeast; and rivers such as the
Delaware, Genesee, Mohawk, and Susquehanna. The highest elevation in
New York is Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks.
New York State Guide - History
The area was long inhabited by the Lenape; Lenape in
canoes met Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European explorer to enter
New York Harbor, in 1524. Giovanni da Verrazzano named this place New
Angouleme (Nouvelle Angoulême in french) in the honor of the French
king Francis I ('François 1er' in french). (Believed to be after
this event) A French explorer and mapper, Samuel de Champlain, described
his explorations through New York in 1608. A year later Henry Hudson,
an Englishman working for the Dutch, claimed the area in the name of
the Netherlands. It was to be called New Amsterdam.
Statehood
New York was one of the original thirteen colonies that became the United
States. It was the eleventh state to ratify the United States Constitution,
on July 26, 1788.
Origin
The Dutch, who began to establish trading posts on the Hudson River
in 1613, claimed jurisdiction over the territory between the Connecticut
and the Delaware Rivers, which they called New Netherlands. The government
was vested in "The United New Netherland Company," chartered
in 1614, and then in "The Dutch West India Company," chartered
in 1622.
In 1649, a convention of the settlers petitioned the "Lords States-General
of the United Netherlands" to grant them "suitable burgher
government, such as their High Mightinesses shall consider adapted to
this province, and resembling somewhat the government of our Fatherland," with
certain permanent privileges and exemptions, that they might pursue "the
trade of our country, as well along the coast from Terra Nova to Cape
Florida as to the West Indies and Europe, whenever our Lord God shall
be pleased to permit."
The directors of the West India Company resented this attempt to shake
their rule and wrote their director and council at New Amsterdam: "We
have already connived as much as possible at the many impertinences of
some restless spirits, in the hope that they might be shamed by our discreetness
and benevolence, but, perceiving that all kindnesses do not avail, we
must, therefore, have recourse to God to Nature and the Law. We accordingly
hereby charge and command your Honors whenever you shall certainly discover
any Clandestine Meetings, Conventicles or machinations against our States
government or that of our country that you proceed against such malignants
in proportion to their crimes."
These grants embraced all the lands between the west bank of the Connecticut
River and the east bank of the Delaware River.
The Duke of York previously purchased, in 1663, the grant of Long Island
and other islands on the New England coast made in 1635 to the Earl of
Stirling, and, in 1664, the Duke of York equipped an armed expedition
which took possession of New Amsterdam, which was thenceforth called
New York, after the Duke. This conquest was confirmed by the treaty of
Breda, in July 1667. In July 1673, a Dutch fleet recaptured New York
and held it until it was restored to the English by the treaty of Westminster
in February, 1674.
Constitution
The New York constitution was based on its colonial charter. This constitution
was framed by a convention which assembled at White Plains, New York
on July 10, 1776, and after repeated adjournments and changes of location,
terminated its labors at Kingston, New York on Sunday evening, April
20, 1777, when the constitution was adopted with but one dissenting vote.
It was not submitted to the people for ratification. It was drafted by
John Jay. (Verified from "Journals of the Provincial Congress, Provincial
Convention Committee of Safety and Council of Safety of the State of
New York, 1775, 1776 1777, vol. I. Albany: Printed by Thurlow Weed, printer
to the State 1842." pp. 892-898.)
This constitution was a combination document, containing its Declaration
of Independence from Great Britain, and its Constitutional Law. It called
for a weak bicameral legislature and a strong executive branch. It retained
provisions from the colonial charter such as the substantial property
qualification for voting and the ability of the governor to disband the
elected legislature. This imbalance of power between the branches of
state government kept the elite firmly in control, and disenfranchised
most New Yorkers who would fight the Revolutionary War. Slavery was legal
in New York until 1827.
Under this constitution, the Assembly had a provision for a maximum
of 70 Members, with the following apportionment:
1. For the city (at the time, New York City included only what is today
Manhattan) and county of New York, nine.
2. The city and county of Albany, ten
3. The county of Dutchess, seven.
4. The county of Westchester, six.
5. The county of Ulster, six.
6. The county of Suffolk (eastern Long Island), five.
7. The county of Queens (Now Queens and Nassau Counties), four.
8. The county of Orange (Now Orange and Rockland Counties), four.
9. The county of Kings (Brooklyn), two.
10. The county of Richmond (Staten Island), two.
11. Tryon County (Now Montgomery County), six.
12. Charlotte County (Now Washington County.), four.
13. Cumberland County (Partitioned January 15, 1777 for the creation of the
State of Vermont.), three.
14. Gloucester County (Partitioned January 15, 1777 for the creation of the
State of Vermont.), two.
This apportionment was to stand unchanged until a period of seven years
from the end of the Revolution had expired, whereupon a census was held
to correct the apportionment.
On the subject of Disenfranchisement, Article VII of the new constitution
had the following to say:
VII. That every male inhabitant of full age, who shall have personally
resided within one of the counties of this State for six months immediately
preceding the day of election, shall, at such election, be entitled to
vote for representatives of the said county in assembly; if, during the
time aforesaid, he shall have been a freeholder, possessing a freehold
of the value of twenty pounds, within the said county, or have rented
a tenement therein of the yearly value of forty shillings, and been rated
and actually paid taxes to this State: Provided always, That every person
who now is a freeman of the city of Albany, or who was made a freeman
of the city of New York on or before the fourteenth day of October, in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, and
shall be actually and usually resident in the said cities, respectively,
shall be entitled to vote for representatives in assembly within his
said place of residence.
New York State Guide - Westward Expansion
The western part of New York had been settled by the
six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy for at least 500 years before
Europeans came. The Iroquois had maintained the area between Seneca and
Cayuga Lakes as a grassland prairie, which abounded in wild game including
grazing American Bison herds. In colonial times, the Iroquois were prosperously
growing corn, vegetables and orchards, and keeping cows and hogs; fish
were also abundant.
The colonial charter of New York granted unlimited westward expansion.
Massachusetts' charter had the same provision, causing territorial disputes
between the colonies and with the Iroquois. During the revolution, four
of the Iroquois nations fought on the side of the British, with one exception
the Oneidas. In 1779, Major General John Sullivan was sent to defeat the
Iroquois. The Sullivan Expedition moved northward through the Finger Lakes
and Genesee Country, burning all the Iroquois communities and destroying
their crops and orchards. Refugees fled to Fort Niagara where they spent
the following winter in hunger and misery. Hundreds died of exposure, hunger
and disease. After the war, many moved to Canada.
For the Oneida nation's assistance in defeating the British, primarily
assisting General Washington's army at Valley Forge, then President Washington
while on tour of the Mohawk Valley signed the Treaty of Canandaigua. This
Treaty promised the Oneidas among other things a large swath of land from
Pennsylvania to Canada, forever. The Treaty was violated in the mid-1800's
by New York State. This became the basis for the present land claim dispute.
New York State Guide - Canals
Transportation in western New York was difficult before
canals were built in the early part of the nineteenth century. The Hudson
and Mohawk Rivers could be navigated only as far as Central New York.
While the St. Lawrence River could be navigated to Lake Ontario, the
way westward to the other Great Lakes was blocked by Niagara Falls, and
so the only route to western New York was over land. Governor DeWitt
Clinton strongly advocated building a canal to connect the Hudson River
with Lake Erie, and thus all the Great Lakes. Work commenced in 1817,
and the Erie Canal was finished in 1825. The canal opened up vast areas
of New York to commerce and settlement, and enabled port cities such
as Buffalo to grow and prosper. The Welland Canal was completed in 1833,
bypassing Niagara Falls to connect Lakes Ontario and Erie.
Sullivan's men returned from the campaign to Pennsylvania and New England
to tell of the enormous wealth of this new territory. Many of them were
given land grants in gratitude for their service in the Revolution. From
1786 through 1797 several groups of wealthy land speculators entered
into agreements with one another, with neighboring states, and with the
Indians to obtain title to vast tracts of land in western New York. Some
purchases of Iroquois lands are the subject of numerous modern-day land
claims by the individual nations of the six nations.
New York State Guide - Demographics
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2005, New
York was the third largest state in population after California
and Texas, with an estimated population of 19,254,630, which
is an increase
of 27,542, or 0.1%, from the prior year and an increase of 277,809,
or 1.5%, since the year 2000. This includes a natural increase
since the
last census of 527,876 people (that is 1,345,482 births minus 817,606
deaths) and a decrease from net migration of 334,093 people out
of the state. Immigration from outside the United States resulted
in a net increase
of 667,007 people, and migration within the country produced a
net loss of about 502,155. New York is said to be the slowest growing
large state,
yet recent job increases and rapidly plunging housing costs have
resulted in a large influx of immigrants, especially from East
and South Asia,
and from the Western U.S. This is expected to increase the state's
population well into the next centuries, but it may not change
the speed of New
York's growth.
The center of population of New York is located in Orange County, in
the town of Deerpark.
The top ancestry groups in New York are African American
(15.8%), Italian (14.4%), Hispanics (14.2%), Irish (12.9%), and German
(11.1%),
New York contains the country's largest Puerto Rican population (concentrated
in the Bronx) and Dominican population (concentrated in Upper Manhattan).
Brooklyn and the Bronx are home to many African-Americans and Queens
has a large population of Latin-American origin, as well as the state's
largest Asian-American population.
The 2000 Census revealed which ancestries were in which counties.
Italian-Americans make up the largest ancestral group in Staten
Island and Long Island, followed by Irish-Americans. Manhattan's
leading ancestry group is Irish-Americans, followed by Italian-Americans.
Albany and southeast-central New York are heavily Irish-American
and Italian-American. In Buffalo and western New York, German-Americans
are the largest group; in the northern tip of the state, French-Canadians.
6.5% of New York's population were reported as under 5 years of age,
24.7% under 18, and 12.9% were 65 or older. Females made up approximately
51.8% of the population.
The bulk of New York's population lives within two hours of New York
City. According to the July 1, 2004 Census Bureau Estimate, New York
City and its six closest New York State satellite counties (Suffolk,
Nassau, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange) have a combined population
of 12,626,200 people, or 65.67% of the state's population.
New York State has a higher number of Italian-Americans than any other
U.S. state.
New York State Guide - Economy
New York City dominates the economy of the state. It
is the leading center of banking, finance and communication in the United
States and is the location of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall
Street, Manhattan. The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimates that in
2005, the total gross state product was $963.5 billion, ranking 3rd behind
California and Texas. If New York were a nation, it would rank as the
16th largest economy in the world, behind South Korea. The state economy
grew 3.3%, slightly slower than the 3.5% growth rate for the US. It was
the 25th fastest growing economy in the US in 2005. Its 2005 per capita
personal income was $50,038,an increase of 5.9% from 2004, placing it
5th in the nation behind Massachusetts, and 8th in the world behind Ireland.
New York's agricultural outputs are dairy products, cattle and other
livestock, vegetables, nursery stock, and apples. Its industrial outputs
are printing and publishing, scientific instruments, electric equipment,
machinery, chemical products, and tourism.
Many of the world's largest corporations locate their headquarter's
home offices in Manhattan or in nearby Westchester County, New York.
The state also has a large manufacturing sector which includes printing
and the production of garments, furs, railroad rolling stock, and bus
line vehicles. Some industries are concentrated in upstate locations
also, such as ceramics (the southern tier of counties), microchips and
nanotechnology(Albany), and photographic equipment (Rochester).
There is a moderately large saltwater commercial fishery located along
the Atlantic side of Long Island. The principal catches by value are
clams, lobsters, squid, and flounder. There used to be a large oyster
fishery in New York waters as well, but at present, oysters comprise
only a small portion of the total value of seafood harvested. Perhaps
the best known aspect of the fishing sector is the famous Fulton Fish
Market in New York City, which distributes not only the New York catch
but imported seafood from all over the world. The Fulton Fish Market
has been moved from Fulton Street in Manhattan to The Bronx.
New York's mining sector is concentrated in three areas. The first is
near New York City. Primarily, this area specializes in construction
materials for the many projects in the city, but it also contains the
emery mines of Westchester County, one of two locations in the U.S. where
that mineral is extracted. The second area is the Adirondack Mountains.
This is an area of very specialized products, including talc, industrial
garnets, and zinc. It should be noted that the Adirondacks are not part
of the Appalachian system, despite their location, but are structurally
part of the mineral-rich Canadian Shield. In the inland southwestern
part of the state, in the Allegheny Plateau, is a region of drilled wells.
The only major liquid output at present is salt in the form of brine;
however, there are also small to moderate petroleum reserves in this
area.
New York exports a wide variety of goods such as foodstuffs, commodities,
minerals, manufactured goods, cut diamonds, and automobile parts. New
York's top 5 export markets in 2004 were Canada ($30.2 billion), United
Kingdom ($3.3 billion), Japan ($2.6 billion), Israel ($2.4 billion),
and Switzerland ($1.8 billion). New York's largest imports are oil, gold,
aluminum, natural gas, electricity, rough diamonds, and lumber.
Canada has become a very important economic partner of New York. 23%
of the state's total worldwide exports went to Canada in 2004. Tourism
from the north is also a large part of the economy. Canadians spent US$487M
in 2004 while visiting the state. This figure is predicted to increase
due to the stronger Canadian dollar.
Agriculture
New York State is an agricultural leader, ranking within the top five
states for agricultural products including dairy, apples, cherries, cabbages,
potatoes, onions, maple syrup and many others. The state is the largest
producer of cabbage in the U.S. The state has about a quarter of its
land in farms and produced US$3.4 billion in agricultural products in
2001. The south shore of Lake Ontario provides the right mix of soils
and microclimate for many apple, cherry, plum, pear and peach orchards.
Apples are also grown in the Hudson Valley and near Lake Champlain. The
south shore of Lake Erie and the southern Finger Lakes hillsides have
many vineyards. New York is the nation's third-largest grape-producing
state, behind California, and second largest wine producer by volume.
In 2004, New York's wine and grape industry brought US$6 billion into
the state economy. The state has 30,000 acres (120 km²) of vineyards,
212 wineries, and produced 200 million bottles of wine in 2004.
New York was heavily glaciated in the ice age leaving much of the state
with deep, fertile, though somewhat rocky soils. Row crops, including
hay, corn, wheat, oats, barley, and soybeans, are grown. Particularly
in the western part of the state, sweet corn, peas, carrots, squash,
cucumbers and other vegetables are grown. The Hudson and Mohawk Valleys
are known for pumpkins and blueberries. The glaciers also left numerous
swampy areas, which have been drained for the rich humus soils called
muckland which is mostly used for onions, potatoes, celery and other
vegetables. Dairy farms are present throughout much of the state. Cheese
is a major product, often produced by Amish or Mennonite farm cheeseries.
New York is rich in nectar-producing plants and is a major honey-producing
state. The honeybees are also used for pollination of fruits and vegetables.
Most commercial beekeepers are migratory, taking their hives to southern
states for the winter. Most cities have Farmers' markets which are well
supplied by local farmers.
New York State Guide - Transportation
New York boasts the most extensive and one of the oldest
transportation infrastructures in the country. Engineering difficulties
because of the terrain of the state and the unique issues of the city
brought on by urban crowding have had to be overcome since the state
was young. Population expansion of the state generally followed the path
of the early waterways, first the Hudson River and then the Erie Canal.
Today, railroad lines and the New York State Thruway follow the same
general route. The New York State Department of Transportation is often
criticized for how they maintain the roads of the state in certain areas.
The New York State Thruway Authority is also criticized for the fact
that the tolls collected along the roadway have long passed their original
purpose.
Besides New York City, many of the other cities have urban and regional
public transportation. Syracuse is the smallest city in the U.S. to have
a commuter rail line, known as OnTrack. Buffalo also has a lightrailsystem,
and Rochester had a subway system, although it is mostly destroyed. Only
a small part exists under the old Erie Canal Aquaduct.
New York State Guide - New York City
New York City is home to the most complex and extensive
transportation network in the United States, with more than 12,000
iconic yellow cabs, 120,000 daily bicyclists, a massive subway
system, bus and railroad systems, immense airports, landmark bridges
and
tunnels,
ferry service and even an aerial commuter tramway. About one in
every three users of mass transit in the United States and two-thirds
of the
nation's rail riders live in New York and its suburbs.
Portions of the transportation system are intermodal, allowing travelers
to easily switch from one mode of transportation to another. One of the
most notable examples is AirTrain JFK which allows rail passengers to
travel directly to terminals at Kennedy Airport.
Many suburban commuter railroad lines enter and leave New York City,
including the Long Island Rail Road, MTA Metro-North, the PATH system
and many of NJTransit's rail services.
New York State Guide - Law and Government
As in all fifty states, the head of the executive branch
of government is a Governor. The legislative branch is called the Legislature
and consists of a Senate and an Assembly. Unlike most states, the New
York electoral law permits electoral fusion, and New York ballots tend
to have, in consequence, a larger number of parties on them, some being
permanent minor parties that seek to influence the major parties and
others being ephemeral parties formed to give major-party candidates
an additional line on the ballot.
New York's legislative process is notoriously dysfunctional. The
Assembly has long been controlled by the Democrats, the Senate
has long been controlled by the Republicans, and there is little
change in membership
in elections. From 1984 through 2004, no budget was passed on time,
and for many years the legislature was unable to pass legislation
for which
there was supposed to be a consensus, such as reforming the so-called
Rockefeller drug laws.
The state has a strong imbalance of payments with the federal government.
New York State receives 82 cents in services for every $1 it sends to
Washington in taxes. The state ranks near the bottom, in 42nd place,
in federal spending per tax dollar.
In 2002, 16,892 bills were introduced in the New York legislature, more
than twice as many as in the Illinois General Assembly, whose members
are the second most prolific. Of those bills, only 4% (693) actually
became law, the lowest passing percentage in the country. In 2004, over
17,000 bills were introduced.
New York's legislature also has more paid staff (3,428) than any other
legislature in the nation. Pennsylvania, whose staff is the second largest,
only has 2,947, and California only 2,359. New York's legislature also
has more committees than any other legislature in the nation.
New York's subordinate political units are its 62 counties. Other officially
incorporated governmental units are towns, cities, and villages.
Many of New York's public services are carried out by public benefit
corporations, frequently known as authorities or development corporations.
The most famous examples are probably the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority, which oversees New York City's subway, and the Port Authority
of New York and New Jersey (actually a bi-state agency). Some of New
York's public benefit corporations have come under fire in recent years.
The New York Times, for instance, has come to see many of them as obsolete
and wasteful, even going so far as to refer to them as a shadow government.
Far from unique to New York State, and actually fairly common in English-speaking
countries, public benefit corporations give the state the opportunity
to carry out economic goals and infrastructure maintenance while making
risky investments that don't put the state's credit on the line.
For decades, it has been the established practice for the state to pass
legislation for some meritorious project, but then mandate county and
municipal government to actually pay for it. New York State has its counties
pay a higher percentage of welfare costs than any other state, and New
York State is the only state which requires counties to pay a portion
of Medicaid.
The court system in New York is often cited as assigning unintuitive
names to its courts: the New York Supreme Court, which people often assume
is "supreme" in the same sense as the Supreme Court of the
United States, is not the highest court in the state (the New York Court
of Appeals is). The reason for the apparently contradictory name is that
the New York Supreme Court is the highest trial court—the highest
court of general jurisdiction—in the state. Higher courts are classified
as appeals courts. Local courts in towns and villages are called Justice
Courts. These courts are the starting point for all criminal cases outside
cities, and handle a variety of other matters including small claims,
traffic ticket cases and local zoning matters. Along with the unusual
names for the courts, judges in Supreme Court and the Justice Courts
are called Justices, while on the Court of Appeals (and in other courts
such as Family Court, County Court, and Surrogates Court), they are called
Judges.
In most of New York State, political divisions such as cities are contained
within counties. Those living outside of cities in New York State automatically
live inside towns. Towns, which are county divisions in New York State
with governments of their own, can also contain villages, which are roughly
comparable to what is thought of as a town in most of the United States;
that is, villages are small incorporated municipalities with limited
taxation powers. Towns in New York State, on the other hand, are organizationally
more like New England townships. In 1898, when New York City was consolidated
into its present form, all previous town and county governments within
it were abolished in favor of the present five boroughs and unified,
centralized city government.
New York State Guide - Politics
New York State consistently supports Democratic candidates
in federal elections. Presidential candidate John Kerry won New York
State by 18 percentage points in 2004, while Al Gore had an even bigger
margin of a win in New York State in 2000. Bill Clinton twice scored
his third best performance in New York. In 2000, the state gave Al Gore
his second highest total. New York City is a major Democratic stronghold
with liberal politics. Many of the state's other urban areas, including
Albany, Ithaca, Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse are also Democratic.
However, upstate New York, especially in rural areas, is generally more
conservative than the cities and tends to vote Republican. Heavily populated
suburban areas such as Westchester County and Long Island have swung
between the major parties over the past 25 years, and often have local
races that are tightly contested.
New York State consistently votes Democratic in national elections.
However, New York City is the most important source of political fundraising
in the United States for both major parties. Four of the top five zip
codes in the nation for political contributions are in Manhattan. The
top zip code, 10021 on the Upper East Side, generated the most money
for the 2000 presidential campaigns of both George Bush and Al Gore.
Republican Presidential candidates will often skip campaigning in the
state, taking it as a loss and focusing on vital swing states. Mayor
Michael Bloomberg of New York City, a Republican, was quoted as saying
in 2004 before the presidential elections, there was no point in backing
a candidate as he already knew who was going to win before the elections
occurred.
New York State Guide - Colleges and Universities
Besides the many private colleges and universities in
the state, New York, like many other states, operates its own system
of institutions of higher learning known as the State University of New
York (SUNY; not to be confused with USNY mentioned above). New York City
operates the City University of New York (CUNY) in conjunction with the
state.
* New York's land-grant university is Cornell University, a private
university.
New York is the nation’s largest importer of college students,
according to statistics which show that among freshmen who leave their
home states to attend college, more come to New York than any other state,
including California.
New York State Guide - Sports Teams
Club - Sport - League
Buffalo Bills - Football - National Football League
New York Jets - Football - National Football League; (plays in
East Rutherford, New Jersey)
New York Giants - Football - National Football League; (plays in
East Rutherford, New Jersey)
New York Knicks - Basketball - National Basketball Association
New Jersey Nets - Basketball - National Basketball Association;
(plays in East Rutherford, New Jersey - planning move to the Brooklyn
Nets Arena at Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn)
New York Liberty - Basketball - Women's National Basketball Association
Rochester Raging Rhinos - Soccer - USL First Division
Red Bull New York - Soccer - Major League Soccer; (plays in East
Rutherford, New Jersey)
Buffalo Sabres - Ice Hockey - National Hockey League
New York Islanders - Ice Hockey - National Hockey League
New York Rangers - Ice Hockey - National Hockey League
Adirondack Frostbite - Ice Hockey - United Hockey League
Albany River Rats - Ice Hockey - American Hockey League
Binghamton Senators - Ice Hockey - American Hockey League
Elmira Jackals - Ice Hockey - United Hockey League
Rochester Americans - Ice Hockey - American Hockey League
Syracuse Crunch - Ice Hockey - American Hockey League
New York Mets - Baseball - Major League Baseball
New York Yankees - Baseball - Major League Baseball
Brooklyn Cyclones - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Staten Island Yankees - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Binghamton Mets - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Buffalo Bisons - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Jamestown Jammers - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Batavia Muckdogs - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Rochester Red Wings - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Auburn Doubledays - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Syracuse SkyChiefs - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Oneonta Tigers - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Tri-City Valley Cats - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Hudson Valley Renegades - Baseball - Minor League Baseball
Long Island Ducks - Baseball - Atlantic League of Professional
Baseball
New York Dragons - Arena football - Arena Football League
Long Island Lizards - Lacrosse - Major League Lacrosse
Rochester Rattlers - Lacrosse - Major League Lacrosse
Buffalo Bandits - Lacrosse - National Lacrosse League
Rochester Knighthawks - Lacrosse - National Lacrosse League
New York Titans - Lacrosse - National Lacrosse League
Brooklyn Wonders - Basketball - American Basketball Association
Buffalo Silverbacks - Basketball - American Basketball Association
Rochester Razorsharks - Basketball - American Basketball Association
Strong Island Sound - Basketball - American Basketball Association
Albany Patroons - Basketball - Continental Basketball Association
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