History
Native American history
The tribes in what is now New York were predominantly Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) and Algonquian. Long Island was divided roughly in half between the Wampanoag and Lenape. The Lenape also controlled most of the region surrounding New York Harbor. North of the Lenape was a third Algonquian nation, the16th century
In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian explorer in the service of the17th century
Henry Hudson's 1609 voyage marked the beginning of European involvement in the area. Sailing for the18th century, the American Revolution, and statehood
The19th and 20th century
Transportation in Western New York was by expensive wagons on muddy roads before canals opened up the rich farmlands to long-distance traffic. Governor DeWitt Clinton promoted the Erie Canal, which connected New York City to the Great Lakes by the Hudson River, the new canal, and the rivers and lakes. Work commenced in 1817, and the Erie Canal opened in 1825. Packet boats pulled by horses on tow paths traveled slowly over the canal carrying passengers and freight. Farm products came in from the Midwest, and finished manufactured goods moved west. It was an engineering marvel which opened up vast areas of New York to commerce and settlement. It enabled Great Lakes port cities such as Buffalo andImmigration
Since the early 19th century, New York City has been the largest port of entry for Immigration to the United States, legal immigration into the United States. In the United States, the Federal government of the United States, federal government did not assume direct jurisdiction for immigration until 1890. Prior to this time, the matter was delegated to the individual states, then via contract between the states and the federal government. Most immigrants to New York would disembark at the bustling docks along the Hudson and East Rivers, in the eventual Lower Manhattan. On May 4, 1847, the New York State Legislature created the Board of Commissioners of Immigration to regulate immigration. The first permanent immigration depot in New York was established in 1855 at Castle Clinton, Castle Garden, a converted War of 1812 era fort located within what is now Battery Park, at the tip of Lower Manhattan. The first immigrants to arrive at the new depot were aboard three ships that had just been released from quarantine. Castle Garden served as New York's immigrant depot until it closed on April 18, 1890, when the federal government assumed control over immigration. During that period, more than eight million immigrants passed through its doors (two of every three U.S. immigrants). When the federal government assumed control, it established the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Bureau of Immigration, which chose the three-acre Ellis Island in Upper New York Bay, Upper New York Harbor for an entry depot. Already federally controlled, the island had served as an ammunition depot. It was chosen due its relative isolation with proximity to New York City and the rail lines of Jersey City, New Jersey, via a short ferry ride. While the island was being developed and expanded via land reclamation, the federal government operated a temporary depot at the Barge Office at the Battery. Ellis Island opened on January 1, 1892, and operated as a central immigration center until the Immigration Act of 1924, National Origins Act was passed in 1924, reducing immigration. After that date, the only immigrants to pass through were displaced persons or war refugees. The island ceased all immigration processing on November 12, 1954, when the last person detained on the island, Norwegians, Norwegian seaman Arne Peterssen, was released. He had overstayed his shore leave and left on the 10:15a.m. Manhattan-bound ferry to return to his ship. More than 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954. More than a hundred million Americans across the United States can trace their ancestry to these immigrants. Ellis Island was the subject of a contentious and long-running border and jurisdictional dispute between the State of New York and the State of New Jersey, as both claimed it. The issue was settled in 1998 by the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that the original island was New York state territory and that the balance of the added after 1834 by landfill was in New Jersey. The island was added to the National Park Service system in May 1965 by President Lyndon B. Johnson and is still owned by the federal government as part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument. Ellis Island was opened to the public as a museum of immigration in 1990.Since the 20th century
9/11 attacks
On September 11, 2001, two of four hijacked planes were flown into the Twin Towers of the original World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, and the towers collapsed. 7 World Trade Center also collapsed due to damage from fires. The other buildings of the World Trade Center complex were damaged beyond repair and demolished soon thereafter. The collapse of the Twin Towers caused extensive damage and resulted in the deaths of 2,753 victims, including 147 aboard the two planes. Since September11, most of Lower Manhattan has been restored. In the years since, over 7,000 rescue workers and residents of the area have developed several life-threatening illnesses, and some have died. A memorial at the site, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, was opened to the public on September11, 2011. A permanent museum later opened at the site on March 21, 2014. Upon its completion in 2014, the new One World Trade Center became the List of tallest buildings in New York City, tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, at , meant to symbolize the year American Revolutionary War, America gained its independence, 1776. From 2006 to 2018, 3 World Trade Center, 4 World Trade Center, 7World Trade Center, the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, Liberty Park, and Borough of Manhattan Community College#Fiterman Hall and the September 11 attacks, Fiterman Hall were completed. St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and Performing Arts Center (Manhattan), Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center are under construction at the World Trade Center site.Hurricane Sandy (2012)
On October 29 and 30, 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused extensive destruction of the state's shorelines, ravaging portions of New York City, Long Island, and southern Westchester with record-high storm surge, with severe flooding and high winds causing power outages for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers, and leading to gasoline shortages and disruption of mass transit systems. The storm and its profound effects have prompted the discussion of constructing seawalls and other coastal management, coastal barriers around the shorelines of New York City and Long Island to minimize the risk from another such future event. Such risk is considered highly probable due to global warming and sea level rise, rising sea levels.COVID-19 pandemic and flag change (2020–present)
On March 1, 2020, New York had its first confirmed case of COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, COVID-19 after Washington (state), a previous two months ago. Since March 28, New York had the highest number of confirmed cases of any state in the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, United States, which is outpaced the state as of February 1, 2021. Nearly 50 percent of known national cases were in the state as of March 2020, with one-third of total known U.S. cases being in New York City. From May 19–20, Western New York and the Capital District, New York, Capital Region entered Phase1 of reopening. On May 26, the Hudson Valley began Phase1, and New York City partially reopened on June 8. During July 2020, a federal judge ruled Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio exceeded authority by limiting religious gatherings to 25% when others operated at 50% capacity. On Thanksgiving Eve, the U.S. Supreme Court blocked additional religious restrictions imposed by Cuomo for areas with high infection rates. New York's government released a new seal, coat of arms, and flag in April 2020, adding "''E pluribus unum"'' below the state's motto. A bill utilizing newly designed flag, arms and seal went into effect in September.Geography
The state of New York covers a total area of 54,555 square miles (141,297 km2) and ranks as the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 27th largest state by size. The highest elevation in New York is Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks of North Country (New York), Northern New York, at above sea level; while the state's lowest point is at sea level, on the Atlantic Ocean in Downstate New York. In contrast with New York City's urban landscape, the vast majority of the state's geographic area is dominated by meadows, forests, rivers, farms, mountains, and lakes. Most of the southern part of the state rests on the Allegheny Plateau, which extends from the southeastern United States to the Catskill Mountains; the section in the State of New York is known as the Southern Tier. The rugged Adirondack Mountains, with vast tracts of wilderness, lie west of the Lake Champlain Valley. The Great Appalachian Valley dominates eastern New York and contains Lake Champlain Valley as its northern half and the Hudson Valley as its southern half within the state. The Tug Hill region arises as a cuesta east of Lake Ontario. The state of New York contains a part of the Marcellus shale, which extends into Ohio and Pennsylvania. ''Upstate'' and ''Downstate'' are often used informally to distinguish New York City or its greater metropolitan area from the rest of the State of New York. The placement of a boundary between the two is a matter of great contention. Unofficial and loosely defined regions of Upstate New York include from the Southern Tier, which includes many of the counties along the border with Pennsylvania, to the North Country (New York), North Country region, above or sometimes including parts of the Adirondack region.Water
''Borders''
Of the State of New York's total area, 13.6% consists of water. Much of New York's boundaries are in water, as is true for New York City: four of its Borough (New York City), five boroughs are situated on three islands at the mouth of the Hudson River: Manhattan, Manhattan Island; Staten Island; and Long Island, which contains Brooklyn and Queens at its western end. The state's borders include a water boundary in (clockwise from the west) two Great Lakes ( Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, which are connected by the Niagara River); the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada, with New York and Ontario sharing the Thousand Islands archipelago within the Saint Lawrence River, while most of its border with Quebec is on land; it shares Lake Champlain with the New England state of''Drainage''
The Hudson River begins near Lake Tear of the Clouds and flows south through the eastern part of the state, without draining Lakes Lake George (lake), New York, George or Lake Champlain, Champlain. Lake George empties at its north end into Lake Champlain, whose northern end extends into Canada, where it drains into the Richelieu River and then ultimately the Saint Lawrence River. The western section of the state is drained by the Allegheny River and rivers of the Susquehanna River, Susquehanna and Delaware River systems. Niagara Falls is shared between New York and Ontario as it flows on the Niagara River from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. The Delaware River Basin Compact, signed in 1961 by New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the federal government, regulates the utilization of water of the Delaware system.Climate
In general, New York has a humid continental climate, though under the Köppen climate classification, New York City and Long Island have a humid subtropical climate. Weather in New York is heavily influenced by two continental air masses: a warm, humid one from the southwest and a cold, dry one from the northwest. Downstate New York (comprising New York City, Long Island, and lower portions of the Hudson Valley) have rather hot summers with some periods of high humidity and cold, damp winters which are relatively mild compared to temperatures in Upstate New York, due to the downstate region's lower elevation, proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, and relatively lower latitude. Upstate New York experiences warm summers, marred by only occasional, brief intervals of sultry conditions, with long and cold winters. Western New York, particularly the Tug Hill region, receives heavy lake-effect snows, especially during the earlier portions of winter, before the surface of Lake Ontario itself is covered by ice. The summer climate is cool in the Adirondacks, Catskills, and at higher elevations of the Southern Tier. Buffalo and its metropolitan area are described as climate change havens for their weather pattern in Western New York. Summer daytime temperatures range from the high 70s to low 80s°F (25 to 28°C), over most of the state. In the majority of winter seasons, a temperature of or lower can be expected in the northern highlands (Northern Plateau) and or colder in the southwestern and east-central highlands of the Southern Tier. New York had a record-high temperature of 108°F (42.2°C) on July 22, 1926. Its record-lowest temperature during the winter was −52°F (−46.7°C) in 1979. Governors Island, Manhattan, in New York Harbor, is planned to host a US$1 billion research and education center poised to make New York the global leader in addressing the climate change, climate crisis.Flora and fauna
Due to New York's relatively large land area and unique geography compared to other eastern states, there are several distinct ecoregions present in the state, many of them reduced heavily due to urbanization and other human activities: Southern Great Lakes forests (western New York), New England–Acadian forests (fringes on the New England border), Northeastern coastal forests (much of the lower Hudson Valley and western Long Island), Atlantic coastal pine barrens (small pockets of southern Long Island), Northeastern interior dry–mesic oak forest (eastern Southern Tier and upper Hudson Valley), Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests (pockets in the Hudson Valley), Central Appalachian dry oak–pine forest (also around the Hudson Valley), Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands (ecoregion), Eastern Great Lakes and Hudson Lowlands, Eastern forest–boreal transition (Adirondacks), Eastern Great Lakes lowland forests (around the Adirondacks), and Allegheny Highlands forests (most of the western Southern Tier). Some species that can be found in this state are American ginseng, Nitellopsis obtusa, starry stonewort, Hydrilla, waterthyme, water chestnut, Toxicodendron radicans, eastern poison ivy, Toxicodendron vernix, poison sumac, Heracleum mantegazzianum, giant hogweed, Heracleum maximum, cow parsnip and Urtica dioica, common nettle. There are more than 70 mammal species, more than 20 bird species, some species of amphibians, and several reptile species. Species of mammals that are found in New York are the white-footed mouse, North American least shrew, little brown bat, muskrat, eastern gray squirrel, eastern cottontail, American ermine, groundhog, striped skunk, Fisher (animal), fisher, North American river otter, raccoon, bobcat, eastern coyote, red fox, gray fox white-tailed deer, moose, and American black bear; extirpated mammals include Canada lynx, American bison, wolverine, Allegheny woodrat, caribou, eastern elk, eastern cougar, and eastern wolf. Some species of birds in New York are the Common pheasant, ring-necked pheasant, northern bobwhite, ruffed grouse, spruce grouse, Canada jay, wild turkey, blue jay, eastern bluebird (the List of U.S. state birds, state bird), American robin, and black-capped chickadee. Birds of prey that are present in the state are great horned owls, bald eagles, red-tailed hawks, American kestrels, and northern harriers. Waterfowl like mallards, wood ducks, canvasbacks, American black ducks, trumpeter swans, Canada goose, Canada geese, and blue-winged teals can be found in the region. Maritime or shore birds of New York are great blue heron, killdeers, northern cardinals, American herring gulls, and common terns. Reptile and amphibian species that can be seen in land areas of New York are queen snakes, massassaugas, hellbenders, diamondback terrapins, timber rattlesnakes, eastern fence lizards, spotted turtles, and Blanding's turtles. Sea turtles that can be found in the state are the green sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle and Kemp's ridley sea turtle. New York Harbor and the Hudson River constitute an estuary, making the state of New York home to a Marine life of New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, rich array of marine life including shellfish—such as oysters and clams—as well as fish, microorganisms, and sea-birds.Regions
Due to its long history, New York has several overlapping and often conflicting definitions of regions within the state. The regions are also not fully definable due to the colloquial use of regional labels. The Empire State Development Corporation, New York State Department of Economic Development provides two distinct definitions of these regions. It divides the state into ten economic regions, which approximately correspond to terminology used by residents: # Western New York #State parks
New York has many state parks and two major forest preserves. Niagara Falls State Park, established in 1885, is the oldest state park in the United States and the first to be created via eminent domain. In 1892, Adirondack Park, roughly the size of the state ofNational parks, monuments, and historic landmarks
The State of New York is well represented in the National Park Service, National Park System with 22 national parks, which received 16,349,381 visitors in 2011. In addition, there are four National Heritage Area, national heritage areas, 27 National Natural Landmark, national natural landmarks, 262 National Historic Landmark, national historic landmarks, and 5,379 listings on the National Register of Historic Places. Some major areas, landmarks, and monuments are listed below. * The Statue of Liberty National Monument includes Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. The statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Frédéric Bartholdi and formally named ''Liberty Enlightening the World'', was a gift from France to the United States to mark the Centennial of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, American Declaration of Independence; it was dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886. It has since become an icon of the United States and the concepts of democracy and freedom. * The African Burial Ground National Monument in Lower Manhattan is the only national monument dedicated to Americans of African ancestry. It preserves a site containing the remains of more than 400 Ethnic groups of Africa, Africans buried during the late 17th and 18th centuries in a portion of what was the largest colonial-era cemetery for people of African descent, both free and enslaved, with an estimated tens of thousands of remains interred. The site's excavation and study were called "the most important historic urban archeological project in the United States".''African Burial Ground''Administrative divisions
New York is divided into 62 County (United States), counties. Aside from the five counties of New York City, each of these counties is subdivided into town#New York, towns and city, cities, incorporated under state law. Towns can contain incorporated villages or unincorporated hamlet (place)#New York, hamlets. New York City is divided into five borough (New York City), boroughs, each coterminous with a county. The major cities of the state developed along the key transportation and trade routes of the early 19th century, including the Erie Canal and railroads paralleling it. Today, the New York Thruway acts as a modern counterpart to commercial water routes. Downstate New York (Geography of New York City, New York City, Long Island, and the southern portion of the Hudson Valley) can be considered to form the central core of the Northeast megalopolis, an urbanized region stretching from New Hampshire to Virginia.Cities and towns
There are 62 cities in New York. The largest city in the state and the most populous city in the United States is New York City, which comprises five counties (each coextensive with a borough (New York City), borough): Bronx, New York County (Manhattan), Queens, Kings County ( Brooklyn), and Richmond County (Staten Island). New York City is home to more than two-fifths of the state's population. Albany, the state capital, is the sixth-largest city in the State of New York. The smallest city is Sherrill, New York, in Oneida County, New York, Oneida County. Hempstead, New York, Hempstead is the most populous town (New York), town in the state; if it were a city, it would be the second largest in the State of New York, with more than 700,000 residents. New York contains 13 metropolitan areas, as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Major metro areas include New York City, Buffalo,Demographics
Population
Having been the most populous state in the U.S. for a century and a half, from the 1810s until 1962, New York is now in fourth place behind California, Texas, and Florida. Growth has been distributed unevenly. The New York City metropolitan area is growing, along with Saratoga County, New York, Saratoga County and Buffalo, while cities such asRace and ethnicity
The state's historically most populous racial group, non-Hispanic whites, declined as a proportion of the state population from 94.6% in 1940 to 58.3% in 2010. , 55.6% of New York's population younger than age1 were minorities. New York's robustly increasing Jews, Jewish population, the largest outside of Israel, was the highest among states both by percentage and by absolute number in 2012. It is driven by the high reproductive rate of Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish families, particularly in Brooklyn and communities of the Hudson Valley. New York is home to the Demographics of Asian Americans, second-largest Asian American population and the List of U.S. states by African-American population, fourth-largest Black or African American population in the United States. New York's Black and African population increased by 2.0% between 2000 and 2010, to 3,073,800. In 2019, the Black and African American population increased to an estimated 3,424,002. The Black or African American population is in a state of flux, as New York is the largest recipient of immigrants from Africa, while established Blacks and African Americans are migrating out of New York to the New Great Migration, southern United States. The New York City neighborhood of Harlem has historically been a major cultural capital for Blacks and African Americans of sub-Saharan descent, and Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn has the largest such population in the United States. Meanwhile, New York's Asian population increased by a notable 36% from 2000 to 2010, to 1,420,244; in 2019, its population grew to an estimated 1,579,494. Queens, in New York City, is home to the state's largest Asian American population and is the most ethnic diversity, ethnically diverse county in the United States and the most ethnically diverse urban area in the world. New York's growing Hispanic and Latino American population numbered 3,416,922 in 2010, a 19% increase from the 2,867,583 enumerated in 2000. In 2020, it numbered an estimated 3,811,000. Queens is home to the largest Andes, Andean (Colombian American, Colombian, Ecuadorian American, Ecuadorian, Peruvian American, Peruvian, and Bolivian American, Bolivian) populations in the United States. In addition, New York has the largest Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican, Dominican American, Dominican, and Jamaican American populations in the continental United States. The Overseas Chinese, Chinese population constitutes the fastest-growing nationality in the State of New York, which is the top destination for new Chinese immigrants, and large-scale Chinese emigration, Chinese immigration continues into the state. Multiple natural satellite, satellites of the original Chinatown, Manhattan, Manhattan Chinatown, in Chinatown, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, and around Chinatown, Flushing, Flushing, Queens, are thriving as traditionally urban enclaves, while also expanding rapidly eastward into suburban Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on Long Island. Long Island, including Queens and Nassau County, is also home to several Curry Hill, Little Indias and a large Koreatown, Long Island, Koreatown, with large and growing attendant populations of Indian Americans and Korean Americans, respectively. Brooklyn has been a destination for West Indian immigrants of African descent, as well as Asian Indian immigrants. The annual New York City India Day Parade, held on or approximately every August 15 since 1981, is the world's largest Indian Independence Day parade outside of India. In the 2000 U.S. census, New York had the largest Italian American population, composing the largest self-identified ancestral group in Staten Island and Long Island, followed by Irish Americans. Albany and the Mohawk Valley also have large communities of ethnic Italians and Irish Americans, reflecting 19th and early 20th-century immigration. According to the American Community Survey, New York had the largest Greek Americans, Greek American population too, which counts 148,637 people (0.7% of the state). In Buffalo and Western New York, German Americans comprise the largest ancestry. In the North Country (New York), North Country of New York, French Canadians represent the leading ethnicity, given the area's proximity to Quebec. Americans of English American, English ancestry are present throughout all of upstate New York, reflecting early colonial and later immigrants.Languages
In 2019, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 69.5% of New York's population aged 5 years and older only spoke English language, English, with 30.6% speaking a language other than English. Spanish language, Spanish remained the second most spoken non-English language with 2,758,925 speakers. Other Indo-European languages were spoken by 1,587,798 residents, and Asian and Pacific Islander languages were spoken by 948,959 people. At the American Community Survey's 2017 estimates, nearly six million residents spoke a language other than English. Approximately 1,249,541 New York residents spoke Spanish, 386,290 Chinese language, Chinese, 122,150 Russian language, Russian, 63,615 Haitian Creole, 62,219 Bengali language, Bengali, and 60,405 Korean language, Korean. In 2018, 12,756,975 aged 5years and older spoke English alone and 10,415,395 aged 18 and older only spoke English. Spanish-speaking households by majority were not limited to English-speaking. An estimated 2.7million households with residents aged5 and older spoke Spanish. Chinese, Slavic, and French language, French languages were the following largest household languages spoken in 2018. In 2010, 70.72% (12,788,233) of New York residents aged five and older reported speaking only English at home, while 14.44% (2,611,903) spoke Spanish, 2.61% (472,955) Chinese (which includes Cantonese and Standard Chinese, Mandarin), 1.20% (216,468) Russian, 1.18% (213,785) Italian language, Italian, 0.79% (142,169) French-based creole languages, French Creole, 0.75% (135,789) French, 0.67% (121,917) Yiddish language, Yiddish, 0.63% (114,574) Korean, and Polish language, Polish was spoken by 0.53% (95,413) of the population over the age of five. In total, 29.28% (5,295,016) of New York's population aged five and older reported speaking a language other than English. In 2010, the most common American English dialects spoken in New York, besides General American English, were the New York dialect, New York City area dialect (including New York Latino English and New Jersey English dialects#North Jersey English, North Jersey English), the Western New England dialect, Western New England accent around Albany, and Inland Northern American English in Buffalo and western New York State. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York City, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world.Sexual orientation and gender identity
Roughly 3.8 percent of the state's adult population self-identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. This constitutes a total LGBT adult population of 570,388 individuals. In 2010, the number of same-sex couple households stood at roughly 48,932. New York was the fifth state to license Same-sex marriage in New York, same-sex marriages, after New Hampshire. Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York City, said "same-sex marriages in New York City have generated an estimated $259million in economic impact and $16million in City revenues" in the first year after enactment of the Marriage Equality Act. Same-sex marriage in New York, Same-sex marriages in New York were legalized on June 24, 2011, and were authorized to take place beginning thirty days thereafter. New York City is also home to the largest transgender population in the United States, estimated at 25,000 in 2016. The annual New York City Pride March (or New York City LGBT Pride March, gay pride march, pride parade) traverses southward down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, ending at Greenwich Village, and is the largest pride parade in the world, attracting tens of thousands of participants and millions of sidewalk spectators each June. LGBT culture in New York City, LGBT LGBT travel, travel guide ''Queer in the World'' states, "The fabulosity of Gay New York is unrivaled on Earth, and LGBT culture, queer culture seeps into every corner of its five boroughs"; LGBT activism, LGBT advocate and entertainer Madonna (entertainer), Madonna stated metaphorically, “Anyways, not only is New York City the best place in the world because of the queer people here. Let me tell you something, if you can make it here, then you must be queer.” The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent protests by members of the LGBT community, gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood within Lower Manhattan. They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement, and the modern fight for LGBT rights. In June 2017, plans were announced for the first official monument to LGBT individuals commissioned by the State of New York, in contrast to the Stonewall National Monument, which was commissioned by the U.S. federal government. The state monument was planned to be built in Hudson River Park in Manhattan, near the waterfront Hudson River piers which have served as historically significant symbols of New York's central role as a meeting place and a safe haven for LGBT communities. Meanwhile, New York State's capital city of Albany annually hold the largest LGBTQ+ pride parade in Upstate New York. Also as of 2017, plans were advancing by the State of New York to host the largest international LGBT pride celebration in 2019, known as Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. In New York City, the Stonewall 50–WorldPride NYC 2019 events produced by Heritage of Pride were enhanced through a partnership made with the I Love New York, I LOVE NY program's LGBT division and included a welcome center during the weeks surrounding the Stonewall 50 / WorldPride events that was open to all. Additional commemorative arts, cultural, and educational programming to mark the 50th anniversary of the rebellion at the Stonewall Inn took place throughout the city and LGBT rights by country or territory, the world; Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 was the largest New York City Pride March, LGBT pride celebration held in history, drawing an estimated five million people. Brooklyn Liberation March, the largest transgender rights, transgender-rights demonstration in LGBTQ history, took place on June 14, 2020, stretching from Grand Army Plaza to Fort Greene, Brooklyn, focused on supporting Black transgender lives, drawing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants.Religion
Per the Pew Research Center in 2014, the majority of New York's religious population are Christian (60%), followed by the irreligious (27%), Judaism (7%), Islam (2%), Eastern religions, Buddhism and Hinduism (1% each), and other faiths (0.5%). Through another study by the Public Religion Research Institute in 2020, the majority of New York's religious or spiritual population were 67% Christian, followed by the irreligious (22%), Judaism (4%), Islam (2%), Buddhism and Hinduism (1% each), and other faiths (1%). Before the 1800s, Protestant sects dominated the religious life of New York, although religion did not play as large a role in the public life of New Netherland as it did in New England, with its Puritan population. Historically, New York served as the foundation for Burned-over district, new Christian denominations in the Second Great Awakening. Non-Western Christian traditions and non-Christian religions did not grow for much of the state's history because immigration was predominantly from Western Europe (favored by the quotas in federal immigration law). The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 removed the quotas, allowing for the growth of other religious groups. The Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in New York as of 2014's study (31%). The largest Roman Catholic diocese is the Latin Church's Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, Archdiocese of New York. The largest Eastern Catholic diocese is the Ruthenian Catholic Eparchy of Passaic of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. The United Methodist Church was the largest Mainline Protestant denomination and second largest overall, followed by the Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal Church in the U.S. and other Continuing Anglican movement, Continuing Anglican bodies. The Presbyterian Church (USA), Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and American Baptist Churches USA were the following largest Mainline denominations. Mainline Protestants together made up 11% of Christians in the state as of 2014. In Evangelical Protestantism the Baptists, Nondenominational Christianity, non-denominational Protestants, and Pentecostalism, Pentecostals were the largest groups. The National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., National Baptist Convention (USA) and Progressive National Baptist Convention were the largest historically black Protestant churches in New York. Roughly 10% of Christians in New York identify as Evangelical Protestants as of 2014. Additionally, the Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox collectively comprised 1% of the religious demographic alongside Jehovah's Witnesses and List of Christian denominations, other Christians; the Orthodox Christians in 2020's study made up 1% of the population, and Jehovah's Witnesses grew to 1% of the population as well. Per 2014's study, non-Christian religions accounted for 12% of the population. Judaism is the second largest religion as of 2014 and 2020. In 2010, 588,500 practiced Orthodox Judaism. A little over 392,953 professed Islam. The Powers Street Mosque in New York City was the first Muslim organization in the state. New York is also home to the oldest Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrian fire temple in the United States. Less than 1% of New York's population practice New Age and Modern Paganism, contemporary paganism. Native American religions are also a prominent minority. Statewide, 17% practiced nothing in particular and 5% each are Atheism, atheists and agnostic.Economy
New York's Gross domestic product (GDP) in 2022-Q2 was US$2.0trillion. If the State of New York were an independent nation, it would rank as the 11th largest economy in the world. However, in 2019, the multi-state, New York City-centered List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, metropolitan statistical area produced a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of US$2 trillion, ranking first nationally by a wide margin and behind the gross domestic product, GDP of only nine nations.Wall Street
Anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District, Manhattan, Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City has been called both the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world. Lower Manhattan is the third-largest central business district in the United States and is home to the New York Stock Exchange, on Wall Street, and Nasdaq, at One Liberty Plaza, 165 Broadway, representing the world's largest and second largest stock exchanges, respectively, as measured both by overall average daily trading volume and by total market capitalization of their listed companies in 2013. Investment banking fees on Wall Street totaled approximately $40billion in 2012, while in 2013, senior New York City bank officers who manage risk management, risk and compliance functions earned as much as $324,000 annually. In fiscal year 2013–14, Wall Street's securities industry generated 19% of the State of New York's tax revenue. New York City remains the largest global center for trading in public equity and security (finance), debt capital markets, driven in part by the size and Financial Development Index, financial development of the U.S. economy. New York also leads in List of private equity firms, private equity and the monetary volume of mergers and acquisitions. Several Investment Banking, investment banks and investment management, investment managers headquartered in Manhattan are important participants in other global financial centers. New York is also the principal commercial banking center of the United States. Many of the world's largest media conglomerates are also based in the city. Manhattan contained approximately 520million square feet (48.1million m2) of office space in 2013, making it the largest office market in the United States, while Midtown Manhattan is the largest central business district in the nation.High technology
Silicon Alley eastward throughout Long Island
Silicon Alley, once confined to Manhattan, has since evolved into a metonym for the sphere encompassing the New York City metropolitan region's entrepreneurship ecosystem, high technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem; in 2015, Silicon Alley generated over $7.3billion in venture capital investment. High tech industries including digital media, biotechnology, software development, game design, and other fields in information technology are growing, bolstered by New York City's position at the terminus of several transatlantic telephone cable, transatlantic fiber optic trunk lines, its intellectual capital, as well as its growing outdoor wireless network, wireless connectivity. In December 2014, the State of New York announced a $50million venture-capital fund to encourage enterprises working in biotechnology and Materials science, advanced materials; according to Governor Andrew Cuomo, the seed money would facilitate entrepreneurs in bringing their research into the marketplace. On December 19, 2011, then Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced his choice of Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology to build a two billion dollar graduate school of applied sciences on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, with the goal of transforming New York City into the world's premier technology capital. Meanwhile, Long Island has become a prominent nexus for STEM-based education and technology. Biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the New York metropolitan area, Biotechnology companies and scientific research play a significant role in Long Island's economy,{{cite web, url=http://biopharmguy.com/links/state-ny-all-geo.php] {{Webarchive, url=http://biopharmguy.com/links/state-ny-all-geo.php , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116121707/http://biopharmguy.com/links/state-ny-all-geo.php , archive-date=2016-11-16 , date=November 16, 2016, access-date=September 25, 2022 including research institute, research facilities at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Stony Brook University, New York Institute of Technology, Plum Island Animal Disease Center, the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, the City University of New York, the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, and the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research.Tech Valley
{{Main, Tech Valley Albany,{{cite news, url=http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Made-in-Albany-IBM-reveals-breakthrough-chip-6376816.php, title=Made in Albany: IBM reveals breakthrough chip made at SUNY Poly, author=Larry Rulison, newspaper=Albany Times-Union, date=July 10, 2015, access-date=July 12, 2015 Saratoga County, New York, Saratoga County, Rensselaer County, New York, Rensselaer County, and the Hudson Valley, collectively recognized as eastern New York's Tech Valley, have experienced significant growth in the computer hardware side of the high-technology industry, with great strides in the nanotechnology sector, digital electronics design, and water- and electricity-dependent integrated circuit, integrated microchip circuit manufacturing,{{cite web, url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/print-edition/2014/06/27/better-than-advertised-hip-plant-beats.html, title=Better than advertised: Chip plant beats expectations, author=Keshia Clukey, publisher=Albany Business Review, date=June 27, 2014, access-date=July 20, 2015 involving companies including IBM and its Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and the three foreign-owned firms, GlobalFoundries, Samsung, and Taiwan Semiconductor, among others. The area's high technology ecosystem is supported by technologically focused academia, academic institutions including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the State University of New York Polytechnic Institute, SUNY Polytechnic Institute. In 2015, Tech Valley, straddling both sides of the Adirondack Northway and the New York Thruway, generated over $163{{nbsmillion in venture capital investment. TheMedia and entertainment
{{Main, Media in New York City Creative industries, which are concerned with generating and distributing knowledge and information, such as new media, digital media, film production, film and television production, advertising, fashion, design, and architecture, account for a growing share of employment, with New York City possessing a strong competitive advantage in these industries. {{As of, 2014, the State of New York was offering tax incentives of up to $420{{nbsmillion annually for filmmaking within the state, the most generous such tax rebate among U.S. states. New York has also attracted higher-wage visual effects, visual-effects employment by further augmenting its tax credit to a maximum of 35% for performing post-production, post-film production work in Upstate New York. The filmed entertainment industry has been growing in New York, contributing nearly $9{{nbsbillion to the New York City economy alone as of 2015.Tourism
{{Main, Tourism in New York City, Niagara Falls, Broadway theatre ''I Love New York'' (stylized ''I ❤ NY'') is a slogan, a logo and state song that are the basis of an advertising campaign and has been used since 1977 to promote tourism in the state of New York, including New York City. The trademarked logo is owned by Empire State Development Corporation, New York State Empire State Development. The Broadway League reported that Broadway shows sold approximately $1.27{{nbsbillion worth of tickets in the 2013–2014 season, an 11.4% increase from $1.139{{nbsbillion in the 2012–2013 season. Attendance in 2013–2014 stood at 12.21{{nbsmillion, representing a 5.5% increase from the 2012–2013 season's 11.57{{nbsmillion.{{cite web, url=http://www.broadwayleague.com/index.php?url_identifier=calendar-year-stats-1, title=Broadway Calendar-Year Statistics, publisher=The Broadway League, access-date=July 20, 2014Exports
New York exports a wide variety of goods such as prepared foods, computers and consumer electronics, electronics, cut diamonds, and other commodities. In 2007, the state exported a total of $71.1{{nbsbillion worth of goods, with the five largest foreign export markets being Canada ($15{{nbsbillion), the United Kingdom ($6{{nbsbillion), Switzerland ($5.9{{nbsbillion), Israel ($4.9{{nbsbillion), and Hong Kong ($3.4{{nbsbillion). New York's largest imports are oil, gold, aluminum, natural gas, electricity, rough diamonds, and lumber. The state also has a large manufacturing sector that includes printing and the production of garments, mainly in New York City; and furs, railroad equipment, automobile parts, and bus line vehicles, concentrated in Upstate regions. New York is the nation's third-largest grape producing state, and second-largest wine producer by volume, behind California. The southernAgriculture
The Agriculture in New York, New York agriculture industry is a major producer overall, ranking among the top five states for agricultural products including maple syrup, apples, cherries, cabbage, New York dairy industry, dairy products, onions, and potatoes. 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 $3.4{{nbsbillion 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. A moderately sized saltwater commercial fishing, commercial fishery is located along the Atlantic side of Long Island. The principal catches by value are clams, lobsters, squid, and flounder.{{citation needed, date=November 2021Energy
{{Further, New York energy law, Solar power in New York, List of power stations in New York In 2017, the State of New York consumed 156,370-Kilowatt hour, gigawatthours (GWh) of electrical energy. Downstate regions (Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island) consumed 66% of that amount. Upstate regions produced 50% of that amount. The peak load in 2017 was 29,699 MW. The resource capability in 2017 was 42,839 MW. The New York energy law#NYISO, NYISO's market monitor described the average all-in wholesale electric price as a range (a single value was not provided) from $25 per MWh to $53 per MWh for 2017.Education
{{Main, Education in New York (state) At the level of higher education in the United States, post-secondary education, the statewide public university system is the State University of New York (SUNY). The SUNY system consists of 64 community colleges, technical colleges, undergraduate colleges, and doctoral-granting institutions. The SUNY system has four "university centers": University at Albany, SUNY, Albany (1844), University at Buffalo, Buffalo (1846), Binghamton University, Binghamton (1946), and Stony Brook University, Stony Brook (1957). The SUNY system is home to three academic medical centers: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in Long Island, State University of New York Upstate Medical University#Norton College of Medicine, Norton College of Medicine at State University of New York Upstate Medical University, SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, and SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. The City University of New York is the Public university, public university system of Education in New York City, New York City. It is the largest urban university system in the United States, comprising 25 campuses: eleven Upper division college, senior colleges, seven community colleges and seven professional institutions. While its constituent colleges date back as far as 1847, CUNY was established in 1961. The university enrolls more than 275,000 students, and counts thirteen Nobel Prize winners and twenty-four MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellows among its alumni. Cornell University, Columbia University, New York University are among the most selelctive of the larger higher education institutions in New York, all of them leading, world-renowned private universities. Other notable large private universities include Syracuse University and Fordham University. Smaller notable private institutions of higher education include University of Rochester, Rockefeller University, Mercy College (New York), Mercy College, New York Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Yeshiva University, and Hofstra University. There are also a multitude of postgraduate degree, postgraduate-level schools in the State of New York, including Medical School, medical, Law School, law, and engineering schools such as New York Medical College and New York Law School. United States Military Academy, West Point, the service academy of the United States Army, U.S. Army, is located just south of Newburgh (city), New York, Newburgh, on the west bank of the Hudson River. The federal United States Merchant Marine Academy, Merchant Marine Academy is at Kings Point, New York, Kings Point on Long Island. A number of selective private liberal arts institutions are located in New York. Among them are Adelphi University, Bard College, Barnard College, Colgate University, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Marist College, Sarah Lawrence College, Skidmore College, Union College, and Vassar College. Two of these schools, Barnard and Vassar, are members of the selective Seven Sisters (colleges), Seven Sisters, originally all women's colleges with ties to the Ivy League. Barnard is affiliated with Columbia University, its Manhattan neighbor, and Vassar became coeducational in 1969 after declining an offer to merge with Yale University. New York is also home to what are widely regarded as the best performing arts schools in the world. The Juilliard School, located in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, is one of the world's leading music and dance schools. The Eastman School of Music, a professional school within the University of Rochester, was ranked first among U.S. music schools by ''U.S. News & World Report'' for five consecutive years. The University of the State of New York accredits and sets standards for elementary, middle-level, and secondary education in the state, while the New York State Education Department oversees public schools and controls their standardized tests. The New York City Department of Education manages the New York City Public Schools system. In 1894, reflecting general racial discrimination then, the state passed a law that allowed communities to set up separate schools for children of African-American descent. In 1900, the state passed another law requiring integrated schools. During the 2013 fiscal year, New York spent more on public education per pupil than any other state, according to U.S. Census Bureau statistics.Transportation
{{Main, Transportation in New York New York has one of the most extensive and one of the oldest transportation infrastructures in the country. Engineering challenges posed by the complex terrain of the state and the unique infrastructural issues of New York City brought on by urban crowding have had to be overcome perennially. Population expansion of the state has followed the path of the early waterways, first the Hudson River and Mohawk River, then the Erie Canal. In the 19th century, railroads were constructed along the river valleys, followed by the New York State Thruway in the 20th century. The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is the department of the government of New York (state), government of New York responsible for the development and operation of highways, Rail transport, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways, and aviation facilities within the State of New York. The NYSDOT is headquartered at 50 Wolf Road in Colonie, New York, Colonie, Albany County, New York, Albany County. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) is a joint venture between the states of New York and New Jersey and authorized by the U.S. Congress, established in 1921 through an interstate compact, that oversees much of the regional transportation infrastructure, including bridges, tunnels, airports, and seaports, within the geographical jurisdiction of the Port of New York and New Jersey. This {{convert, 1500, sqmi, abbr=on, adj=on port district is generally encompassed within a {{convert, 25, mi, adj=on, abbr=on radius of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.{{cite web , url=http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/pdf/annual-report-2002.pdf , title=2002 Annual Report , publisher=PANY , year=2003 , access-date=July 19, 2015 , archive-date=September 24, 2015 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924081311/http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/pdf/annual-report-2002.pdf , url-status=dead . Accessed July 19, 2015. The Port Authority is headquartered at 4 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan. In addition to the well known New York City Subway system—which is confined within New York City—four suburban commuter railroad systems enter and leave the city: the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Port Authority Trans-Hudson, and five of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, New Jersey Transit's rail lines. The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) is the agency of the government of New York City responsible for the management of much of New York City's own transportation infrastructure. Other cities and towns in New York have urban and regional public transportation. In Buffalo, the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority runs the Buffalo Metro Rail light-rail system; in Rochester, the Rochester Subway operated from 1927 until 1956, but fell into disuse as state and federal investment went to highways. The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles (NYSDMV or DMV) is the governmental agency responsible for registering and vehicle inspection, inspecting automobiles and other motor vehicles, as well as licensing drivers in the State of New York. {{As of, 2008, the NYSDMV has 11,284,546 drivers licenses on file and 10,697,644 vehicle registrations in force. All gasoline-powered vehicles registered in the State of New York are required to have an emission standard, emissions inspection every 12 months, in order to ensure that environmental quality controls are working to prevent air pollution. Diesel-powered vehicles with a gross weight rating over 8,500 pounds that are registered in most Downstate New York counties must get an annual emissions inspection. All vehicles registered in the State of New York must get an annual safety inspection. Portions of the transportation system are intermodal passenger transport, intermodal, allowing travelers to switch easily from one mode of transportation to another. One of the most notable examples is AirTrain JFK which allows rail passengers to travel directly to airport terminal, terminals at John F. Kennedy International Airport as well as to the underground New York City Subway system.Government
{{Main, Government of New York (state) {{See also, Law of New York (state) The Government of New York embodies the governmental structure of the State of New York as established by the New York State Constitution. It is composed of three branches: executive branch, executive, legislative branch, legislative, and judicial branch, judicial. The Governor of New York, governor is the state's chief executive and is assisted by the Lieutenant Governor of New York, lieutenant governor. Both are elected on the same ticket. Additional elected officers include the New York Attorney General, attorney general and the New York State Comptroller, comptroller. The Secretary of State of New York, secretary of state, formerly an elected officer, is currently appointed by the governor. The New York State Legislature is bicameral and consists of the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly. The state assembly consists of 150 members, while the state senate varies in its number of members, currently having 63. The legislature is empowered to make laws, subject to the governor's power to veto a bill. However, the veto may be overridden by the legislature if there is a two-thirds majority in favor of overriding in each house. The permanent laws of a general nature are codification (law), codified in the ''Consolidated Laws of New York''.{{citation needed, date=November 2021 The highest court of appeal in the Judiciary of New York, Unified Court System is the New York State Court of Appeals, Court of Appeals whereas the primary felony trial court is the New York County Court, County Court (or the New York Supreme Court, Supreme Court in New York City). The New York Supreme Court also acts as the intermediate appellate court for many cases, and the local courts handle a variety of other matters including small claims, traffic ticket cases, and local zoning matters, and are the starting point for all criminal cases. The administrative divisions of New York, state is divided into counties, cities, towns, and villages, all of which are municipal corporations with respect to their own governments, as well as various corporate entities that serve single purposes that are also local governments, such as school districts, fire districts, and New York state public-benefit corporations, frequently known as ''authorities'' or ''development corporations''. Each municipal corporation is granted varying home rule powers as provided by the New York Constitution. The state also has 10 Indian reservations. There have been several movements regarding Partition and secession in New York, secession from the state of New York. Proposals have included a state of Long Island, consisting of everything on the island outside New York City; a state called Niagara, the Western New York, western counties of the state of New York; the northern counties of the state of New York called Upstate New York; making the city of New York a state; a proposal for a new Peconic County on eastern Long Island; and for the borough of Staten Island to secede from New York City. In a 2020 study, New York was ranked as the 17th easiest state for citizens to vote in.Capital punishment
{{Main, Capital punishment in New York Capital punishment in the United States, Capital punishment was reintroduced in 1995 under the George Pataki#Death penalty, Pataki administration, but the statute was declared unconstitutional in 2004, when the New York Court of Appeals ruled in ''People v. LaValle'' that it violated the New York Constitution, state constitution. The remaining death sentence was commuted by the court to life imprisonment in 2007, in ''People v. John Taylor'', and the death row was disestablished in 2008, under executive order from Governor David Paterson. No execution has taken place in New York since 1963. Legislative efforts to amend the statute have failed, and death sentences are no longer sought at the state level, though certain crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of the federal government are subject to the Capital punishment by the United States federal government, federal death penalty.Federal representation
{{See also, United States congressional delegations from New York#2013–2023: 27 seats, l1=Current United States congressional delegation from New York, New York's congressional districts New York is represented by Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in the United States Senate. There are New York's congressional districts, twenty-seven congressional districts, the nation's third equal highest number of congressional districts, equal with Florida and behind California's 53 and Texas's 36. As of 2021, nineteen districts are represented by members of the Democratic Party, while eight are represented by Republicans. Representation was reduced from 29 in 2013 due to the state's slower overall population growth relative to the overall national population growth. New York has 29 Electoral College (United States), electoral votes in national presidential elections, a drop from its peak of 47 votes from 1933 to 1953. The state has a strong imbalance of payments with the federal government. According to the Office of the New York State Comptroller, the State of New York received 91 cents in services for every $1 it sent in taxes to the U.S. federal government in the 2013 fiscal year; New York ranked in 46th place in the federal balance of payments to the state on a per capita basis.Politics
{{Main, Politics of New York (state) {{See also, Elections in New York (state), Political party strength in New York As of April 2016, Democratic Party (United States), Democrats represented a plurality of voters in the State of New York, constituting more than twice as many voter registration, registered voters as any other political party affiliation Independent politician, or lack thereof.NYSVoter Enrollment by County, Party Affiliation and StatusSports
{{Main, Sports in New York (state) The State of New York is geographically home to one National Football League team, the Buffalo Bills, based in the Buffalo suburb of Orchard Park (town), New York, Orchard Park. Although the New York Giants and New York Jets represent the New York metropolitan area, New York City metropolitan area and were previously located in New York City, they play in MetLife Stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey. New York also has two Major League Baseball teams, the New York Yankees (based in the Bronx) and the New York Mets (based in Queens). Minor league baseball teams also play in the State of New York, including the Long Island Ducks, and the Brooklyn Cyclones, downstate, and the Rochester Red Wings, the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, the Syracuse Mets, the Auburn Doubledays, the Batavia Muckdogs, the Hudson Valley Renegades and the Buffalo Bisons upstate. New York is home to three National Hockey League franchises: the New York Rangers in Manhattan, the New York Islanders in Nassau County on Long Island, and the Buffalo Sabres in Buffalo. New York has two National Basketball Association teams, the New York Knicks in Manhattan, and the Brooklyn Nets in Brooklyn and a Women's National Basketball Association team, the New York Liberty, also based in Brooklyn. New York is the home of a Major League Soccer franchise, New York City FC, currently playing in the Bronx. Although the New York Red Bulls represent the New York City metropolitan area, they play in Red Bull Arena (New Jersey), Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. New York hosted the 1932 Winter Olympics, 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, Lake Placid. The 1980 Games are known for the USA–USSR ice hockey match dubbed the "Miracle on Ice", in which a group of American college students and amateurs defeated the heavily favored Soviet national ice hockey team 4–3 and went on to win the gold medal against Finland. Along with St. Moritz, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria, Lake Placid is one of the three cities to have hosted the Winter Olympic Games twice. New York City New York City bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics, bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics but lost to London. The annual US Open (tennis), United States Open Tennis Championships is one of the world's four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tennis tournaments and is held at the USTA National Tennis Center, National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens.{{cite web, url=http://www.usopen.org/, title=US Open 2015, publisher=United States Tennis Association, access-date=July 6, 2015 The Belmont Stakes, part of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (United States), Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing, is held at Belmont Park in Nassau County on Long Island. Several U.S. national sports halls of fame are or have been situated in New York. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is located in Cooperstown, Otsego County, New York, Otsego County. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, Saratoga County, honors achievements in the sport of thoroughbred horse racing. The physical facility of the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta, New York, Oneonta, also in Otsego County, closed in 2010, although the organization itself has continued inductions. The state of New York is also home to many intercollegiate division{{nbs1 sports programs. The State University of New York's flagship University at Buffalo are the Buffalo Bulls. Syracuse University's intercollegiate teams are the Syracuse Orange. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! colspan=3 , New York (state) major league professional sports teams , - !Club !Sport !League , - , Buffalo Bills , American football, Football , National Football League , - , Brooklyn Nets , Basketball , National Basketball Association , - , New York Knicks , Basketball , National Basketball Association , - , New York Liberty , Basketball , Women's National Basketball Association , - , New York City FC , Association football, Soccer , Major League Soccer , - , Buffalo Sabres , Ice hockey , National Hockey League , - , New York Islanders , Ice hockey , National Hockey League , - , New York Rangers , Ice hockey , National Hockey League , - , New York Mets , Baseball , Major League Baseball , - , New York Yankees , Baseball , Major League BaseballSee also
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{{Main, Bibliography of New York (state) {{refbegin * {{Cite book , last=French , first=John Homer , title=Historical and statistical gazetteer of New York State , publisher=R. Pearsall Smith , location=Syracuse, New York , oclc= 224691273 , url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_R_zHwh4xByQC , year=1860 {{via, GB * {{Cite book , title=New York: A Guide to the Empire State , author=New York State Historical Association , publisher=Oxford University Press , year=1940 , location=New York City , oclc=504264143 , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TmbOZd4D-ccC , isbn=978-1-60354-031-5 {{via, GB {{refendExternal links