New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States. It borders Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Canada (Quebec and Ontario), Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and the Atlantic Ocean. Three major islands form an important part of the state: Long Island, Manhattan Island, and Staten Island. The Hudson River flows through the eastern portion of the state.

In 1683 the government was reorganized into a pattern still followed, and the state was divided into twelve counties, each of which was subdivided into towns. Ten of those counties still exist (see below), but two (Cornwall and Dukes) were in territory purchased by the Duke of York from the Earl of Sterling, and are no longer within the territory of the State of New York, having been transferred by treaty to Massachusetts, Dukes in 1686 and Cornwall in 1692. (Cornwall County became a large portion of the State of Maine when that state was detached from Massachusetts in 1819; Dukes County is still a county in Massachusetts.) While the number of counties has been increased to 62, the pattern still remains where a town in New York State is a subdivision of a county rather than an incorporated municipality, as in most (but not all) other States.

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. For many years, the two houses of the state legislature have been controlled by different political parties, making legislation and particularly budgeting difficult. 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 was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution.

As of 2000, it is the third largest state in population after California and Texas, with a population of 18,976,457.

Albany is the state capital, and New York City is by far the largest city.

Other notable cities:

Buffalo

Rochester

Syracuse

Colleges and Universities

• Adelphi University
• Albany College of Pharmacy
• Alfred University
• Audrey Cohen College
• Bank Street College of Education
• Bard College
• Barnard College
• Boricua College
• Canisius College
• Cazenovia College
• City University of New York System
  • Baruch College
  • Brooklyn College
  • City College
  • College of Staten Island
  • Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York
  • Hunter College
  • John Jay College
  • Lehman College
  • Medgar Evers College
  • Queens College
  • York College
• Clarkson University
• Colgate University
• College of Aeronautics
• College of Mount St. Vincent
• College of New Rochelle
• College of Saint Rose
• Columbia University
• Concordia College, Bronxville
• The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
• Cornell University
• Daemen College
• Dominican College
• Dowling College
• D´Youville College
• Elmira College
• Excelsior College
• Five Towns College
• Fordham University
• Hamilton College
• Hartwick College
• Hilbert College
• Hobart and William Smith Colleges
• [[Hofstra University
• Houghton College]
• Iona College
• Ithaca College
• The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
• The Juilliard School
• Keuka College
• Le Moyne College
• Laboratory Institute of Merchandising
• Long Island University
  • Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
  • Long Island University Brentwood Campus
  • Long Island University Brooklyn Campus
  • Long Island University C.W. Post Campus
  • Long Island University Rockland Graduate Campus
  • Southampton College
  • Long Island University Westchester Campus
• Manhattan College
• Manhattan School of Music
• Manhattanville College
• Marist College
• Marymount College
• Marymount Manhattan College
• Medaille College
• Mercy College
• Molloy College
• Monroe College
• Mount Saint Mary College
• Nazareth College
• New School University
• New York College of Podiatric Medicine
• New York Institute of Technology
• New York Medical College
• New York University
• Niagara University
• Pace University
• Parsons School of Design
• Paul Smith's College
• Polytechnic University of New York
• Pratt Institute
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Roberts Wesleyan College
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• The Rockefeller University
• The Sage Colleges
• St. Bonaventure University
• Saint Francis College
• St. John Fisher College
• St. John's University
• St. Joseph's College
• St. Lawrence University
• St. Thomas Aquinas College
• Sarah Lawrence College
• School of Visual Arts
• Siena College
• Skidmore College
• State University of New York System
  • State University of New York Albany
  • State University of New York Binghamton
  • State University of New York Buffalo
  • State University of New York Stony Brook
  • State University of New York Brockport
  • State University of New York Buffalo (Buffalo State College)
  • State University of New York Cortland
  • State University of New York Fredonia
  • State University of New York Geneseo
  • State University of New York New Paltz
  • State University of New York Old Westbury
  • State University of New York Oneonta
  • State University of New York Oswego
  • State University of New York Plattsburgh
  • State University of New York Potsdam
  • State University of New York Purchase
  • State University of New York Cobleskill
  • State University of New York Morrisville
  • State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • [[Alfred State College]
  • State University of New York Farmingdale
  • State University of New York Empire State College
  • Fashion Institute of Technology
  • State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
  • State University of New York Health Science Center at Syracuse
  • State University of New YorkInstitute of Technology
  • Maritime College State University of New York
• Syracuse University
• Teachers College, Columbia University
• Touro College
  • Touro University International
• Unification Theological Seminary
• Union College
• Union Theological Seminary
• United States Merchant Marine Academy
• United States Military Academy (West Point)
• University of Rochester
• Utica College of Syracuse University
• Vassar College
• Wagner College
• Webb Institute
• Wells College
• Yeshiva University

Professional Sports teams

• National Football League
  • Buffalo Bills
  • The following teams play in New Jersey, but are usually considered New York teams
    • New York Jets
    • New York Giants
• New York Knicks, National Basketball Association
• New York Liberty, WNBA
• National Hockey League
  • New York Rangers
  • New York Islanders
  • Buffalo Sabers
• Major League Baseball
  • New York Mets
  • New York Yankees
• Minor League Baseball teams
  • Brooklyn Cyclones
  • Staten Island Yankees
  • Binghamton Mets
  • [[Buffalo Bisons
  • Jamestown Jammers
  • Batavia Muckdogs
  • Rochester Red Wings
  • Auburn Doubledays
  • Syracuse SkyChiefs
  • Oneonta Tigers
  • Tri-Valley ValleyCats
  • Hudson Valley Renegades

Counties: (see http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/U_S__States/New_York/Counties_and_Regions/ )

1. Albany County (one of the original 12 counties)
2. Allegany County
3. Bronx County (coextensive with the borough of The Bronx in New York City)
4. Broome County
5. Cattaraugus County
6. Cayuga County
7. Chautauqua County
8. Chemung County
9. Chenango County
10. Clinton County
11. Columbia County
12. Cortland County
13. Delaware County
14. Dutchess County (one of the original 12 counties)
15. Erie County
16. Essex County
17. Franklin County
18. Fulton County
19. Genesee County
20. Greene County
21. Hamilton County
22. Herkimer County
23. Jefferson County
24. Kings County (coextensive with the borough of Brooklyn in New York City) (one of the original 12 counties)
25. Lewis County
26. Livingston County
27. Madison County
28. Monroe County
29. Montgomery County (originally Tryon County)
30. Nassau County
31. New York County (coextensive with the borough of Manhattan in New York City) (one of the original 12 counties)
32. Niagara County
33. Oneida County
34. Onondaga County
35. Ontario County
36. Orange County (one of the original 12 counties)
37. Orleans County
38. Oswego County
39. Otsego County
40. Putnam County
41. Queens County (now coextensive with the borough of Queens in New York City) (one of the original 12 counties)
42. Rensselaer County
43. Richmond County (coextensive with the borough of Staten Island in New York City) (one of the original 12 counties)
44. Rockland County
45. Saint Lawrence County
46. Saratoga County
47. Schenectady County
48. Schoharie County
49. Schuyler County
50. Seneca County
51. Steuben County
52. Suffolk County (one of the original 12 counties)
53. Sullivan County
54. Tioga County
55. Tompkins County
56. Ulster County (one of the original 12 counties)
57. Warren County
58. Washington County (originally Charlotte County)
59. Wayne County
60. Westchester County (one of the original 12 counties)
61. Wyoming County
62. Yates County

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