
region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey
and Pennsylvania
to the south, and by Connecticut
, Massachusetts
and Vermont
to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island
east of Long Island
, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario
to the north and west, and Quebec
to the north.
1674 England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
1683 The British crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
1776 The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.
1777 Vermont declares its independence from New York.
1777 American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
1778 Cherry Valley Massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
1788 New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
1799 New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state.
1802 At West Point, New York the United States Military Academy opens.
1845 The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey
and Pennsylvania
to the south, and by Connecticut
, Massachusetts
and Vermont
to the east. The state has a maritime border with Rhode Island
east of Long Island
, as well as an international border with the Canadian provinces of Ontario
to the north and west, and Quebec
to the north. The state of New York is often referred to as New York State to distinguish it from the city of New York.
New York City
, with a population of over 8.1 million, is the most populous city in the United States. It is known for its status as a financial, cultural, transportation, and manufacturing center, and for its history as a gateway for immigration
to the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, it is also a destination of choice for many foreign visitors. Both the state and city were named for the 17th century Duke of York
, James Stuart, future James II and VII
of England and Scotland
.
New York was inhabited by various tribes of Algonquian
and Iroquoian speaking Native American
tribes at the time Dutch settlers moved into the region in the early 17th century. In 1609, the region was first claimed by Henry Hudson
for the Dutch. Fort Nassau was built near the site of the present-day capital of Albany
in 1614. The Dutch soon also settled New Amsterdam
and parts of the Hudson River Valley, establishing the colony of New Netherland
. The British
took over the colony by annexation in 1664.
The borders of the British colony, the Province of New York
, were roughly similar to those of the present-day state. About one third of all the battles of the Revolutionary War
took place in New York. The state constitution
was enacted in 1777. New York became the 11th state to ratify the United States Constitution
, on July 26, 1788.
17th century
See also: Province of New YorkDuring the 17th century, Dutch trading post
s established for the trade of pelts from the Lenape
, Iroquois
and other indigenous peoples expanded into the colony of New Netherland
. The first of these trading posts were Fort Nassau
(1614, near present-day Albany
); Fort Orange
(1624, on the Hudson River
just south of the current city of Albany and created to replace Fort Nassau), developing into settlement Beverwijck (1647), and into what became Albany; Fort Amsterdam
(1625, to develop into the town New Amsterdam
which is present-day New York City); and Esopus, (1653, now Kingston
). The success of the patroonship of Rensselaerswyck (1630), which surrounded Albany and lasted until the mid 19th century, was also a key factor in the early success of the colony. The British captured the colony during the Second Anglo-Dutch War
and governed it as the Province of New York
.
American Revolution
The Sons of Libertywere organized in New York City during the 1760s, largely in response to the oppressive Stamp Act
passed by the British Parliament
in 1765. The Stamp Act Congress
met in the city on October 19 of that year: a gathering of representatives from across the Thirteen Colonies
that set the stage for the Continental Congress
to follow. The Stamp Act Congress resulted in the Declaration of Rights and Grievances
, which was the first written expression by representatives of the Americans of many of the rights and complaints later expressed in the United States Declaration of Independence
, including the right to representative government
.
The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
provided the cannon and gunpowder
necessary to force a British
withdrawal from the Siege of Boston
in 1775.
New York endorsed the Declaration of Independence
on July 9, 1776. The New York state 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 new constitution drafted by John Jay
was adopted with but one dissenting vote. It was not submitted to the people for ratification. On July 30, 1777, George Clinton
was inaugurated as the first Governor of New York
at Kingston.
The first major battle of the American Revolutionary War
after independence was declared—and the largest battle of the entire war—was fought in New York at the Battle of Long Island
(a.k.a Battle of Brooklyn) in August of 1776. British victory made New York City their military and political base of operations in North America for the duration of the conflict, and consequently the center of attention for General George Washington
's intelligence network
.
The notorious British prison ships of Wallabout Bay
saw more American combatants die of intentional neglect
than were killed in combat in every battle of the war, combined.
The first of two major British armies were captured by the Continental Army
at the Battle of Saratoga
in 1777, influencing France to ally with the revolutionaries.
In an attempt to retain their sovereignty and remain an independent nation positioned between the new United States and British North America, four of the Iroquois
nations fought on the side of the British; only the Oneidas and their dependents the Tuscaroras allied themselves to the Americans. The Sullivan Expedition
of 1778 and 1779 destroyed nearly 50 Iroquois villages and adjacent croplands, forcing many refugees to British-held Niagara. As allies of the British, the Iroquois were resettled in Canada after the war. In the treaty settlement, the British ceded most Indian lands to the new United States. Because New York made treaty with the Iroquois without getting Congressional approval, some of the land purchases are the subject of modern-day claims by the individual tribes. More than 5 million acres (20,234.3 km²) of former Iroquois territory was put up for sale in the years after the Revolutionary War, leading to rapid development in upstate New York. As per the Treaty of Paris
, the last vestige of British authority in the former Thirteen Colonies
—their troops in New York City—departed in 1783, which was long afterwards celebrated as Evacuation Day
.
Following heated debate, which included the publication of the now quintessential constitutional interpretation—the Federalist Papers
—as a series of installments in New York City newspapers, New York was the 11th state to ratify the United States Constitution
, on July 26, 1788.
19th century

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. It was considered an engineering marvel. Packet boats traveled up and down the canal with sightseers and visitors on board. The canal opened up vast areas of New York to commerce and settlement. It enabled Great Lakes port cities such as Buffalo
and Rochester
to grow and prosper. It also connected the burgeoning agricultural production of the Midwest and shipping on the Great Lakes, with the port of New York City. Improving transportation, it enabled additional population migration to territories west of New York.
Ellis Island

, a War of 1812
era fort located in what is today Battery Park
, through which at least 8 million immigrants such as Harry Houdini
, passed through from 1855–1890.
Ellis Island operated as an immigration center from January 1, 1892, until November 12, 1954. It is owned by the Federal government and is now part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service
. It is situated in New York Harbor
, between two states and cities, Jersey City
, New Jersey and New York City, New York.
More than 12 million immigrants passed through Ellis Island
, between 1892 and 1954. After 1924, when the National Origins Act was passed, the only immigrants to pass through there were displaced persons or war refugees. Today, over 100 million Americans can trace their ancestry to the immigrants, who first arrived in America through Castle Clinton and Ellis Island, before dispersing to points all over the country. Ellis Island was the subject of a border dispute between New York State and New Jersey. The issue was settled in 1998 by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that the original 3.3 acre island was New York State territory and that the balance of the 27.5 acre (11 ha) added after 1834 by landfill was in New Jersey.
Statue of Liberty

Liberty Island
closed on September 11, 2001
; the island reopened in December, the monument reopened on August 3, 2004, but the statue remained closed until the summer of 2009. The National Park Service claims that the statue is not shut because of a terrorist threat, but principally because of a long list of fire regulation contraventions, including inadequate evacuation procedures. The museum and ten-story pedestal are open for visitors, but are only accessible if visitors have a "Monument Access Pass", which is a reservation that visitors must make in advance of their visit and pick up before boarding the ferry. There are a maximum of 3000 passes available each day, with a total of 15,000 visitors to the island daily. The interior of the statue remains closed, although a glass ceiling in the pedestal allows for views of Gustave Eiffel
's iron framework of Lady Liberty.
Geography
New York covers 54556 square miles (141,299.4 km²) and ranks as the 27th largest state by size. The Great Appalachian Valleydominates eastern New York, while Lake Champlain
is the chief northern feature of the valley, which also includes the Hudson River
flowing southward to the Atlantic Ocean. The rugged Adirondack Mountains
, with vast tracts of wilderness, lie west of the valley.
Most of the southern part of the state is on the Allegheny Plateau
, which rises from the southeast to the Catskill Mountains
. The western section of the state is drained by the Allegheny River
and rivers of the Susquehanna
and Delaware
systems. 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. The highest elevation in New York is Mount Marcy
in the Adirondacks.
New York's borders touch (clockwise from the west) two Great Lakes (Erie
and Ontario
, which are connected by the Niagara River
); the provinces of Ontario
and Quebec
in Canada; Lake Champlain
; 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 the only state that touches both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, and is the second-largest of the original Thirteen Colonies
.
In contrast with New York City's urban atmosphere, the vast majority of the state is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. New York's Adirondack Park is the largest state park in the United States. It is larger than the Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Glacier and Olympic National Parks combined. New York established the first state park in the United States at Niagara Falls in 1885. Niagara Falls
, on the Niagara River as it flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, is a popular attraction.
The Hudson River
begins at 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 three islands at the mouth of the Hudson River: Manhattan Island; Staten Island; and Long Island, which contains Brooklyn
and Queens
on its western end.
Upstate
and downstate
are often used informally to distinguish New York City or its greater metropolitan area from the rest of New York state. The placement of a boundary between the two is a matter of great contention. Unofficial and loosely defined regions of Upstate New York include the Southern Tier
, which often includes the counties along the border with Pennsylvania, and the North Country
, which can mean anything from the strip along the Canadian border to everything north of the Mohawk River.
Climate

, though under the Köppen climate classification
, New York City has 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.
The winters are long and cold in the Plateau Divisions of the state. In the majority of winter seasons, a temperature of -13 F or lower can be expected in the northern highlands (Northern Plateau) and 5 °F (-15 °C) or colder in the southwestern and east-central highlands (Southern Plateau). The summer climate is cool in the Adirondacks, Catskills and higher elevations of the Southern Plateau.
The New York City/Long Island area and lower portions of the Hudson Valley
have rather warm summers by comparison, with some periods of high, uncomfortable humidity. The remainder of New York State enjoys pleasantly warm summers, marred by only occasional, brief intervals of sultry conditions. Summer daytime temperatures usually range from the upper 70s to mid 80s °F (25 to 30 °C), over much of the state.
New York ranks 46th among the 50 states in the amount of greenhouse gas
es generated per person. This relative efficiency is primarily due to the state's higher rate of mass transit
use.
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State parks

and the largest state park in the United States, was established in 1892 and given state constitutional protection to remain "forever wild" in 1894. The thinking that led to the creation of the Park first appeared in George Perkins Marsh
's Man and Nature
, published in 1864. Marsh argued that deforestation could lead to desertification; referring to the clearing of once-lush lands surrounding the Mediterranean, he asserted "the operation of causes set in action by man has brought the face of the earth to a desolation almost as complete as that of the moon."
The Catskill Park was protected in legislation passed in 1885, which declared that its land was to be conserved and never put up for sale or lease. Consisting of 700000 acres (2,832.8 km²) of land, the park is a habitat for bobcats, minks and fishers. There are some 400 black bears living in the region. The state operates numerous campgrounds and there are over 300 miles (482.8 km) of multi-use trails in the Park.
The Montauk Point State Park
boasts the 1797 Montauk Lighthouse, commissioned under President
George Washington
, which is a major tourist attraction on the easternmost tip of Long Island
. Hither Hills
park offers camping and is a popular destination with surfcasting sport fishermen.
Counties

Regions
New York State is divided into eleven regions by the Department of Economic Development:
- Chautaugua–Allegheny
- Niagara Frontier
Niagara FrontierThe Niagara Frontier refers to the stretch of land south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie and extending westward to Cleveland, Ohio. The term dates to the War of 1812. This only includes the land east of the Niagara River and south of Lake Erie within the United States...- Finger Lakes
Finger LakesThe Finger Lakes are a pattern of lakes in the west-central section of Upstate New York in the United States. They are a popular tourist destination. The lakes are long and thin , each oriented roughly on a north-south axis. The two longest, Cayuga Lake and Seneca Lake, are among the deepest in...- Thousand Islands
Thousand IslandsThe Thousand Islands is the name of an archipelago of islands that straddle the Canada-U.S. border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario. They stretch for about downstream from Kingston, Ontario. The Canadian islands are in the province of Ontario, the...- Central Region
Central New York RegionThe Central New York Region is a term used by the New York State Department of Economic Development to broadly describe the central region of New York State for tourism purposes. The region roughly corresponds to the upper Susquehanna and Mohawk Valleys...
(formerly Central-Leatherstocking)- Adirondack Mountains
Adirondack MountainsThe Adirondack Mountains are a mountain range located in the northeastern part of New York, that runs through Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Saint Lawrence, Saratoga, Warren, and Washington counties....- Catskill Mountains
Catskill MountainsThe Catskill Mountains, an area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany, are a mature dissected plateau, an uplifted region that was subsequently eroded into sharp relief. They are an eastward continuation, and the highest representation, of the Allegheny Plateau...- Hudson Valley
Hudson ValleyThe Hudson Valley comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in New York State, United States, from northern Westchester County northward to the cities of Albany and Troy.-History:...- Capital District
Capital DistrictNew York's Capital District, also known as the Capital Region, is a region in upstate New York that generally refers to the four counties surrounding Albany, the capital of the state: Albany County, Schenectady County, Rensselaer County, and Saratoga County...- New York City
- Long Island
Long IslandLong Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
New York State is sometimes divided into eight major regions:
- North Country New York
- Western New York
Western New YorkWestern New York is the westernmost region of the state of New York. It includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Niagara Falls, the surrounding suburbs, as well as the outlying rural areas of the Great Lakes lowlands, the Genesee Valley, and the Southern Tier. Some historians, scholars and others...- Central New York
Central New YorkCentral New York is a term used to broadly describe the central region of New York State, roughly including the following counties and cities:...- Capital District
Capital DistrictNew York's Capital District, also known as the Capital Region, is a region in upstate New York that generally refers to the four counties surrounding Albany, the capital of the state: Albany County, Schenectady County, Rensselaer County, and Saratoga County...- Southern Tier
Southern TierThe Southern Tier is a geographical term that refers to the counties of New York State west of the Catskill Mountains along the northern border of Pennsylvania. It is a loosely defined term that generally includes the counties that border Pennsylvania west of Delaware County inclusive...- Hudson Valley
Hudson ValleyThe Hudson Valley comprises the valley of the Hudson River and its adjacent communities in New York State, United States, from northern Westchester County northward to the cities of Albany and Troy.-History:...- New York City
- Long Island
Long IslandLong Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
Cities
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 (boroughs): the Bronx, New York (Manhattan), Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), and Richmond (Staten Island). New York City is home to more than two-fifths of the state's population.The following are the ten largest cities in New York:
- New York City (8,175,133)
- Buffalo
Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
(261,310)- Rochester
Rochester, New YorkRochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
(210,565)- Yonkers
Yonkers, New YorkYonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...
(195,976)- Syracuse
Syracuse, New YorkSyracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, United States, the largest U.S. city with the name "Syracuse", and the fifth most populous city in the state. At the 2010 census, the city population was 145,170, and its metropolitan area had a population of 742,603...
(145,170)- Albany
Albany, New YorkAlbany is the capital city of the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Albany County, and the central city of New York's Capital District. Roughly north of New York City, Albany sits on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River...
(97,856)- New Rochelle
New Rochelle, New YorkNew Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States, in the southeastern portion of the state.The town was settled by refugee Huguenots in 1688 who were fleeing persecution in France...
(77,062)- Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon, New YorkMount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. It lies on the border of the New York City borough of The Bronx.-Overview:...
(67,292)- Schenectady
Schenectady, New YorkSchenectady is a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States, of which it is the county seat. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 66,135...
(66,135)- Utica
Utica, New YorkUtica is a city in and the county seat of Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 62,235 at the 2010 census, an increase of 2.6% from the 2000 census....
(62,235)
The location of these cities within the state stays remarkably true to the major transportation and trade route
s in the early 19th century, primarily the Erie Canal
and railroads paralleling it. Today, Interstate 90
acts as a modern counterpart to commercial water routes.
Grouped by metropolitan statistical area, the following are the twelve largest population centers in the state are:
- New York City
New York metropolitan areaThe New York metropolitan area, also known as Greater New York, or the Tri-State area, is the region that composes of New York City and the surrounding region...
(18,815,988 in NY/NJNew JerseyNew Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
/PAPennsylvaniaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, 12,381,586 in NY)- Buffalo-Niagara Falls (1,128,183)
- Rochester (1,030,495)
- Albany and the Capital District (853,358)
- Poughkeepsie and the Hudson Valley (669,915)
- Syracuse (645,293)
- Utica-Rome (294,862)
- Binghamton (246,426)
- Kingston (181,860)
- Glens Falls (128,886)
- Ithaca (101,055)
- Elmira (88,015)
The smallest city is Sherrill, New York
, located just west of the Town of Vernon
in Oneida County
. Albany
is the state capital, and the Town of Hempstead
is the civil township with the largest population. If it were a city, it would be the second largest in the state with over 700,000 residents.
The southern tip of New York State—New York City
, its suburbs including Long Island
, the southern portion of the Hudson Valley, and most of northern New Jersey
—can be considered to form the central core of the Northeast megalopolis
", a super-city stretching from the northern suburbs of Boston south to the Virginia
suburbs of Washington D.C..
Demographics
Population

from outside the United States resulted in a net increase of 876,969 people, and migration within the country produced a net loss of 1,575,864 people.
In spite of the open land in the state, New York's population is very urban, with 92% of residents living in an urban area.
New York is a slow growing state with a large rate of domestic migration to other states. In 2000 and 2005, more people moved from New York to Florida than from any one state to another. However, New York state is one of the leading destinations for international immigration and thus has the second largest immigrant population in the country (after California) at 4.2 million as of 2008. Although Upstate New York
receives considerable immigration, most of the state's immigrants settle in and around New York City, due to its more vibrant economy and cosmopolitan culture.
The center of population
of New York is located in Orange County
, in the town of Deerpark
. New York City and its eight suburban counties (excluding those in New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania) have a combined population of 13,209,006 people, or 68.42% of the state's population.
Racial and ancestral makeup

- White – 65.7%
- Hispanic or LatinoHispanic and Latino AmericansHispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...
(of any race) – 17.6% - Black or African American – 15.9%
- AsianAsian AmericanAsian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
– 7.3% (3.0% Chinese, 1.6% Indian, 0.7% Korean, 0.5% Filipino, 0.3% Pakistani, 0.3% Bangladeshi, 0.2% Japanese, 0.1% Vietnamese) - Two or more races – 3.0%
- Native American/American IndianNative Americans in the United StatesNative Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
– 0.6%
The major ancestry groups in New York state are African American
(15.8%), Italian (14.4%), Irish (12.9%), German (11.1%) and English
(6%). According to a 2004 estimate, 20.4% of the population is foreign-born.
New York is home to the largest African American population and the second largest Asian American population in the United States. In addition it is home to the largest Puerto Rican
, Dominican
and Jamaican American
populations in the continental United States. The New York City neighborhood of Harlem
has historically been a major cultural capital for African-Americans of sub-Saharan descent, and Bedford Stuyvesant is the largest such population in the United States.
Queens
, also in New York City, is home to the state's largest Asian-American population, and is also the most diverse county in the United States. The second concentration of Asian-Americans is in Manhattan's Chinatown. Queens
is home to the largest Andean
population (Colombian
, Ecuadorian
, Peruvian
and Bolivian
) population in The United States of America.
In the 2000 Census, Italian Americans made up the largest ancestral group in Staten Island and Long Island, followed by Irish Americans. Albany and southeast-central New York also have populations with many of Irish-American and Italian-American descent. In Buffalo and western New York, German Americans are the largest group; in the northern tip of the state, French Canadians are. Americans of English
ancestry are present throughout all of upstate New York. New York State has a higher number of Italian Americans than any other U.S. state.
6.5% of New York's population were under 5 years of age, 24.7% under 18, and 12.9% were 65 or older. Females made up 51.8% of the population.
According to the 2000 U.S. Census, 13.61% of the population aged 5 and over speak Spanish at home, while 2.04% speak Chinese (including Cantonese and Mandarin), 1.65% Italian, and 1.23% Russian.
Religion
Catholicscomprise more than 40% of the population in New York. Protestants
are 30% of the population, Jews 8.4%, Muslims 3.5%, Buddhists
1%, and 13% claim no religious affiliation. The largest Protestant denominations are the United Methodist Church
with 403,362; the American Baptist Churches USA
with 203,297; and the Episcopal Church
with 201,797 adherents.
Economy





. Its 2007 per capita personal income was $46,364, placing it sixth in the nation behind Maryland, and eighth 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.
A recent review by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found 13 states, including several of the nation's largest, face budget shortfalls for FY2009. New York faces a deficit that could be as large as $4.3 billion.
New York exports a wide variety of goods such as foodstuffs, commodities, minerals, computers and electronics, cut diamonds, and automobile parts. In 2007, the state exported a total of $71.1 billion worth of goods, with the five largest foreign export markets being Canada ($15 billion), United Kingdom ($6 billion), Switzerland ($5.9 billion), Israel ($4.9 billion), and Hong Kong ($3.4 billion). New York's largest imports are oil, gold, aluminum, natural gas, electricity, rough diamonds, and lumber.
Canada is a very important economic partner for the state. 21% of the state's total worldwide exports went to Canada in 2007. Tourism from the north is also a large part of the economy. Canadians spent US$487 million in 2004 while visiting the state.
New York City is the leading center of banking, finance and communication
in the United States and is the location of the New York Stock Exchange
, the largest stock exchange in the world by dollar volume. Many of the world's largest corporations are based in the city.
The state also has a large manufacturing sector that includes printing and the production of garments, furs, railroad equipment and bus line vehicles. Many of these industries are concentrated in upstate regions. Albany and the Hudson Valley are major centers of nanotechnology and microchip manufacturing, while the Rochester area is important in photographic equipment and imaging.
New York is a major agricultural producer, ranking among the top five states for agricultural products such as dairy, apples, cherries, cabbage, 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 soil
s and microclimate
for many apple, cherry, plum
, pear and peach
orchard
s. Apples are also grown in the Hudson Valley and near Lake Champlain.
New York is the nation's third-largest grape-producing state, behind California, and second-largest wine producer by volume. The south shore of Lake Erie and the southern Finger Lakes
hillsides have many vineyards. In addition, the North Fork
of Long Island
developed vineyards, production and visitors' facilities in the last three decades of the 20th century. In 2004, New York's wine and grape industry brought US$6 billion into the state economy.
The state has 30000 acres (121.4 km²) of vineyards, 212 wineries, and produced 200 million bottles of wine in 2004. A moderately sized saltwater commercial fishery is located along the Atlantic side of Long Island. The principal catches by value are clams, lobsters, squid, and flounder. These areas of the economy have been increasing as environmental protection has led to an increase in ocean wildlife.
As of January 2010, the state's unemployment rate was 8.8%.
Transportation
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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 and for the fact that the tolls collected along the roadway have long passed their original purpose. Until 2006, tolls were collected on the Thruway within The City of Buffalo
. They were dropped late in 2006 during the campaign for Governor (both candidates called for their removal).
In addition to New York City's famous mass transit subway
, 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's rail lines
. Many other cities 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 has fallen into disuse.
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
(NYSDMV or DMV) is the governmental agency responsible for registering and 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 New York State must get an emissions inspection every 12 months. Diesel powered vehicles with a Gross Weight Rating over 8 500 lb that are registered in the NY Metropolitan Area must get an annual emissions inspection. All vehicles registered in NYS must get an annual safety inspection.
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 John F. Kennedy International Airport
.
In May 2009 the New York City Department of Transportation
under the control of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan
banned cars from Times Square
. The move designed to reduce pollution and pedestrian accidents looks likely to be implemented permantly, and will last at least until the end of the year.
Politics and government

(adopted in 1938), New York is governed by the same three branches that govern all fifty states of the United States: the executive branch
, consisting of the Governor of New York
and the other independently elected constitutional officers; the legislative branch, consisting of the bicameral New York State Legislature (senate and assembly
); and the judicial branch, consisting of the state's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals
, and lower courts. The state has two U.S. senators, 29 members in the United States House of Representatives
, and 31 electoral votes
in national presidential elections (a drop from its 47 votes during the 1940s).
New York's capital is Albany
. The state's subordinate political units are its 62 counties. Other officially incorporated governmental units are towns, cities, and villages. New York has more than 4,200 local governments that take one of these forms. About 52% of all revenue raised by local governments in the state is raised solely by the government of New York City
, which is the largest municipal government in the United States, whereas New York City houses only 42% of the state population.
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 in taxes to the federal government in Washington. The state ranks near the bottom, in 42nd place, in federal spending per tax dollar.
Many of New York's public services are carried out by public benefit corporations, frequently called authorities or development corporations. Well known public benefit corporations in New York include the Metropolitan Transportation Authority
, which oversees New York City's public transportation system, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
, a bi-state transportation infrastructure agency.
New York's legal system is explicitly based upon English common Law.
Federal representation
As of the 2000 census and the redistricting for the 2002 elections, the state has 29 members in the United States House of Representatives, and two U.S. senators. Two seats in the House will be lost in 2013 due to a decline in the state's rate of population growth. New York has 31 electoral votes
in national presidential elections (a drop from its 47 votes during the 1940s).
New York is represented by Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand
in the United States Senate
and has 29 representatives to the United States House of Representatives
, behind California's 53 congressional districts and Texas' 32 congressional districts.
Capital punishment
Capital punishmentwas reintroduced in 1995 under the 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 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 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 federal death penalty.
Politics
In the last few decades, New York State has generally supported candidates belonging to the Democratic Partyin national elections. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama
won New York State by 25 percentage points in 2008, a bigger margin than John Kerry
in 2004. New York City is a major Democratic stronghold with liberal politics. Many of the state's other urban areas, such as Albany
, Buffalo
, Rochester
, and Syracuse
are also Democratic. Rural upstate New York, however, is generally more conservative than the cities and tends to favor Republicans
. Heavily populated Suburban areas such as Westchester County and Long Island
have swung between the major parties over the past 25 years, but more often than not support Democrats.
Same-sex marriages in New York
were legalized on June 24, 2011 and were authorized to take place beginning 30 days thereafter.
New York City is the most important source of political fund-raising 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 W. Bush
and Al Gore
.
Education

oversees all public primary, middle-level, and secondary education in the state, while the New York City Department of Education
manages the public school system in New York City. In 1894, reflecting general racial discrimination, the state passed a law that allowed communities to set up schools for children of African-American descent. In 1900, the state passed another law requiring integrated schools.
At the college level, the statewide public university system is the State University of New York
(SUNY). The City University of New York
(CUNY) is the public university system of New York City. The SUNY system consists of 64 community colleges, technical colleges, undergraduate colleges and universities. The four university centers are University at Albany, Binghamton University
, University at Buffalo and Stony Brook University.
In addition there are many notable private universities, including the oldest Catholic institution in the Northeast
, Fordham University
. New York is home to both Columbia University
in New York City and Cornell University
in Ithaca
, making it the only state to contain more than one Ivy League
school. West Point, the service academy of the U.S. Army is located just south of Newburgh
, on the banks of the Hudson River
.
During the 2007–2008 school year, New York spent more per pupil on public education than any other state.
Sports
New York hosted the 1980 Winter Olympicsat Lake Placid
, the Games known for the USA–USSR hockey game 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
. Lake Placid also hosted the 1932 Winter Olympics
. Along with St. Moritz, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria, it is one of the three places to have twice hosted the Winter Olympic Games.
New York is the home of one National Football League
team, the Buffalo Bills
(based in the suburb of Orchard Park
). Although the New York Giants
and New York Jets
represent the New York metropolitan area
and were previously located in New York City, they play in New Meadowlands Stadium
, located in East Rutherford
, New Jersey. The Meadowlands stadium will host Super Bowl XLVIII
in 2014. There has been much controversy over several proposals for a new New York Jets football stadium
. The owners of the New York Jets were willing to split the $1.5 billion cost of building a new football stadium over Manhattan's West Side rail yards, but the proposal never came to fruition.
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
). New York is home to three National Hockey League
franchises: the New York Rangers
in Manhattan
, the New York Islanders
on Long Island
and the Buffalo Sabres
in Buffalo
. New York has a National Basketball Association
team, the New York Knicks
, in Manhattan. The former New York Nets from 1968 to 1977 is now titled as a New Jersey team; however, plans to relocate to New York City are in the works. There are a variety of minor league teams that can be found all through the State of New York, such as the Long Island Ducks
.
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Club | Sport | League |
Buffalo Bills Buffalo Bills The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League... |
Football American football American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by... |
National Football League National Football League The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing... |
New York Red Bulls | Soccer | Major League Soccer Major League Soccer Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada... |
New York Knicks New York Knicks The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association... |
Basketball | National Basketball Association National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada... |
New York Liberty New York Liberty The New York Liberty is a professional basketball team based in New York City, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was one of the eight original franchises of the league... |
Basketball | Women's National Basketball Association Women's National Basketball Association The Women's National Basketball Association is a women's professional basketball league in the United States. It currently is composed of twelve teams. The league was founded on April 24, 1996 as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association... |
Rochester Raging Rhinos Rochester Raging Rhinos The Rochester Rhinos are an American professional soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in 1996, the team plays in the National Division of the new USL Professional Division, the third tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, having self-relegated from the USSF D2 Pro League... |
Soccer | USL First Division USL First Division The United Soccer Leagues First Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.... |
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres The Buffalo Sabres are a professional ice hockey team based in Buffalo, New York. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League .-Founding and early success: 1970-71—1980-81:... |
Ice hockey Ice hockey Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take... |
National Hockey League National Hockey League The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States... |
New York Islanders New York Islanders The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
Ice Hockey | National Hockey League |
New York Rangers New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the... |
Ice Hockey | National Hockey League |
Adirondack Phantoms Adirondack Phantoms The Adirondack Phantoms are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League , who began play in the 2009–10 AHL season. The Phantoms are based in Glens Falls, New York, playing home games at the Glens Falls Civic Center. The Phantoms are the AHL affiliate of the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers... |
Ice Hockey | American Hockey League American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
Albany River Rats Albany River Rats The Albany River Rats were an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They played in Albany, New York at the Times Union Center.- Founding to 2010 :... |
Ice Hockey | American Hockey League American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
Binghamton Senators Binghamton Senators The Binghamton Senators are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League . Nicknamed the B-Sens, they play in Binghamton, New York at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Along with the Elmira Jackals of the ECHL, the B-Sens are minor league affiliates of the Ottawa Senators... |
Ice Hockey | American Hockey League |
Elmira Jackals Elmira Jackals The Elmira Jackals are an ice hockey team that play in the ECHL. Their home games are played in First Arena in Elmira, New York and they refer to themselves as "the beasts of the east"... |
Ice Hockey | ECHL ECHL The ECHL is a mid-level professional ice hockey league based in Princeton, New Jersey with teams scattered across the United States... |
Rochester Americans Rochester Americans The Rochester Americans are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League, and a top affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. The team plays its home games in Rochester, New York, at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial... |
Ice Hockey | American Hockey League |
Syracuse Crunch Syracuse Crunch The Syracuse Crunch are a minor league professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. They play in Syracuse, New York, at the War Memorial at Oncenter... |
Ice Hockey | American Hockey League |
New York Mets New York Mets The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League... |
Baseball | National League National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest extant professional team sports league. Founded on February 2, 1876, to replace the National Association of Professional... |
New York Yankees New York Yankees The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division... |
Baseball | American League American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major... |
Brooklyn Cyclones Brooklyn Cyclones The Brooklyn Cyclones is a minor league baseball team in the Short-Season A classification New York - Penn League, affiliated with the New York Mets. The Cyclones play at MCU Park just off the Coney Island boardwalk in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.... |
Baseball | New York – Penn League |
Staten Island Yankees Staten Island Yankees The Staten Island Yankees are a minor league baseball team, located in the New York City borough of Staten Island. Nicknamed the "Baby Bombers," the Yankees are a Short-Season A classification affiliate of the New York Yankees and play in the New York - Penn League at Richmond County Bank Ballpark... |
Baseball | New York – Penn League |
Jamestown Jammers Jamestown Jammers The Jamestown Jammers are a minor league baseball team in Jamestown, New York, United States. The team is the Short-Season A classification affiliate of the Miami Marlins and plays in the New York - Penn League... |
Baseball | New York – Penn League |
Batavia Muckdogs Batavia Muckdogs The Batavia Muckdogs are a minor league baseball team based in Batavia, a city in Genesee County, New York, United States. The Muckdogs are the current Short-Season A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals... |
Baseball | New York – Penn League |
Auburn Doubledays Auburn Doubledays The Auburn Doubledays are a minor league baseball team in Auburn, New York, USA, that is owned and operated by Auburn Community Baseball. They are a member of the Short-Season Class A New York-Penn League and have been a farm team of the Houston Astros , the Toronto Blue Jays , and Washington... |
Baseball | New York – Penn League |
Oneonta Tigers Oneonta Tigers The Oneonta Tigers were a minor league baseball team located in Oneonta, New York. They were members of the New York - Penn League. The Tigers were the Short-Season A classification affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, and played their home games at Damaschke Field... |
Baseball | New York – Penn League |
Tri-City Valley Cats Tri-City Valley Cats The Tri-City ValleyCats are a minor league baseball team based in Troy, New York and the 2010 champions of the New York – Penn League . The ValleyCats are the Short-Season A classification affiliate of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball club. The name Tri-City is based on the three nearby... |
Baseball | New York – Penn League |
Hudson Valley Renegades Hudson Valley Renegades The Hudson Valley Renegades are a minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Tampa Bay Rays. The team is a member of the New York - Penn League, a Class A Short Season league. The Renegades play at Dutchess Stadium in Fishkill, NY.... |
Baseball | New York – Penn League |
Binghamton Mets Binghamton Mets The Binghamton Mets are a U.S. minor league baseball team based in Binghamton, New York. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets major-league club... |
Baseball | Eastern League |
Buffalo Bisons Buffalo Bisons The Buffalo Bisons are a minor league baseball team based in Buffalo, New York. They currently play in the International League and are the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets... |
Baseball | International League International League The International League is a minor league baseball league that operates in the eastern United States. Like the Pacific Coast League and the Mexican League, it plays at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It was so named because it had teams in both the United States... |
Rochester Red Wings Rochester Red Wings The Rochester Red Wings are a minor league baseball team based in Rochester, New York. The team plays in the International League and is the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins major-league club. The Red Wings play in Frontier Field, located in downtown Rochester.The Red Wings were an... |
Baseball | International League |
Syracuse Chiefs | Baseball | International League |
Long Island Ducks Long Island Ducks The Long Island Ducks is an American professional baseball team based in Central Islip, New York. They are a member of the Liberty Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball... |
Baseball | Atlantic League of Professional Baseball Atlantic League of Professional Baseball The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball is a professional, independent baseball organization located primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, especially the greater metropolitan areas of the Northeast megalopolis. It operates in cities not served by Major or Minor League... |
New York Dragons New York Dragons The New York Dragons were an Arena Football League team based in the New York metropolitan area. The team was founded in as the original incarnation of the Iowa Barnstormers, and relocated to New York in . They played in New York until 2008, when the league folded... |
Arena football Arena football Arena football is a variety of gridiron football played by the Arena Football League . It is a proprietary game, the rights to which are owned by Gridiron Enterprises, and is played indoors on a smaller field than American or Canadian outdoor football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game.... |
Arena Football League |
Albany Conquest Albany Conquest The Albany Firebirds are a professional arena football team of the af2 based in Albany, New York. Albany was granted an expansion team in 2002 and began play as the Albany Conquest. The Firebirds play their home games at the Times Union Center... |
Arena football Arena football Arena football is a variety of gridiron football played by the Arena Football League . It is a proprietary game, the rights to which are owned by Gridiron Enterprises, and is played indoors on a smaller field than American or Canadian outdoor football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game.... |
af2 Af2 AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup... |
Long Island Lizards Long Island Lizards The Long Island Lizards are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Hempstead, New York, USA, located on Long Island. They are original members of the MLL and lost in the league's inaugural game on June 7, 2001 to the Baltimore Bayhawks , 16-13... |
Lacrosse Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh... |
Major League Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse Major League Lacrosse, or MLL, is a professional men's field lacrosse league that is made up of five teams in the United States and one team in Canada.- History :... |
Rochester Rattlers Rochester Rattlers The Rochester Rattlers are a Major League Lacrosse professional men's field lacrosse team based in Rochester, New York. They are a charter member of the MLL. From their inaugural season in 2001 to 2005, they were in the National Division. From 2006 to 2008, they were a member of the Eastern... |
Lacrosse | Major League Lacrosse |
Buffalo Bandits Buffalo Bandits The Buffalo Bandits are a team in the National Lacrosse League . They play at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo, New York. The Bandits played in the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1992 to 1997, until the MILL turned into the NLL in 1998.... |
Lacrosse | National Lacrosse League National Lacrosse League The National Lacrosse League is a men's professional indoor lacrosse league in North America. It currently has nine teams; three in Canada and six in the United States. Unlike other lacrosse leagues which play in the summer, the NLL plays its games in the winter and spring. Each year, the playoff... |
Rochester Knighthawks Rochester Knighthawks The Rochester Knighthawks are a professional lacrosse team in the National Lacrosse League. They play in Rochester, New York at the Blue Cross Arena at the War Memorial. The Knighthawks were previously members of the Major Indoor Lacrosse League from 1995 to 1997... |
Lacrosse | National Lacrosse League |
New York Titans New York Titans (NLL) The New York Titans were a professional lacrosse team based in the New York metropolitan area. The team was a member of the Eastern Division of the National Lacrosse League from 2006 to 2009... |
Lacrosse | National Lacrosse League |
Brooklyn Wonders Brooklyn Wonders The Westchester Phantoms are a professional basketball team in the Blue Conference of the American Basketball Association based in Westchester County, New York... |
Basketball | American Basketball Association American Basketball Association (21st century) The American Basketball Association, often abbreviated as ABA, is a semi-professional men's basketball league that was founded in 1999. The current ABA has no affiliation with the original American Basketball Association that merged with the National Basketball Association in 1976... |
Buffalo Silverbacks | Basketball | American Basketball Association |
Rochester Razorsharks Rochester Razorsharks The Rochester Razorsharks are a professional basketball team based in Rochester, New York. They are members of the Premier Basketball League and play their home games at the Blue Cross Arena in downtown Rochester. The Razorsharks were founded in 2005 as a member of the American Basketball... |
Basketball | American Basketball Association |
Strong Island Sound Strong Island Sound The Strong Island Sound were an American Basketball Association team, that played their home games at Suffolk County Community College in Long Island, New York's Suffolk County... |
Basketball | American Basketball Association |
Albany Patroons Albany Patroons The Albany Patroons were a professional basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association .... |
Basketball | Continental Basketball Association Continental Basketball Association The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :... |
New York | Gaelic football Gaelic football Gaelic football , commonly referred to as "football" or "Gaelic", or "Gah" is a form of football played mainly in Ireland... |
Gaelic Athletic Association Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders... |
New York | hurling Hurling Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient Gaelic origin, administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association, and played with sticks called hurleys and a ball called a sliotar. Hurling is the national game of Ireland. The game has prehistoric origins, has been played for at least 3,000 years, and... |
Gaelic Athletic Association |
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