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New York, sometimes called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada and the Great Lakes. With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most densely populated as of 2023. New York is the 27th-largest U.S. state by area, with a total area of 54,556 square miles (141,300 km²).

New York has a varied geography. The southeastern part of the state, known as Downstate, encompasses New York City, the most populous city in the United States, with over twice the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-largest city; Long Island, the nation's most populous island; and the suburbs and wealthy enclaves of the lower Hudson Valley. These areas are the center of the New York metropolitan area, a sprawling urban landmass, and account for approximately two-thirds of the state's population. The much larger Upstate area spreads from the Great Lakes to Lake Champlain, and includes the Adirondack Mountains and the Catskill Mountains (part of the wider Appalachian Mountains). The east–west Mohawk River Valley bisects the more mountainous regions of Upstate, and flows into the north–south Hudson River valley near the state capital of Albany. Western New York, home to the cities of Buffalo and Rochester, is part of the Great Lakes region and borders Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Central New York is anchored by the city of Syracuse; between the central and western parts of the state, New York is dominated by the Finger Lakes, a popular tourist destination. To the south, along the state border with Pennsylvania, the Southern Tier sits atop the Allegheny Plateau, representing the northernmost reaches of Appalachia.

New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that went on to form the United States. The area of present-day New York had been inhabited by tribes of the Algonquians and the Iroquois Confederacy Native Americans for several thousand years by the time the earliest Europeans arrived. Stemming from Henry Hudson's expedition in 1609, the Dutch established the multiethnic colony of New Netherland in 1621. England seized the colony from the Dutch in 1664, renaming it the Province of New York. During the American Revolutionary War, a group of colonists eventually succeeded in establishing independence, and the state ratified the then new United States Constitution in 1788. From the early 19th century, New York's development of its interior, beginning with the construction of the Erie Canal, gave it incomparable advantages over other regions of the United States. The state built its political, cultural, and economic ascendancy over the next century, earning it the nickname of the "Empire State." Although deindustrialization eroded a portion of the state's economy in the second half of the 20th century, New York in the 21st century continues to be considered as a global node of creativity and entrepreneurship, social tolerance, and environmental sustainability. (Full article...)

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Cushing's west wing, with its central hall visible to the right

Cushing House (formerly called Cushing Hall) is a four-story dormitory on Vassar College's campus in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. A response to freshmen overcrowding, the college's Board of Trustees hurried the Allen & Collens-designed building, named for college librarian and alumna trustee Florence M. Cushing, to construction and completion in 1927. Cushing was originally designed as eight smaller houses with euthenic principles in mind, but ended up as a single U-shaped dormitory in the Old English manor house style with Jacobean interior furnishings.

Students of all grades may live in the house, which houses up to 202 in single, double, and triple rooms. Throughout Cushing's history, various proposals and plans have incited controversy among the building's residents, including designating one of its wings as all-black housing and converting one of its common areas into eight single rooms. Contemporary reviewers have looked favorably upon Cushing's aesthetic qualities, declaring it to be one of Vassar's most beautiful buildings. (Full article...)

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Niagara Falls seen from the Canadian side of the river, including three individual falls (from left to right): American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, and Horseshoe Falls.

Niagara Falls (/naɪˈæɡərə/) is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, which straddles the international border of the two countries. It is also known as the Canadian Falls. The smaller American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls lie within the United States. Bridal Veil Falls is separated from Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island and from American Falls by Luna Island, with both islands situated in New York.

Formed by the Niagara River, which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario before flowing out to the Atlantic Ocean by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the combined falls have the highest flow rate of any waterfall in North America that has a vertical drop of more than 50 m (160 ft). During peak daytime tourist hours, more than 168,000 m³ (5.9 million cu ft) of water goes over the crest of the falls every minute. Horseshoe Falls is the most powerful waterfall in North America, as measured by flow rate. Niagara Falls is famed for its beauty and is a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Balancing recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 19th century. (Full article...)

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Image 1Flooding on Avenue C in Lower Manhattan caused by Hurricane Sandy. (from History of New York (state))
Image 2New York State Theater (from Culture of New York City)
Image 3Street vendors at the Feast of San Gennaro in Manhattan's Little Italy (from Culture of New York City)
Image 4SUR by Xefirotarch at the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens (from Culture of New York City)
Image 5Companies such as Eastman Kodak (Rochester headquarters pictured ca. 1900) epitomized New York's manufacturing economy in the late 19th century. (from History of New York (state))
Image 6Martin Scorsese at the Tribeca Film Festival (from Culture of New York City)
Image 7The Stadt Huys in Albany became the state's seat of government when Albany became the permanent capitol in 1797. (from History of New York (state))
Image 8A frameworker tightens bolts on the Empire State Building in 1930; the recently completed Chrysler Building is seen in the background. (from History of New York (state))
Image 9Theodore Roosevelt (from History of New York (state))
Image 10A Phoenix rises to new life at the Village Halloween Parade fifty days after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (from Culture of New York City)
Image 11John Trumbull's Surrender of General Burgoyne stylizes the American win at Saratoga. (from History of New York (state))
Image 12The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center (from Culture of New York City)
Image 13The West Indian Labor Day Parade is an annual carnival along Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. (from Culture of New York City)
Image 14United Airlines Flight 175 crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks. (from History of New York (state))
Image 15New York was dominated by Iroquoian (green) and Algonquian (red) Indian tribes.
Image 16Map of the Province of New York. (from History of New York (state))
Image 17The Yoshio Taniguchi building at the Museum of Modern Art (from Culture of New York City)
Image 18Langston Hughes was part of the Harlem Renaissance that flourished in the 1920s. (from Culture of New York City)
Image 19A historical juxtaposition: a replica of Henry Hudson's 17th-century Halve Maen passes modern-day lower Manhattan where the original ship would have sailed while investigating New York Harbor. (from History of New York (state))
Image 20A crowd in Times Square awaits the countdown to the start of 2006. (from Culture of New York City)

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Manhattan. Sometimes from beyond the skyscrapers, across of thousands of high walls, the cry of a tugboat finds you in your insomnia in the middle of the night, and you remember that this desert of iron and cement is an island.

— Albert Camus

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The United States Military Academy (USMA) (West Point or Army) is a United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a fort during the American Revolutionary War, as it sits on strategic high ground overlooking the Hudson River 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. It is the oldest of the five American service academies and educates cadets for commissioning into the United States Army.

Candidates for admission must apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination, usually from a member of Congress. Other nomination sources include the president and vice president. Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as "cadets" or collectively as the "United States Corps of Cadets" (USCC). The Army fully funds tuition for cadets in exchange for an active duty service obligation upon graduation. About 1,300 cadets enter the academy each July, with about 1,000 cadets graduating. The academic program grants a Bachelor of Science degree with a curriculum that grades cadets' performance upon a broad academic program, military leadership performance, and mandatory participation in competitive athletics. (Full article...)

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New York State Route 52 is a 108.72 mi (174.97 km)-long state highway in the southeastern part of the state of New York. It generally runs from west to east, beginning at the Pennsylvania state line in the Delaware River near Narrowsburg, crossing the Hudson River on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, and ending in Carmel.

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Coney Island, as seen in the middle left of the image

...that the Adirondack Park Agency was created in an attempt to settle the dispute over whether wilderness within the site should be preserved, or be exploited for profit?
...that Same-sex marriage in New York became legal on July 24, 2011, under the Marriage Equality Act?
...that Coney Island in southern Brooklyn has a population of 60,000?

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Ellis Island, at the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor, is the location of what was at one time the main entry facility for immigrants entering the United States; the facility operated 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 US National Park Service. It is situated in New York City and Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Nicknames: The Empire State, The Excelsior State
Capital: Albany
Governor: Kathy Hochul (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Antonio Delgado (D)
Secretary of State: Robert J. Rodriguez (D)
Attorney General: Letitia James (D)

Total area: 54,555 mi²
- Land: 47,190 mi²
- Water: 7,365 mi²
Highest elevation: 5,344 ft (Mount Marcy)

Population 19,745,289 (2016 est)
Admission to the Union: July 26, 1788 (11^th)

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Animal: Beaver
Bird: Eastern Bluebird
Colors: Blue & Gold
Freshwater Fish: Brook trout
Saltwater Fish: Striped bass
Flower: Rose
Fossil: Eurypterus remipes
Insect: Nine-spotted Ladybug
Songs: "I Love New York"
Tree: Sugar Maple
Gem: Garnet

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