New York
state, United States
- Capital:
- Albany
- Population:
- (2020) 20,201,249; (2023 est.) 19,571,216
- Governor:
- Kathy Hochul (Democrat)
- Date Of Admission:
- July 26, 17882
- U.S. Senators:
- Charles E. Schumer (Democrat)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat)
Recent News
May 17, 2024, 3:27 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Drones smuggled drugs across Niagara River from Canada, 3 suspects caught in NY
May 16, 2024, 9:59 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Disability rights advocate says state senator with violent history shoved him at New York Capitol
May 14, 2024, 5:03 AM ET (New York Times)
New York Travel Disruptions Loom As Air Traffic Controllers Balk at Move
May 11, 2024, 4:07 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
New York governor regrets saying Black kids in the Bronx don't know what a computer is
May 11, 2024, 2:27 AM ET (ABC News (U.S.))
Democrats retain upstate New York congressional seat in special election
New York, constituent state of the United States of America, one of the 13 original colonies and states. New York is bounded to the west and north by Lake Erie, the Canadian province of Ontario, Lake Ontario, and the Canadian province of Quebec; to the east by the New England states of Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut; to the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean and New Jersey; and to the south by Pennsylvania. The capital is Albany. Until the 1960s New York was the country’s leading state in nearly all population, cultural, and economic indexes. Its displacement by California beginning in ...(100 of 8095 words)