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New York is a state in the Northeastern United States. New York was one of the original thirteen colonies that formed the United States. With an estimated 19.54 million residents in 2018, it is the fourth most populous state. In order to distinguish the state from the city with the same name, it is sometimes referred to as New York State.

The state's most populous city, New York City, makes up over 40% of the state's population. Two-thirds of the state's population lives in the New York metropolitan area, and nearly 40% lives on Long Island. The state and city were both named for the 17th century Duke of York, the future King James II of England. With an estimated population of 8.62 million in 2017, New York City is the most populous city in the United States and the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. The New York metropolitan area is one of the most populous in the world. New York City is a global city, home to the United Nations Headquarters, and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, as well as the world's most economically powerful city. The next four most populous cities in the state are Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse, while the state capital is Albany.

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The New York City Transit Police Department was a transit police department responsible for the protection of New York City Subway and bus lines, established in 1953. In 1936, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia authorized the hiring of Special Patrolmen for the New York City Subway system; these patrolmen eventually became the Transit Police. In 1949, the department was officially divorced from the New York City Police Department, but was eventually fully re-integrated in 1995 as the Transit Bureau of the New York City Police Department by New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. In 1997, the Transit Bureau became the Transit Division within the newly formed Transportation Bureau. In July of 1999, the Transit Division once again became the Transit Bureau. Headquarters for the NYPD Transit Bureau are located at 130 Livingston Street in Brooklyn Heights.

A main task of the Transit Police was its defense of the subway system from defacement. Graffiti was very prominent throughout the subway system by the mid-1980s and the city government took a hard line in response, though some saw it instead as a "social trend" and a sign of diversity. The Transit Police, and specifically a new unit called the Vandal Squad began to fine and arrest those painting graffiti. They also made a policy to remove any work of graffiti within 24 hours of its creation. By the end of the 1980s, the Transit Police had effectively solved the problem of graffiti in the New York City subway system.

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John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States
Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, hub of the Broadway theater district, a media center, and one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections.
Lake-effect snow is a major contributor to heavy snowfall totals in western New York, including the Tug Hill region.
New York was dominated by Iroquoian (purple) and Algonquian (pink) Indian tribes.
Terrain map of New York
Two major state parks (in green) are the Adirondack Park (north) and the Catskill Park (south).
1800 map of New York from Low's Encyclopaedia
Andrew Cuomo (D), the 56th and current Governor of New York
Kirsten Gillibrand (left) and Chuck Schumer (right) are New York's U.S. Senators.
New York population distribution map
John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, the busiest international air passenger gateway to the United States
New York population distribution map
The New York City Subway is one of the world's busiest, serving a passenger ridership of over 5 million per average weekday.
The Stonewall Inn in the gay village of Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan, site of the June 1969 Stonewall riots, the cradle of the modern LGBT rights movement.
Flight 175 hit the original South Tower on September 11, 2001.
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is a symbol of the United States and its ideals.
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor is a symbol of the United States and its ideals.
Flight 175 hit the original South Tower on September 11, 2001.
Enveloped by the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound, New York City and Long Island alone are home to approximately 11 million residents conjointly.
Map of the counties in New York
Flooding on Avenue C in Lower Manhattan caused by Hurricane Sandy
Ellis Island in 1905
New Amsterdam, present-day Lower Manhattan, 1660
The Stonewall Inn in the gay village of Greenwich Village, Lower Manhattan, site of the June 1969 Stonewall riots, the cradle of the modern LGBT rights movement.
British general John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga in 1777.
The Erie Canal at Lockport, New York in 1839
New York and neighboring jurisdictions in 1777
New Amsterdam, present-day Lower Manhattan, 1660
The New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by total market capitalization of its listed companies.
The New York State Capitol in Albany
The Erie Canal at Lockport, New York in 1839
New York and neighboring jurisdictions in 1777
The New York State Capitol in Albany
Map of the counties in New York
Ellis Island in 1905
Terrain map of New York
Lake-effect snow is a major contributor to heavy snowfall totals in western New York, including the Tug Hill region.
British general John Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga in 1777.
Andrew Cuomo (D), the 56th and current Governor of New York
Flooding on Avenue C in Lower Manhattan caused by Hurricane Sandy
Kirsten Gillibrand (left) and Chuck Schumer (right) are New York's U.S. Senators.
New York was dominated by Iroquoian (purple) and Algonquian (pink) Indian tribes.
The New York City Subway is one of the world's busiest, serving a passenger ridership of over 5 million per average weekday.
Times Square in Midtown Manhattan, hub of the Broadway theater district, a media center, and one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections.
The New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock exchange by total market capitalization of its listed companies.
1800 map of New York from Low's Encyclopaedia
Enveloped by the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound, New York City and Long Island alone are home to approximately 11 million residents conjointly.
Two major state parks (in green) are the Adirondack Park (north) and the Catskill Park (south).

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Rob Carpenter (born August 1, 1968) is a retired American football wide receiver who played for the New England Patriots, New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League.
George Herbert "Pete" Bostwick (August 14, 1909 in Bisby Lake, New York - January 13, 1982) was an American court tennis player, a steeplechase jockey and horse trainer, and an eight-goal polo player.
Thomas Christian Murphy (born August 27, 1979, in Suffern, New York) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Murphy is a 1997 graduate of Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Florida.
George Dupont Pratt (16 August 1869 in Brooklyn – 20 January 1935) was a conservationist, philanthropist, Boy Scout sponsor, big-game hunter and collector of ancient antiquities.

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Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938) is an American director of animated and occasionally live-action films. As the American animation industry fell into decline during the 1960s and 1970s, Bakshi tried to bring change to the industry as a pioneer of adult animation. Bakshi started his career as a cel polisher at the Terrytoons studio, working his way up from cel painter to inker, then animator, and eventually began to direct animated television shows for the studio. Bakshi moved to Famous Studios in 1967, before starting his own studio in 1968. Through developing a work relationship with producer Steve Krantz, Bakshi made his debut feature film, Fritz the Cat in 1972, the first animated film to receive an X rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. The film was followed by Heavy Traffic and Coonskin. All three films were extremely controversial for their content and approach to animation. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Bakshi became a spokesperson for a new direction in animation with American Pop and the fantasy films Wizards; Fire and Ice, with fantasy painter Frank Frazetta; and the first film adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, a film that laid the groundwork for future adaptations of the book.

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Nicknames: The Empire State, The Excelsior State
Capital: Albany
Governor: Andrew Cuomo (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Kathy Hochul (D)
Secretary of State: Rossana Rosado (D)
Attorney General: Letitia James (D)

Senators: Chuck Schumer (D), Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
Representatives: Lee Zeldin (R), Peter King (R), Thomas Suozzi (D), Kathleen Rice (D), Gregory Meeks (D), Grace Meng (D), Nydia Velázquez (D), Hakeem Jeffries (D), Yvette Clarke (D), Jerry Nadler (D), Max Rose (D), Carolyn Maloney (D), Adriano Espaillat (D), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D), José Serrano (D), Eliot Engel (D), Nita Lowey (D), Sean Maloney (D), Antonio Delgado (D), Paul Tonko (D), Elise Stefanik (R), Anthony Brindisi (D), Tom Reed (R), John Katko (R), Joseph Morelle (D), Brian Higgins (D), Chris Collins (R),

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)

State symbols:

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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...that in 1813, British forces set up a camp on the land of Richard Beasley, causing considerable damage to his property?
...that the Ma-Yi Theater Company had not intended for it to be started as an Asian American theatre, but it eventually remained so after its first plays were Filipino and Filipino-American?
...that the New York City Police Department, which was established in 1845, is the current largest police force in North America?

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"New York: A third-rate Babylon."

— H. L. Mencken

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Credit: Garry R. Osgood

Prospect Park is a 585 acre (2.4 km²) public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located between Park Slope, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Kensington, Windsor Terrace and Flatbush Avenue, Grand Army Plaza and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and seven blocks northeast of Green-Wood Cemetery.

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