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New York

State Government
	Governor	Andrew Cuomo	1	10	+29.26%
	Lieutenant Governor	Robert J. Duffy	1	10	+29.27%
	Comptroller	Thomas P. DiNapoli	1	10	+4.52%
	Attorney General	Eric T. Schneiderman	1	10	+12.78%
	Secretary of State	Cesar A. Perales	0	11	+100.00%
	NY State Senate	Coalition Control	0	12	+14.29%
	NY State Assembly	Democratic Party Control	0	12	+42.95%
President
	President	Barack Obama	2	12	+28.14%
Senate
	Senate Class I	Kirsten Gillibrand	1	12	+45.81%
	Senate Class III	Charles E. Schumer	6	10	+34.11%
House of Representatives
	NY - District 01	Timothy H. "Tim" Bishop	6	12	+4.98%
	NY - District 02	Peter T. King	11	12	+17.19%
	NY - District 03	Steve J. Israel	7	12	+16.43%
	NY - District 04	Carolyn McCarthy	9	12	+29.50%
	NY - District 05	Gregory W. Meeks	8	12	+80.13%
	NY - District 06	Grace Meng	1	12	+36.90%
	NY - District 07	Nydia M. Velazquez	11	12	+89.40%
	NY - District 08	Hakeem Jeffries	1	12	+81.48%
	NY - District 09	Yvette D. Clarke	4	12	+75.89%
	NY - District 10	Jerrold L. Nadler	11	12	+61.52%
	NY - District 11	Michael G. Grimm	2	12	+5.41%
	NY - District 12	Carolyn B. Maloney	11	12	+61.11%
	NY - District 13	Charles B. Rangel	22	12	+84.43%
	NY - District 14	Joseph Crowley	8	12	+68.19%
	NY - District 15	Jose E. Serrano	12	12	+94.35%
	NY - District 16	Eliot L. Engel	13	12	+53.11%
	NY - District 17	Nita Lowey	13	12	+29.87%
	NY - District 18	Sean Patrick Maloney	1	12	+3.90%
	NY - District 19	Chris Gibson	2	12	+5.60%
	NY - District 20	Paul D. Tonko	3	12	+36.87%
	NY - District 21	Bill Owens	2	12	+1.97%
	NY - District 22	Richard Hanna	2	12	+21.41%
	NY - District 23	Tom Reed	2	12	+3.82%
	NY - District 24	Dan Maffei	2	12	+5.46%
	NY - District 25	Louise M. Slaughter	14	12	+14.81%
	NY - District 26	Brian Higgins	5	12	+49.57%
	NY - District 27	Chris Collins	1	12	+1.57%
City
	New York City
County List
	Counties
Party Leadership
	Conservative Party Chairman
State Supreme Court
	Court of Appeals	Jonathan Lippmann	0	09	+100.00%
	State Supreme Court
State Symbol
	State Flower	Rose	1	91	+17.64%

Sub-Races
	U.S. Senate	Democratic Party Control	0	12	+10.00%
	U.S. House of Representatives	Republican Party Control	0	12	+7.59%
	U.S. Governors	Republican Party Control	0	12	+22.00%

Neighbors
Connecticut, United States
Massachusetts, United States
New Jersey, United States
Ontario, Canada
Pennsylvania, United States
Québec, Canada
Vermont, United States

State DETAILS

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Established

July 09, 1776

Disbanded

Still Active

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Last Modified

Christie-Toomey '16 October 29, 2010 05:05pm

Description

The State of New York
"Excelsior"

George Washington referred to it as the "Seat of Empire." New York was once New Netherland,
a Dutch colony for over forty years from 1624 to 1664. It was conquered by the English in 1664
and named in honor of the Duke of York. Existing as a colony [Link] of Great Britain for over a
century, New York declared its independence on July 9, 1776, becoming one of the original 13
states of the Federal Union. On April 20, 1777, New York's first constitution was adopted.

The first government of New York State grew out of the Revolution. The State Convention that
drew up the Constitution created a Council of Safety which governed for a time and set the new
government in motion. In June 1777, during the war, an election for the first governor took place.
Two of the candidates, Philip Schuyler & George Clinton, were generals in the field. Two others,
Colonel John Jay & General John Morin Scott, were respectively leaders of the aristocratic and
democratic groups in the Convention. On July 9, George Clinton was declared elected and he
was inaugurated as Governor at Kingston, July 30, 1777. Albany became the capital of the State
in January 1797. Alexander Hamilton was a leader in the movement which ended in the
development of the Federal Constitution, and he was active in its ratification. New York City
became the first capital of the new nation, where President George Washington was inaugurated
on April 30, 1789.

Elected officers of the state government, chosen for four-year terms, are the Governor, Lt. Gov.,
Attorney General and Comptroller. Legislative power of the state is vested in two houses: the
Senate, consisting of 61 members, and the Assembly, consisting of 149 members. The state
has supplied more than its share of national leaders, beginning with Alexander Hamilton, the
first secretary of the treasury; and John Jay, the first chief justice. Aaron Burr & George Clinton
served as vice presidents. Martin Van Buren, Chester A. Arthur and Grover Cleveland went from
New York politics to the presidency. In the 1900s, Theodore Roosevelt & Franklin D. Roosevelt
achieved the presidency; and Nelson Rockefeller served as vice president. Governors Charles
E. Hughes, Alfred E. Smith and Thomas E. Dewey all were candidates for the presidency.

Ten Largest Towns by Population:
Hempstead (Nassau County) 755,924
Brookhaven (Suffolk County) 448,248
Islip (Suffolk County) 322,612
Oyster Bay (Nassau County) 293,925
North Hempstead (Nassau County) 222,611
Babylon (Suffolk County) 211,792
Huntington (Suffolk County) 195,289
Amherst (Erie County) 116,510
Smithtown (Suffolk County) 115,715
Ramapo (Rockland County) 108,905
U S Census, April 2000

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City

County

Population

As Of

Buffalo

Erie

270,919

2008-07-01