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New York State

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New York State has 62 Counties. Each County is divided
up into Towns. Some call them Townships. Delaware County is divided up
into 19 Towns. Each Town contains Incorporated Villages or Hamlets. The
Incorporated Villages have a governing body. The Hamlets have no
governing body. Sometimes there are just a group of houses. The
Villages usually have a Village Board, with a Mayor. The Towns have a
Town Supervisor and the Counties have a County Board of Supervisors.
Some Cities such as Oneida and Rome are not a part of a Town but are
within a County jurisdiction, while the City of Sherrill, is a part of
the Town of Vernon, within Oneida County.
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- Banking Department
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- Columbia County
- Delaware County
- Animal Control -607-746-6573
- Assessor -607-746-2236
- Dutchess County
- Education Department
- 845-339-4270
- Greene County
- Governor
- Albany - 518-474-8390
- NYC 212-417-2100
- Jails
- Columbia County 518-828-3324
- Dutchess County 845-452-8500
- Greene County 518-943-3527
- Orange County 845-294-6166
- Uslter County 845-338-3644
- Juvenile Correctional Services
- Ulster County 845-338-7489
- License Plates
- Columbia County 518-828-3350
- Ulster County 845-339-6740
- New York State Offices
- 518-474-2121
- New York State Police
- Claverack 518-851-3111
- Ellenville 845-626-2800
- Highland 845-691-2922
- Hunter 518-589-6312
- Kinderhook 518-758-7010
- Kingston 845-338-1702
- Margarettville 845-586-2681
- New Lebanon 518-794-8445
- Pine Bush 845-344-5300
- Stephentown 518-733-5900
- Parks & Recreation
- NY State 800-456-2267
- Dutchess County 845-297-1224
- Ulster County 845-311-0186
- Road & Weather Conditions
- NYS Thruway 800-847-8929
- Senior Citizens Services
- Columbia/Greene County 518-943-4332
- Ulster County 845-331-9300
- Sheriffs Office (non emergency)
- Columbia County 518-828-0601
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County 845-452-0400
- Greene County 518-943-3300
- Rensselaer County 518-270-5448
- Ulster County 845-338-3645
- Voters Registration Information
- Columbia County 518-828-3115
- Delaware County
- Dutchess County 845-431-2473
- Greene County 518-943-4191
- Uslter County 845-331-9300
- NYS Office for the Aging
- Albany, NY 12223-1251
- 518-473-5108
- New York State Office for the Aging
(http://aging.state.ny.us/). A public service to older New Yorkers,
their families and others. Find help, explore aging, discover news and
events, help family caregivers, link to more resources.
- NYS HIICAP
- Albany, NY 12223-1251
- 518-473-5108
- Health Insurance Information, Counseling and
Assistance (http://hiicap.state.ny.us/). Free, accurate and unbiased
consumer help with Medicare, managed care, Medigap insurance, long term
care insurance and more for Medicare beneficiaries, their families and
others.
- NYS Aging Well Village
- Albany, NY 12223-1251
- 518-473-5108
- Aging Well Village (http://agingwell.state.ny.us/).
Health and wellness for mature adults seeking to start or maintain a
healthy lifestyle. Nutrition, fitness, healing, medications, safety and
more.
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York State Maps
State Motto
Excelsior (Ever Upward). In 1784, during a tour of the
State's harbors, waterways and fertile interior, George Washington
referred to New York as the "Seat of Empire." Since then, New Yorkers
have worked ambitiously to live up to the State's motto and to make
"The Empire State" the national leader it is today.
State Flag
The device of arms of the State flag was adopted in 1778
and the present flag is a modern version of a Revolutionary War flag.
It is dark blue with the State Coat of Arms in the center. The Coart of
Arms shows Liberty and Justice standing either side of a shield upon
which is emblazoned the sun rising behind a range of mountains. A
three-masted, square rigged ship and a Hudson River sloop signify
commerce. Beneath the shield is the State motto. The original is at The
Albany Institute of History and Art.
State Fruit
Apples were introduced in the 1600's by European
settlers who brought seeds to New York. Dried apples where a staple for
colonists and hard apple cider was a popular drink.
State Tree
The sugar maple yields a sweet sap for syrup and sugar
in the spring; its heavy crown of leaves turns to brilliant colors in
autumn. The wood makes fine furniture and burns well in woodstoves and
fireplaces.
State Flower
The rose, wild or cultivated, in all its variety and
color, was made the State flower in 1955. Ever popular, it was at the
top of a school children's poll of favorite flowers in 1891.
State Muffin
Apple Muffin, created for the Bear Road Elementary
School children in North Syracuse, who were instrumental in getting the
Governor to sign a bill making it the official State muffin.
State Fish
Found in hundreds of lakes and ponds in the Adirondack
Mountains and scattered in cool, clear streams throughout the State,
the native brook trout, called brookies or speckles, provide fine
angling and the best of eating.
State Bird
The once-prolific, red-breasted bluebird has been making
a comeback from low numbers in the 1950's. Many people provide special
nesting boxes along fence rows for bluebirds. They winter throughout
the State.
State Animal
To provide beaver pelts to European markets, fur traders
settled in the early 1600's near our present capital at Albany - to
trade with Indians. Adult beavers are 3 to 4 feet long and weigh 40 to
50 pounds.
State Gem
The wine-red garnet which is an eye appealing gem as
well as a prized industrial abrasive, is the State gem.
State Fossil
During the Silurian Age (over 400 million years ago),
Eurypterus Remipes, an extinct relative of the modern king crab and sea
scorpion, crawled along the bottom of the shallow, brackish sea that
extended from Buffalo to Schenectady and south to Poughkeepsie, roughly
along the route of the New York Thruway.
History
Five days after the Declaration of Independence, the
people of New York met in convention in Kingston to vote their support
and form their own state government. Although their state was the scene
of nearly a third of the battles fought in the American Revolution, and
their major port and city was occupied, New Yorkers still managed to
supply large quantities of food, clothing, lead and iron to General
Washington, as well as to serve valiantly in the Continental Army.
New Yorkers saw the christening of the American flag
when the Stars and Stripes was first flown in battle at the defense of
Ft. Stanwix in Rome.
The Colony of New York became a state on April 20, 1777
with the adoption of its first constitution - 12 years before the
Federal Constitution. After the adoption of the Federal Constitution,
New York City was chosen to be the nation's first capital and was the
site of the inauguration of George Washington as President on April 30,
1789.
Government
A number of presidents have been closely associated with
the history of New York State, including Martin Van Buren, Millard
Fillmore, Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Elected officers of the state government, chosen for
four-year terms, are the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 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.
Geography
The total area of New York State is 49,576 square miles
(47,939 land and 1,637 inland water).
The geographic center of New York State is located in
Madison County, approximately 12 miles south of Oneida and 26 miles
southwest of Utica.
There are four mountain ranges in New York State:
Adirondack, Catskill, Shawangunk and Taconic.
The highest point in New York State is Mount Marcy,
Essex County in the Adirondacks - 5,344 feet above sea level.
The Hudson river is 306 miles long, and drains an area
of 13,370 square miles. Its average discharge is 21,500 cubic feet per
second. The Hudson's most distant source is in Essex County. Lake Tear
of the Clouds in Hamilton County is the highest lake in the State -
4,320 feet above sea level - and is considered the source of the Hudson
River.
There are 6,713 natural ponds, lakes and reservoirs of
one acre or more, 76 with an area of one square mile or more. There are
1,745 square miles of inland water, including some 4,000 lakes, ponds
and reservoirs. Oneida Lake is the largest lake completely within the
State. Other prominent lakes are the Finger Lakes, Otsego Lake, Lake
George, Lake Placid and Lake Champlain, which is 107 miles long. The
State has 70,000 miles of rivers and streams, 127 miles of Atlantic
Ocean coastline, 9,767 miles of shoreline which includes 8,778 miles of
lake shoreline, 231 miles of shorefront on Long Island Sound, 548 miles
of bayfront in Long Island area and 83 miles of shorefront of islands
near Long Island.
There are 10 miles of shorefront on Long Island Sound,
548 miles of bayfront in Long Island area and 83 miles of shorefront of
islands near Long Island.
There are 10 natural fresh-water lakes of 10 square
miles or more; the largest, Lake Champlain in Clinton (Essex County),
covers a 490-square-mile area and includes islands that total about 55
square miles.
Lake Erie borders on New York State for an airline
distance of 64 miles. Its surface area in the U.S. totals 5,002 square
miles.
Lake Ontario forms the northern boundary of New York
State for an airline distance of 146 miles, and the area in the U.S. is
3,033 square miles.
At the site of the Falls, the Niagara River spills 40
million gallons of water 180 feet downward each minute across a ragged
ledge nearly 2/3 of a mile wide.
The New York State Barge Canal System is the longest
internal waterway system in any state (800 miles or 1,280 kilometers)
carrying over 2 million tons per year.
New York State has 58 counties, 62 cities, 557 villages
and 931 towns.
Taughannock Falls in the Finger Lake region is the
highest falls at 215 feet.
New York is a world capital with headquarters of the
United Nations in New York City.
Other Brief Facts
The total length of the New York State boundary is 1,430
miles:
New York City was chosen to be the nation's first
capital and was the site of the inauguration of George Washington as
President on April 30, 1789.
Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian-born navigator sailing
for France, discovered New York Bay in 1524. Henry Hudson, an
Englishman employed by the Dutch, reached the bay and sailed up the
river now bearing his name in 1609, the same year that northern New
York was explored and claimed for France by Samuel de Champlain.
In 1624 the first permanent Dutch settlement was
established at Fort Orange (now Albany);
In 1625 Peter Minuit is said to have purchased Manhattan
Island from the Indians for trinkets worth about $24 and founded the
Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (now New York City), which was
surrendered to the English in.
Canadian line /445miles; Vermont line/171; Massachusetts
line/50; Connecticut line to Long Island Sound/81; along the ocean
around Long Island to the New Jersey shore/246; New Jersey line/93;
Pennsylvania line/344 miles to the beginning of the Canadian line in
the middle of Lake Erie. The boundaries are fixed by accepted
agreements and are marked by natural watercourses or monuments.
The first railroad in America ran between Albany and
Schenectady, a distance of 11 miles.
The Catskills are the home of the legend of Rip Van
Winkle, brown trout and flycasting.
"Uncle Sam" was a meatpacker from Troy, New York. During
the War of 1812, Sam Wilson stamped "U.S. Beef" on his products and
soldiers interpreted that as Uncle Sam. His caricature later came to
personify the United States. His gravesite is located in Oakwood
Cemetery in Troy.
New York was the first state to
(1) preserve an historic site (Washington's Headquarters at Newburgh);
(2) establish a state park (Niagara Reservation); and
(3) declare land "forever wild" (the Adirondack and Catskill forest
preserves) in the State Constitution.
The term "The Big Apple" was coined by touring jazz
musicians of the 1930s who used the slang expression "apple" for any
town or city. Therefore, to play New York City is to play the big time
- THE BIG APPLE.
Hudson
Valley boat launch sites



New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
Cancellations, Closings, and Delays
Plead to TVB Traffic Tickets, Make Payments, Schedule
Hearings
Insurance Status Check Expiration dates of vehicle
inspection stickers
FAQs for Customers of TJX Companies, Inc.
Audio Driver's Manual
Commercial Driver Manual (PDF)
DMV Regulatory Agenda
ATV Trail Fee and Registration
DMV
Web Site
NYSAC (New York State Association of Counties)
NYSAC Affiliates
Association
of New York State Youth Bureaus
Association
of Public Historians of New York State
New York State Association of Clerks of
County Legislative Boards
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Association of Local Government Records Officers
New
York State Association of Affirmative Action Officers
New
York State Association of County Clerks
The
New York State Association of Directors of Real Property Tax Services
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State Association of County Health Officials
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State Association of Environmental Management Councils
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State Association of Traffic Safety Boards
New
York State Community Action Association
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State Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors, Inc.
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State Council of Probation Administrators (C.O.P.A.)
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State Defenders Association, Inc.
New
York State Local Government Inforcement Technology Directors Association
New
York State Sheriffs’ Association
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