Monday, March 12, 2018

March - Week 11 - New York - the Empire State


11 New York

Date admitted to the US – July 26, 1788
Postal abbreviation – NY
Capital – Albany
Area – 54,556  [27th largest in the US]
Population as of census 2010 – 19,378,102 [3rd largest in the US]
Population density per square mile – 411.2 [7th largest in the US]
Area codes – 212, 315, 347, 516, 518, 607, 631, 646, 716, 718, 845, 914, 917
Zip codes – 00501 - 14925
Number of counties – 62
State nickname –  The Empire State
State motto – Excelsior (Ever Upwards)

State Flag of New York
Fun facts
-New York City has 722 miles of subway track

-The New York Post, established in 1803, is the oldest running newspaper in the United States
-The first capital of the United States was New York City

-Joseph C. Gayetty of New York City invented toilet paper in 1857
-New York was the first state to require license plates on cars

Law Schools

-Albany Law School of Union University
-Brooklyn Law School
-University at Buffalo Law School, The State University of New York (SUNY)
-Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
-City University of New York School of Law (CUNY)
-Columbia University School of Law
-Cornell Law School
-Fordham University School of Law
-Hofstra University School of Law
-New York Law School
-New York University School of Law
-Pace University School of Law
-St. John’s University School of Law
-Syracuse University College of Law
-Touro College—Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center 


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Military schools 
Military bases 


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