New York

Frank's Hot Sauce is the official condiment of New York State. Bench. USS New York was named in honor of this state.
The state animal: Beaver (Castor canadensis)
The state bird: Eastern Bluebird, (Sialia sialis).
The state song: I Love New York.
The state flower: Rose.
The state tree: Sugar maple (Acer saccharum).
The state fruit: Apple.
The state gemstone: Garnet.
The state motto: Excelsior (ever higher).
. Starters. can young students get home school. Miller, a future Hall Of Famer, will have his #31 jersey retired by the Pacers sometime during the 2005-06 season. New York City operates the City University of New York (CUNY) in conjunction with the state. Despite Miller's effort, the Pacers lost, sending Miller into retirement without any NBA Championships in his 18-year career, all with the Pacers.

Besides the many private colleges and universities in the state, New York, like many other states, operates its own system of institutions of higher learning known as the State University of New York System (SUNY). The final game (game 6) was on May 19, 2005; Reggie Miller, in his final NBA game, scored 27 points and received a huge standing ovation from the crowd. The New York State Board of Regents, the University of the State of New York and the State Education Department control all public primary and secondary education in the state. However, the Pacers could not repeat their victories against the Pistons and lost the next 3 games, losing the series 4-2. Its major cities and towns are:. After losing game 1, the Pacers won the next next two games to take a 2-1 lead. (See also List of cities in New York). The series featured games back at the Palace of Auburn Hills, the scene of the brawl that many assumed at the time had effectively ended the Pacers' season.

Albany is the state capital, and New York City is the largest city. The Pacers then advanced to the second-round against the Detroit Pistons, in a rematch of last year's Eastern Conference Finals. While some aspects of this pedagogy may seem quaint today, the Institution helped assure that high intellectual achievement would be recognized as consistent with the value system of an emerging powerful Midwest, and was one of several ways that Upstate New York served between the Civil War and World War II as a transmitting intermediary between the standards of the East Coast and the interior agricultural regions of the central states. In the first round, Indiana defeated the Atlantic Division champion Boston Celtics in seven games, winning Game 7 in Boston by the decisive margin of 97-70. The Institution, which still exists, offers to a predominately middle class and Mid-American clientele a very high standard of intellectual summer lectures, mixed with certain elements of folksy relgious camp meetings, such as outdoor recreation and musical events. So despite the adversity they'd gone through, the Pacers made the playoffs for the 13th time in 14 years. John Vincent and devoted to adult continuing education in a uplifting setting, as that ambiance was understood in the last half of the Nineteenth Century. And Davis' signing coincided with an injury to Jermaine O'Neal that would knock him out for virtually the remainder of the regular season-- indeed, O'Neal's first missed game due to his injury was Davis' first game back with the Pacers.

At Chautauqua Lake in the southwestern portion of the state is the Chautauqua Institution, co-founded by Methodist Rev. He played the final 25 games of the regular season and every playoff game, contributing a strong presence at center. Immigration has given New York an unusually diverse composition of religious groups in which no one denomination has an overwhelming numerical superiority. An important reason for their strong finish was the re-acquisition of Dale Davis, who'd been released by New Orleans after being traded there by Golden State.
The Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan contains the shrine and burial place of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini ( Mother Cabrini), the patron saint of immigrants and the first American citizen to be canonized. Despite the difficulties with the suspensions and injuries, the Pacers earned a sixth seed in a playoffs with a record of 44-38.
. Ironically, the Pistons eventually became the Central Division champions.

New York is home to more of America's Jews (25% of their national total), Muslims (24%), Taoists (26%), and Greek Orthodox (17%) than any other state.[2] (http://www.gc.cuny.edu/press_information/archived_releases/october_2001_aris.htm). They went from a legitimate title contender to a team that hovered around .500. In 2001, the five largest denominations in New York were: Roman Catholic (about 38% of total state population), Baptist (7%), Methodist (6%), Jewish (5%) and Lutheran (3%). After the brawl and riot that followed, the Pacers fell downward into the Central Division. According to the July 1, 2004 Census Bureau Estimate [1] (http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=04000US36&-_box_head_nbr=GCT-T1&-ds_name=PEP_2004_EST&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=PEP_2004_EST_GCTT1_ST2&-format=ST-2&-_sse=on), New York City and its six closest New York State satellite counties (Suffolk, Nassau, Westchester, Rockland, Putnam and Orange) have a combined population of 12,626,200 people, or 65.67% of the state's population. Daniels.) O'Neal was charged with two counts of assault and battery, while Artest, Jackson, Johnson and David Harrison were charged with one count each. The bulk of New York's population lives within two hours of the city. District Judge George B.

Females made up approximately 51.8% of the population. (O'Neal's suspension was later reduced to 15 games by arbitrator Roger Kaplan, a decision that was upheld by U.S. 6.5% of New York's population were reported as under 5, 24.7% under 18, and 12.9% were 65 or older. Several of the involved players were suspended by NBA Commissioner David Stern, but the hardest hit were Artest (suspended for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs), Jackson (suspended for 30 games), O'Neal (25 games), Wallace (6 games) and the Pacers' Anthony Johnson (5 games). The top 5 ancestry groups in New York are African American (15.9%), Italian (14.4%), Irish (12.9%), German (11.2%), English (6%). Stephen Jackson and Jermaine O'Neal both got into fights with fans before the Pacers left the floor, and the game was called with 46 seconds left on the clock [1] (http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/sports/fans/10236730.htm). The racial makeup of the state was:. Pistons fan John Green threw a cup of beer at Artest, causing him to charge into the stands.

According to 2003 estimate, 20.4% of the population was foreign-born. It escalated to a full-scale brawl, with fans and members of both teams taking part. According to the US Census Bureau, as of 2004, New York was the third largest state in population after California and Texas, with a population of 19,227,088, a 0.2% increase over the 2003 population (19,190,115). Towards the end of a Pacers victory over the Detroit Pistons at the Palace of Auburn Hills, Ron Artest committed a hard foul against the Pistons' Ben Wallace, which Wallace took exception to. Most cities have Farmers' markets which are well supplied by local truck farmers. Nevertheless, the Pacers started off the 2004-05 season in extremely strong fashion–until the infamous events of November 19, 2004. Most commercial beekeepers are migratory, taking their hives to southern states for the winter. Al Harrington, a small forward who'd established himself as one of the best sixth-men in the NBA, was dealt in the offseason to the Atlanta Hawks in return for Stephen Jackson after Harrington allegedly demanded that the Pacers start him or trade him.

The honeybees are also used for pollination of fruits and vegetables. But the Detroit Pistons proved an impediment to Indiana's championship aspirations, as they defeated the Pacers in six games on their way to the NBA Championship. New York is rich in nectar-producing plants and is a major honey-producing state. The Pacers swept the Boston Celtics easily in the first round, and squeezed by a scrappy Miami Heat team in the conference semifinals. Cheese is a major product, often produced by Amish or Mennonite farm cheeseries. O'Neal and Artest made the All-Star team, and Artest was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year. Dairy farms are present throughout much of the state. The Pacers responded to Carlisle extremely well, and had a breakthrough 2003-04 season in which they finished 61-21, earning the best record in the NBA.

The glaciers also left numerous swampy areas, which have been drained for the rich humus soils called muckland which is mostly used for onions, potatoes, celery and other vegetables. But the Pacers signed Larry Bird as team president, and Bird wasted little time in dismissing coach Isiah Thomas and replacing him with Rick Carlisle. The Hudson and Mohawk valleys are known for pumpkins and blueberries. He was dealt to the Sacramento Kings in exchange for Scot Pollard, who spent much of the following year watching from the bench and backing up Jeff Foster. Particularly in the western part of the state, sweet corn, peas, carrots, squash, cucumbers and other vegetables are grown. In the 2003 offseason, the Pacers managed to re-sign O'Neal for the NBA maximum and inked Reggie Miller to a modest two-year deal, but they couldn't afford to keep their talented center, Brad Miller. Row crops, including hay, maize, wheat, oats, barley, and soybeans, are grown. O'Neal and Brad Miller both made the All-Star team and the Pacers made a substantial improvement as they finished 48-34, but they suffered a loss to the underdog Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.

New York was heavily glaciated in the ice age leaving much of the state with deep, fertile, though somewhat rocky soils. The Pacers got off to a 13-2 start in 2002-03, but hit the wall after the All-Star break thanks in no small part to Ron Artest's multiple suspensions and family tragedies befalling Jermaine O'Neal, Jamaal Tinsley and Austin Croshere. New York State is the nation's third-largest wine-producing state, behind California and Washington State. The trade bolstered a team that had been floundering, and the Pacers managed to return to the playoffs, where they pushed the top-seeded New Jersey Nets to five games before losing Game 5 in double overtime. Jermaine O'Neal made his first of what would be several All-Star appearances this year, erasing any doubt that trading the veteran workhorse, Dale Davis, to Portland for him was a good idea. The south shore of Lake Erie and the southern Finger Lakes hillsides have many vineyards. Brad Miller and Ron Artest would, in the next few years, go on to be All-Stars for the Pacers. Apples are also grown in the Hudson Valley and near Lake Champlain. In the midseason of 2001-02, the Pacers made a blockbuster trade with the Chicago Bulls that sent Jalen Rose and Travis Best to Chicago in exchange for Brad Miller, Ron Artest, Kevin Ollie and Ron Mercer.

The south shore of Lake Ontario provides the right mix of soils and microclimate for many apple, cherry, plum, pear and peach orchards. It was a rebuilding year for the Pacers under new head coach Isiah Thomas, but the team still managed to return to the playoffs, where they lost to the top-seeded Philadelphia 76ers in four games. The state has about a quarter of its land in farms and produced 3.4 billion dollars in agricultural products in 2001. The offseason brought sweeping changes to the Pacers' lineup, as Rik Smits and coach Larry Bird retired, Chris Mullin returned to his old Golden State Warriors team, Mark Jackson signed a long-term contract with Toronto, and Dale Davis was traded to Portland for Jermaine O'Neal, who went on to average 12.9 points per game in his first year as a starter. New York State is an agricultural leader, ranking within the top five states for a number of products including dairy, apples, cherries, cabbage, potatoes, onions, maple syrup and many other products. Unfortunately for the Pacers, their first NBA Finals appearance was against the dominating Los Angeles Lakers, who proved too much for them to handle as they ended Indiana's championship hopes in six games. The only major liquid output at present is salt in the form of brine; however, there are also small to moderate petroleum reserves in this area. But in 1999-2000, after a 56-26 regular season, the Pacers survived the upset-minded Bucks in round one, handled the 76ers in the second round and finally broke through to the NBA Finals by virtue of a six-game East Finals victory over (who else, but) the New York Knicks.

Finally in the inland southwestern part of the state in the Allegheny Plateau is a region of drilled wells. The Pacers traded popular forward Antonio Davis to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for first-round draft choice Jonathan Bender, which remains to this day a subject of controversy among Pacers fans. It should be noted that the Adirondacks are not part of the Appalachian system, despite their location, but are structurally part of the mineral-rich Canadian Shield. In the lockout-shortened 1999 season, the Pacers won the Central Division with a 33-17 record and swept the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers before falling to the New York Knicks in a six-game Eastern Conference Finals series. This is an area of very specialized products, including talc, industrial garnets, and zinc. Reggie Miller and Rik Smits both made the All-Star team that year, and in the playoffs, the Pacers breezed past the Cleveland Cavaliers and New York Knicks before falling to the Chicago Bulls in an epic seven-game Eastern Finals series. The second area is the Adirondack Mountains. Assistant coaches Rick Carlisle, in charge of the offense, and Dick Harter, who coached the defense, were key in getting the most out of the Pacers' role players such as Dale Davis, Antonio Davis and Derrick McKey.

Primarily, this area specializes in construction materials for the many projects in the city, but its also contains the emery mines of Westchester County, one of two locations in the USA where that mineral is extracted. Chris Mullin joined the team in the offseason and immediately became a valuable part of the Pacers lineup-- and their starting small forward. The first is near New York City. The Pacers signed Larry Bird to coach the team in 1997-98 and they posted a new franchise record, finishing 58-24. New York's mining sector, which is larger than most people think, is concentrated in three areas. The Pacers finished 39-43 and missed the playoffs for the first time in seven years, after which coach Larry Brown stepped down. The famous Fulton Fish Market has been moved to the Bronx. The Pacers couldn't withstand several key injuries in 1996-97, nor could they handle the absence of Mark Jackson, who had been traded to the Denver Nuggets before the season (though they did re-acquire Jackson at the trading deadline).

Perhaps the best known aspect of the fishing sector is the famous Fulton Fish Market in New York City, which distributes not only the New York catch, but imported seafood from all over the world. This 1995-96 team did manage to go down in history as the only team to defeat the Chicago Bulls twice that year, a Bulls team which made history with an all-time best 72-10 record. There used to be a large oyster fishery in New York waters as well, but at present, oysters comprise only a small portion of the total value of seafood harvested. Reggie scored 29 points in that game, but the Hawks came away with a two-point victory to put an early end to Indiana's season. The principal catches by value are clams, lobsters, squid, and flounder. The Pacers duplicated their 52-30 record in 1995-96, but were hurt severely by an injury to Reggie Miller's eye socket in April, from which he wasn't able to return until Game 5 of their first-round series against the Hawks. There is a moderately large saltwater commercial fishery located along the Atlantic side of Long Island. The team swept the Hawks in the first round, finally dispatched the hated Knicks in the semifinals, and pushed the Magic to seven games before falling in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Some industries are concentrated in outstate locations also, such as ceramics (the southern tier of counties) and photographic equipment (Rochester). The Pacers enjoyed a 52-30 campaign in 1994-95, giving them their first Central Division title. The state also has a large manufacturing sector which includes printing, garments, furs, railroad rolling stock, and bus line vehicles. Mark Jackson joined the team in an offseason trade with the Los Angeles Clippers, giving the team the steady hand at the point guard position that had been lacking in recent years. In addition, many of the world's largest corporations locate their headquarters home offices in Manhattan or in nearby Westchester County, New York. Reggie became an NBA superstar overnight, and was even named as a tri-captain of the USA Basketball team that won the gold medal at the 1994 World Championship of Basketball. New York is best known for its tertiary sector specializing in foreign trade, together with banking, port facilities, advertising, warehousing, and other activities needed to support large-scale commerce. It was during the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals that the Pacers-- particularly Reggie Miller-- finally became a household name, as Reggie's clutch performances helped the Pacers push the Knicks to the brink of elimination before the Knicks won the next two games and the series.

Its industrial outputs are printing and publishing, scientific instruments, electric equipment, machinery, chemical products, and tourism. They stormed past Shaquille O'Neal and the Orlando Magic in a first-round sweep to earn their first NBA playoff series win, and pulled off a tremendous upset by defeating the top-seeded Atlanta Hawks in the conference semifinal. New York's agricultural outputs are dairy products, cattle and other livestock, vegetables, nursery stock, and apples. But the Pacers, who began the season in typically average fashion, kicked it up a notch in April, winning their last eight games of the season to finish with a franchise-high 47 wins. Its 2003 Per Capita Personal Income was $36,112, placing it 6^th in the nation. Larry Brown was brought on as Pacers' coach for the 1993-94 season, and Pacers' general manager Donnie Walsh completed a highly-criticized (at the time) trade as he sent Schrempf to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for Derrick McKey. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (http://www.bea.gov/) estimates that in 2003, the total gross state product was $822 billion, second only to California. The Pacers returned to the playoffs with a 41-41 record, but lost to the New York Knicks in the first round, three games to one.

It is the leading center of banking, finance and communication in the United States and is the location of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street, Manhattan. Miller, meanwhile, became the Pacers' all-time leading scorer during this season. New York City dominates the economy of the state. For the 1992-93 season, Detlef Schrempf moved from sixth man to the starter at small forward and was elected to his first All-Star game. Very large trees can even grow in the New York metropolitan area (for example, the Queens Giant is the tallest tree in the NY metro area and the oldest living thing in the NY metro area.). Chuck Person and point guard Michael Williams were traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in the offseason, and the Pacers got Pooh Richardson and Sam Mitchell in return. Trees have played a major role in the surrounding areas of New York. The Pacers returned to the playoffs in 1991-92 and met the Celtics again, but this time the Celtics left no doubt who was better as they swept the Pacers in three straight.

All three areas share geologic and ecological characteristics common along the Atlantic Coastal Plain of the U.S. The Pacers had a memorable series against the highly favored Boston Celtics that they managed to extend to five games before losing Game 5, 124-121. Much of the region's ecosystem is similar to the larger New Jersey Pinelands (also called "pine barrens") to the south and southwest of NY City, along with Cape Cod's pine barrens. In 1990-91, the Pacers returned to the playoffs with a 41-41 record, and Schrempf was named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year. This region is the largest remnant of a forest thought to have once encompassed over a quarter million acres (1,000 kmē) on Long Island following the last glacial advance some 15,000 to 20,000 years ago. But the Pacers lost all three games in their 1990 NBA Playoffs experience, falling to the Detroit Pistons, who would go on to win their second consecutive NBA Championship. This remarkably undeveloped region overlies part of Long Island's federally designated Sole Source Aquifer which provides drinking water to nearly three million residents, and it contains terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of statewide and national significance, interconnected surface and ground waters, recreational areas, historic locales, farmlands, and residential communities. But in 1989-90 the Pacers parlayed a fast start into the team's third NBA Playoffs appearance, and Reggie Miller was voted to the All-Star team on the strength of his 24.6 points-per-game average.

Three of Suffolk County's ten townships - Brookhaven, Riverhead, and Southampton - are host to the 102,500 acre (415 kmē) State designated and protected Central Pine Barrens region. But the team did manage to make a trade that would eventually pay off, as they traded Herb Williams to the Dallas Mavericks for Detlef Schrempf. The two counties that you encounter as you travel east from NY City are Nassau and Suffolk. The Pacers missed the playoffs in 1987-88, drafted Rik Smits in the '88 NBA Draft, and suffered through a disastrous 1988-89 season in which coach Jack Ramsay stepped down and eventually was replaced by Dick Versace on the way to a 28-54 finish. East of New York City extends the appropriately named "Long Island", stretching approximately 120 miles (190 km) from Brooklyn and Queens Counties (part of NY City) on the western end to Orient and Montauk Points in the rural "East End" of the Island. Reggie Miller was drafted by the Pacers in 1987, beginning his career as a backup to John Long. The highest elevation in New York is Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks. Their first playoff win in NBA franchise history was earned in Game 3 of their first-round, best-of-five series against the Atlanta Hawks, but unfortunately for the Pacers, it was their only victory in that series, as the Hawks defeated them in four games.

Upstate New York includes the Catskill and Adirondack Mountains, the Shawangunk Ridge, the Finger and Great Lakes in the west and Lake Champlain, Lake George, and Oneida Lake in the northeast, and rivers such as the Delaware, Genesee, Hudson, Mohawk, and Susquehanna. Chuck Person, nicknamed "The Rifleman" for his renowned long-range shooting, led the team in scoring as a rookie. Which of the suburban counties north of The Bronx along the Hudson River (Rockland, Westchester, and Putnam) count as "Upstate" depends on who is making the list. After winning 22 games in 1984-85 and 26 games in 1985-86, Jack Ramsay replaced George Irvin as coach and lead the Pacers to a 41-41 record in 1986-87, marking their return to the NBA Playoffs after a six-year absence. "Upstate" is a common term for New York State north of the New York City metropolitan area; but many of those outside of the NYC metropolitan area find the term demeaning because it is emblematic of the cultural and demographic divide which separates the two areas, one rural and conservative, the other urban and liberal. Clark Kellogg was drafted by the Pacers in 1983 and showed tremendous promise, finishing second in the Rookie of the Year voting, but the Pacers won only 26 games that season.
. The Pacers made their first appearance in the NBA Playoffs in 1981, falling in the opening round to the Philadelphia 76ers in two straight games. They failed to reach the postseason in 1981-1982, and in 1982-1983 they finished with their all-time worst record of 20-62.

The eastern end of Long Island includes suburban Nassau and Suffolk Counties. They acquired Adrian Dantley in exchange for Knight, but Dantley (who was averaging nearly 27 points per game at the time) was traded in December, while the Pacers' second-leading scorer, John Williamson, was dealt in January. Brooklyn (Kings) and Queens (Queens) are across the East River from Manhattan on the western end of Long Island and Staten Island (Richmond) is south of Manhattan. Unfortunately for the Pacers, a lack of year-to-year continuity became the norm, as they traded away Knight and Buse before the 1977-1978 season even started. The five New York City boroughs (and their counties) are: The Bronx (Bronx) on the mainland north of Manhattan (New York) on Manhattan Island; the Hudson River is their western boundary. They finished their inaugural NBA season with a record of 36-46, but Billy Knight and Don Buse were nonetheless invited to represent Indiana in the NBA All-Star Game. Four of New York City's five boroughs are on the three islands at the mouth of the Hudson River Manhattan Island, Staten Island, and Long Island. Unfortunately for the Pacers, they were in decline after their years of ABA glory.

Lake George empties at its north end into Lake Champlain, whose northern end extends into Canada, where it drains into the Richelieu and then the St Lawrence Rivers. The ABA folded in 1976, and the Pacers were one of four ABA teams invited to join the NBA beginning in the 1976-1977 season (the other three were the New York Nets, Denver Nuggets and San Antonio Spurs). The Hudson River flows south through the eastern part of the state without draining Lakes George or Champlain. In all, they appeared in the ABA Finals five times in the league's eight-year history. Niagara Falls, on the Niagara River as it flows from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario is a popular attraction; the best view is from the Canadian side. The Pacers were the most successful team in the ABA's history, winning three ABA Championships in four years. Few people know that New York's Adirondack State Park is larger than any National Park in the US. The Pacers' ABA teams were coached by Bobby "Slick" Leonard, and buoyed by the great play of players such as Mel Daniels, George McGinnis and Roger Brown.

While best known for New York City's urban atmosphere, especially Manhattan's skyscrapers, by contrast the rest of the state is dominated by farms, forests, rivers, mountains, and lakes. The Pacers began play in the inaugural 1967-68 season of the American Basketball Association, which was set up as an alternative league to the National Basketball Association. The megalopolis, however, is not the only aspect of New York State. The Indiana Pacers are a National Basketball Association team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Several other groups of megalopolis-type super-cities exist in the world, but that centered around New York City was the first described and still is the best example. Indianapolis Olympians 1949-1953. First described by Jean Gottmann in 1961 as a new phenomenon in the history of world urbanization, the megalopolis is characterized by a coalescence of previous already-large cities of the Eastern Seaboard, a heavy specialization on tertiary activity related to government, trade, law, education, finance, publishing and control of economic activity, plus a growth pattern not so much of more population and more area as more intensive use of already existing urbanized area and ever more sophisticated links from one specialty to another. Indianapolis Jets 1948.

The southern tip of New York State – New York City, its suburbs, and the southern portion of the Hudson Valley – can be considered to form the central core of a "megalopolis", a super-city stretching from the northern suburbs of Boston to the southern suburbs of Washington and therefore occasionally called BosWash. Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum 1967-1974. New York is also the site of the only extra-territorial enclave within the boundaries of the USA, the United Nations compound on Manhattan's East River. Market Square Arena 1974-1999. In addition, Rhode Island shares a water border with New York. Conseco Fieldhouse 1999-present. New York State's borders touch (clockwise from the northwest) two Great Lakes (Erie and Ontario, which are connected by the Niagara River), the provinces of Ontario and Quebec in Canada, three New England states (Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut), the Atlantic Ocean, and two Mid-Atlantic states (New Jersey and Pennsylvania). Isiah Thomas (former coach; enshrined as player with the Detroit Pistons).

The court system in New York is notable for its "backwards" naming: the state's trial court is called the New York Supreme Court, while the highest court in the state is the New York Court of Appeals. Jack Ramsay. New York State has its counties pay a higher percentage of welfare costs than any other state and New York State is the only state which requires counties to pay a portion of Medicaid. Dr. For decades it has been the established practice for Albany to pass legislation for some meritorious project, but then mandate county and municipal government to actually pay for it. Larry Brown. Other officially incorporated governmental units are towns, cities, and villages. Larry Bird (former coach and current President of Basketball Operations; enshrined as player with the Boston Celtics).

New York's subordinate political units are its 62 counties. 529 Bobby "Slick" Leonard (number of career wins). New York's legislature also has more committees than any other legislature in the nation. 35 Roger Brown. Pennsylvania, whose staff is the second largest, only had 2,947, and California only 2,359. 34 Mel Daniels. New York's legislature also has more paid staff, 3,428 than any other legislature in the nation. 30 George McGinnis.

Of those bills, only 4 percent, 693, actually became law, the lowest passing percentage in the country. Wayman Tisdale. In 2002, 16,892 bills were introduced in the New York legislature, more than twice as many as in the Illinois General Assembly, whose members are the second most prolific. Rik Smits. From 1984 until 2005, no budget had been passed on time, and for many years the legislature was unable to pass legislation for which there was supposed to be a consensus, such as reforming the so-called Rockefeller drug laws. Detlef Schrempf. The Assembly has long been controlled by the Democrats, the Senate has long been controlled by the Republicans. Jalen Rose.

New York's legislature is notoriously dysfunctional. Chris Mullin. The legislative branch is called the Legislature and consists of a Senate and an Assembly. Unlike most States, the New York electoral law permits electoral fusion, and New York ballots tend to have, in consequence, a larger number of parties on them, some being permanent minor parties that seek to influence the major parties and others being ephemeral parties formed to give major-party candidates an additional line on the ballot. Reggie Miller. As in all fifty states, the head of the executive branch of government is a Governor. Mark Jackson. New York was one of the thirteen colonies that revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. Antonio Davis.

See: History of New York. C - #54 John Edwards (Kent State). It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. C - #13 David Harrison (Colorado). postal abbreviation is NY. SF - #24 Jonathan Bender (Picayune HS, Picayune, Mississippi). New York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U.S. PG - #8 Anthony Johnson (College of Charleston).

For a complete list, see Colleges and Universities in the State of New York. SF - #33 James Jones (Miami (FL)). New York's public land grant (agriculture) and forestry colleges are at private schools: Cornell and Syracuse Universities, respectively. SG - #20 Fred Jones (Oregon). 3.1% mixed race. PG - #4 Eddie Gill (Weber State). 0.4% American Indian. C - #10 Jeff Foster (Southwest Texas State).

5.5% Asian. PF - #44 Austin Croshere (Providence). 15.1% Hispanic. C - #62 Scot Pollard (Kansas). 15.9% Black. John's). 62.0% White, not of Hispanic origin. SF - #91 Ron Artest (St.

See: Politics of New York. PF - #7 Jermaine O'Neal (Eau Claire HS, Columbia, South Carolina). See: List of political parties in New York. C - #32 Dale Davis (Clemson). See: List of census-designated places in New York. SG - #1 Stephen Jackson (Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, Virginia). See: List of villages in New York. PG - #11 Jamaal Tinsley (Iowa State).

See: List of towns in New York. See: List of cities in New York. See: List of New York counties. See: Political subdivisions of New York State.

See: List of New York Governors.