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Pando v. Fernandez, 127 Misc.2d 224 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1984), is a New York case that arose when Christopher Pando, a deeply religious minor, sought to impose a constructive trust on the proceeds of a winning $2.8 million (21 annual payments; no cash option) ticket that he purchased with Dasyi Fernandez's money.
New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies on the east coast of North America, and was admitted as a state on July 26, 1788. Prior to declaring its independence, New York was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which it in turn obtained from the Dutch as the colony of New Netherland; see the list of colonial governors and the list of directors-general of New Netherland for the ...
Coat of Arms of New York used in 1896 until addition of second motto in 2020. The state seal of New York features the state arms (officially adopted in 1778) surrounded by the words " The Great Seal of the State of New York ". A banner below shows the New York State motto Excelsior, Latin for "Ever Upward", and the secondary motto E Pluribus ...
Examples include the diamond hoax of 1872 and the Bre-X gold fraud of the mid-1990s. This trick was featured in the HBO series Deadwood, when Al Swearengen and E. B. Farnum trick Brom Garret into believing gold is to be found on the claim Swearengen intends to sell him. This con was also featured in Sneaky Pete.
This is a list of airports in New York (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Wappinger. Wecquaesgeek. Wenrohronon. Categories: Native American history of New York (state) People from pre-statehood New York (state) Native American tribes by state. New York (state)
Stockbridge Mountain. Storm King Mountain. Sugarloaf Mountain (Dutchess County, New York) Sugarloaf Hill (Putnam County, New York) Tom Jones Mountain. West Mountain. Joppenbergh Mountain. Marlboro Mountains.
The State of New York in the 2020 Census had a population of 20,201,249 and the racial makeup was 52.5% Non-Hispanic White, 19.5% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% Black, 9.6% Asian, 0.7% Native American, and 0.1% Pacific Islander. [10] According to 2004 estimates, 20.4% of the population was foreign-born.