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  2. Central New York - Wikipedia

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    Central New York is the central region of New York state, including: Auburn in Cayuga County. Cortland in Cortland County. Oneida in Madison County. Syracuse, the largest city of Central New York, in Onondaga County. Fulton and Oswego in Oswego County. With a population of about 784,283 as of 2020 and an area of 3,715 square miles (9,620 km 2 ...

  3. Central New York Region - Wikipedia

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    The Central New York Region [1] (formerly the Central-Leatherstocking Region, also known as Leatherstocking Country) is a term used by the New York State Department of Economic Development to broadly describe the central region of New York for tourism purposes. [2] The region roughly corresponds to the Mohawk and upper Susquehanna valleys.

  4. New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    New York, sometimes called New York State, [b] is a state in the Northeastern United States. One of the Mid-Atlantic states, it borders the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada and the Great Lakes. [c] With almost 19.6 million residents, it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States and eighth-most densely populated as of 2023. [5]

  5. Geography of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    The state borders six U.S. states: Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Connecticut, Rhode Island (across Long Island Sound ), Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east. New York also borders the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec to the north. Additionally, New York touches the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, and two of the Great ...

  6. Eastern Time Zone - Wikipedia

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    Current time. 08:15, 24 May 2024 EST [ refresh] 09:15, 24 May 2024 EDT [ refresh] Observance of DST. DST is observed in parts of this time zone. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico .

  7. History of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    The Province of New York thrived during this time, its economy strengthened by Long Island and Hudson Valley agriculture, in conjunction with trade and artisanal activity at the Port of New York; the colony was a breadbasket and lumberyard for the British sugar colonies in the Caribbean. New York's population grew substantially during this ...

  8. Time in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, time is divided into nine standard time zones covering the states, territories and other US possessions, with most of the country observing daylight saving time (DST) for approximately the spring, summer, and fall months. The time zone boundaries and DST observance are regulated by the Department of Transportation, but no ...

  9. Grand Central Parkway - Wikipedia

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    The Grand Central Parkway (GCP) is a 14.61-mile (23.51 km) controlled-access parkway that stretches from the Triborough Bridge in New York City to Nassau County on Long Island. At the Queens–Nassau border, it becomes the Northern State Parkway , which runs across the northern part of Long Island through Nassau County and into Suffolk County ...