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New York state public-benefit corporations and authorities operate like quasi-private corporations, with boards of directors appointed by elected officials, overseeing both publicly operated and privately operated systems. Public-benefit nonprofit corporations share characteristics with government agencies, but they are exempt from many state ...
The Firefighters Association of the State of New York, more commonly known as FASNY, is an organization whose mission is to educate, serve and support volunteer firefighters in New York State. FASNY was founded in 1872 and its main headquarters are in Albany, New York. Originally known as the Firemen’s Association of the State of New York, it ...
The New York State Education Building [a] (commonly known as the State Education Building) is a state office building in Albany, New York. It houses offices of the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and was formerly home to the New York State Museum and New York State Library. Designed by Henry Hornbostel in the Beaux-Arts style and ...
New York Federalist Party (2011) Federalist Party (1791-1824) Freedom Party (1994–1998, 2010–present, two ideologically opposite entities) Marijuana Reform Party (1998–2002) Natural Law Party (1992–2004) New Party (1992–1998) New York Pirate Party. Reform Party of New York State (2009–2014) New York State Right to Life Party.
Tornado outbreak of July 1–3, 1997. Tornado outbreak of June 2, 1998. 1998 Lynbrook tornado. Late-May 1998 tornado outbreak and derecho. Tornado outbreak of April 27–28, 2002. 2006 Westchester County tornado. 2010 Brooklyn–Queens tornadoes. 2011 Super Outbreak. 2012 New York City tornadoes.
New York City is home to many bridges and tunnels. Several agencies manage this network of crossings. The New York City Department of Transportation owns and operates almost 800. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State Department of Transportation and Amtrak have many others.
Excelsior, E Pluribus Unum. 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 Unum, Latin for "Out of Many, One"—adopted in 2020.
e. Human trafficking in New York is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labor. It occurs in the state of New York and is widely recognized as a modern-day form of slavery. It includes, "the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons by ...