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The New York State Thruway (officially the Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway and colloquially " the Thruway ") is a system of controlled-access toll roads spanning 569.83 miles (917.05 km) within the U.S. state of New York. It is operated by the New York State Thruway Authority (NYSTA), a New York State public-benefit corporation.
200 Southern Blvd. PO Box 189. Albany, NY 12201-0189. Authority executive. Frank G. Hoare, Executive Director. Website. www .thruway .ny .gov. The New York State Thruway Authority ( NYSTA) is a public benefit corporation in New York State, United States. The NYSTA was formed in 1950 with the responsibility of constructing, maintaining, and ...
The New York State Constitution, Art.X, sec. 5, provides that public benefit corporations may only be created by special act of the legislature. In City of Rye v. MTA, 24 N.Y.2d 627 (1969), the court of appeals explained that "The debates of the 1938 Convention indicate that the proliferation of public authorities after 1927 was the reason for the enactment of section 5 of article X....
New York (state) New York, also 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 ...
Newburgh, New York. Location in Orange County and the state of New York. / 41.51972°N 74.02139°W / 41.51972; -74.02139. Newburgh is a city in Orange County, New York, United States. With a population of 28,856 as of the 2020 census, [ 3] it is a principal city of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metropolitan area. [ 4]
t. e. This is a list of Indian reservationsin the U.S. stateof New York. Allegany(Cattaraugus County) Cattaraugus(Erie County, Cattaraugus County, Chautauqua County) Cayuga Nation of New York(Seneca County) Oil Springs(Cattaraugus County, Allegany County) Oneida Indian Nation(Madison County)
A historical juxtaposition: a replica of Henry Hudson 's 17th-century Halve Maen passes modern-day lower Manhattan where the original ship would have sailed while investigating New York Harbor. The history of New York begins around 10,000 B.C. when the first people arrived. By 1100 A.D. two main cultures had become dominant as the Iroquoian and ...
The New York State Canal System (formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal) is a successor to the Erie Canal and other canals within New York. The 525-mile (845 km) system is composed of the Erie Canal, the Oswego Canal, the Cayuga–Seneca Canal, and the Champlain Canal. [2] In 2014 the entire system was listed as a national historic ...