Welcome to New York!
New York
Capital: Albany
Nickname: The Empire State
State Motto: Ever Upward
State Flower: Rose
State Tree: Sugar Maple
State Bird: Bluebird
State Animal: Beaver
State Song: "I Love New York"
Statehood: New York was one of the 13 original colonies and the 11th to ratify the Constitution on July 26, 1788.
Area: 49,108 square miles: New York is the 30th largest state.
Neighbors: Pennsylvania; New Jersey; Connecticut; Massachusetts; Vermont; Quebec and Ontario, Canada; and the Atlantic Ocean
