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New York City is the largest city in the United States and its metropolitan area is one of the largest urban areas in the world. Please enjoy our history of New York below:
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| New York State was the home to 5 US Presidents and 8 Vice Presidents. |
| The baseball Hall of Fame is located in Cooperstown, NY. |
| The New York City marathon is run annually in the Fall and has become one of the most prestigious marathons in the world. |
| New York's main thoroughbred tracks are Aqueduct, Belmont (Home of the Belmont Stakes) and Saratoga Race Course. |
| New York City hosts major tennis tournaments annually: US Open in Flushing Meadows, Lastminutetravel.com Open in Central Park, and the Chase Championships at MSG. |
| New York Life Insurance Company is the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States. |
| The New York Yankees have won the MLB American League Pennant 39 times and the World Series 26 times, most recently in 2000. |
| New York's top tourist attractions: Statue of Liberty, WTC-ground zero, Empire State Building, United Nations Building, Rockefeller Center and the NYSE. |
| In 2001, 35.2 million visitors came to New York City of which 5.7 million were international. |
| New York State's professional sports organizations: NY Knicks, NewYork Jets and Giants, Buffalo Bills and Sabres, New York Yankees, and the NY Islanders and Rangers. |
| In 2002, New York has 35 morning newspapers, 24 evening papers and 37 Sunday editions. |
| The New York Post was founded in 1801 and is the oldest US newspaper that has not changed its name. |
| In 2001, The New York Times, Sunday Edition, was the #1 Sunday newspaper in the nation, based on circulation. |
| New York is the largest in US newspaper, magazine and book-publishing industries. |
| Total number of internet domain names registered in New York in 2000: 589,963, 2nd highest in the country. |
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