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On April 10, 1970, the New York Senate passed a law decriminalizing abortion in most cases. Republican Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller signed the bill into law the next day. At the time, New York State was a Republican "trifecta", meaning both chambers of the legislature and the governorship were Republican-controlled.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is one of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. It is responsible for the Second District of the Federal Reserve System , which encompasses the State of New York , the 12 northern counties of New Jersey , Fairfield County in Connecticut , Puerto Rico , and the U.S. Virgin Islands .
The 2020 United States presidential election in New York was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. [1] New York voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party ...
Historically, New York was a swing state, as from its inaugural election in 1792 until the 1984 election, the state voted for the winning candidate all but seven times (1812, 1856, 1868, 1876, 1916, 1948, and 1968). It voted for the winning candidate 86% of the time; however, since 1988, the state has voted Democratic by large margins and ...
The 1962–1963 New York City newspaper strike was a strike action within the newspaper industry of New York City which ran from December 8, 1962 until March 31, 1963, lasting for a total of 114 days. Besides protesting low wages, the unions were resisting automation of the printing presses . The strike played a pivotal role in changing the ...
Erie County, New York. / 42.75°N 78.78°W / 42.75; -78.78. Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York State. As of the 2020 census, the population was 954,236. [1] The county seat is Buffalo, which makes up about 28% of the county's population. [2] Both the county and Lake Erie were named for the regional ...
The 2021 CHIPS and Science Act spawned a wave of new semiconductor activity and put the US on pace, top officials said, to produce 20% of the world's most advanced semiconductor chips by the end ...
New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives represented by Jamaal Bowman. The 16th district includes a small portion of the northern Bronx (specifically the neighborhood of Wakefield ) and the southern half of Westchester County , including the suburban cities of White Plains ...