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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....
The 6 Lexington Avenue Local and <6> Pelham Bay Park Express[ 3] are two rapid transit services in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Their route emblems, or "bullets", are colored forest green since they use the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan. [ 4] Local service is denoted by a (6) in a circular bullet, and express service is ...
The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation ( NYS OPRHP) is a state agency within the New York State Executive Department [ 5] charged with the operation of state parks and historic sites within the U.S. state of New York. [ 6] As of 2014, the NYS OPRHP manages nearly 335,000 acres (523 sq mi; 1,360 km 2) of public ...
1,451,000 [ 6] Allegheny Reservoir, Red House Lake, Quaker Lake. Largest state park in New York. Includes two separate areas developed for recreation, the Red House Area and the Quaker Area, each with cabins and campsites. Both areas include formally designated bird conservation areas. [ 9][ 10] Amherst State Park.
The Government of the State of New York, headquartered at the New York State Capitolin Albany, encompasses the administrative structure of the U.S. stateof New York, as established by the state's constitution. Analogously to the US federal government, it is composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles ( NYSDMV or DMV) is the department of the New York state government [ 1] responsible for vehicle registration, vehicle inspections, driver's licenses, learner's permits, photo ID cards, and adjudicating traffic violations. Its regulations are compiled in title 15 of the New York Codes, Rules and ...
The five boroughs of New York City: 1. Manhattan 2. Brooklyn 3. Queens 4. The Bronx 5. Staten Island. A borough is one of the five major administrative divisions of the consolidated City of New York. Boroughs do not currently exist elsewhere in the state. Each of the five boroughs of the city is coextensive with a county of the state of New ...
New York covers an area of 54,556 square miles (141,299 km 2) making it the 27th largest state by total area (but 30th by land area). [3] The state borders six U.S. states: Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Connecticut, Rhode Island (across Long Island Sound ), Massachusetts, and Vermont to the east.