New York became the 11th state on July 26, 1788.

Its civic profile stretches from New York City to the Hudson Valley, the Adirondacks, western cities, Long Island, farms, ports, universities, financial institutions, immigrant communities, and border regions. Public decisions about housing, transit, schools, taxes, energy, public safety, health care, and economic development carry very different meanings across those places. New York’s delegation to Congress, its state government, and the official records behind both are covered in the sections that follow.