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The Capital District, also known as the Capital Region, is the metropolitan area surrounding Albany, the capital of the U.S. state of New York. The Capital District was first settled by the Dutch in the early 17th century and came under English control in 1664. Albany has been the permanent capital of the state of New York since 1797.
In the State of New York, all the land located in a county is either in a city, in a town, or in an Indian Reservation. [1] New York villages are located within one or more towns and may cross town or county lines. There are 11 counties in the Capital District comprising 13 cities, 143 towns, and 62 villages.
Map of the Capital District. This is a list of school districts in New York's Capital District.School districts in New York are publicly funded and are the most local government bodies in the state; school district budgets are the only budgets that state citizens have a direct impact on: budget votes take place on the third Tuesday in May annually.
Public college: Saratoga Springs, Latham, Queensbury, Schenectady, Johnstown: 1971 Part of the State University of New York System Administrative offices in Saratoga Springs, five Capital District locations Excelsior College: Private college: Albany: 1971 Until 1998 a public college under State University of New York System; named Regents ...
Saratoga Monument in Saratoga National Historical Park. The Capital District has many historical sites and museums covering a wide range of topics and time periods. The Albany Institute of History and Art founded in 1791 is one of the oldest museums in the nation, [3] and the New York State Museum is the oldest and largest state museum in the nation. [4]
Times Square New Year's Eve celebration is in its 120th year. The tradition of thousands of people crowding to watch a shimmering ball be lowered in Times Square began in 1907, though the first ...
The New York metropolitan area, broadly referred to as the Tri-State area and often also called Greater New York, is the largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a gross metropolitan product of over US$2.6 trillion, [10] and the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, [11] [12] [13] encompassing 4,669.0 sq mi (12,093 km ...
The media in New York's Capital District is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy media market, which is the 59th largest in the United States, [1] includes all of the 11 counties of the Capital District, along with Hamilton County, New York, as well as Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and Bennington County, Vermont.