New York is a state in the northeastern United States. It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. Because a significant majority of the population is concentrated in the southern portion around New York City, the state is often regionalized into Upstate and Downstate. New York is also the home of Ellis Island, where many immigrants to the United States in the early 20th century first arrived.

New York is also the birthplace of many American cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art, abstract expressionism in painting and hip hop, punk, salsa and Tin Pan Alley Music. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36% of it's population was born outside of the United States. With its 24-hour subway and constant bustling of traffic and people, New York is known as "The City That Never Sleeps." it was first linked with "Gotham" by Washington Irving in 1807.

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