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New York Independent System Operator
The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) is a not-for-profit corporation that has operated New York State's bulk power grid and wholesale energy markets since December 1999.
New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT, New York Tech) is a private, nonprofit university founded in 1955, with about 8,000 students across Manhattan, Old Westbury, Jonesboro (Arkansas), and Vancouver campuses, six schools and colleges, and NYITCOM, New York's first osteopathic medical school.
New York Intellectuals
The New York Intellectuals were a largely Jewish group of mid-century writers and critics in New York City, centered on Partisan Review, including Lionel Trilling and Mary McCarthy.
New York Islanders
New York Islanders, NHL team on Long Island founded 1972; won four consecutive Stanley Cups 1980-83, matched only by Montreal; now play at UBS Arena.
New York Jets
New York Jets, NFL AFC East team at MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.; began 1960 as AFL's New York Titans, renamed Jets 1963; won Super Bowl III (16-7 over Colts, Jan. 12, 1969) behind Joe Namath; longest active NFL playoff drought since 2010.
New York Knicks
New York Knicks, NBA founding franchise (1946) at Madison Square Garden; three championships (1970, 1973, 2026), the 2026 title under Leon Rose, Mike Brown, and Jalen Brunson ending a 53-year wait.
New York Liberty
New York Liberty, WNBA Eastern Conference team founded 1996 as a charter franchise; won first game in league history June 21, 1997; six Finals appearances; first WNBA championship in 2024 under Joe Tsai ownership at Barclays Center.
New York Life Insurance Company
New York Life Insurance Company, founded in 1845, is the largest mutual life insurance company in the United States, owned by policyholders rather than shareholders.
New York Lottery
New York Lottery: New York State's official lottery, created by 1967 enabling law after a 1966 constitutional amendment, funding education; FY2024-25 sales of $10.3 billion and $3.6 billion in school aid, run by the State Gaming Commission.
New York Medical College
New York Medical College (NYMC), founded 1860 in Manhattan as the New York Homeopathic Medical College, is a private health sciences university in Valhalla, New York, part of Touro University since 2011, with three schools and a 54-acre campus.
New York Mercantile Exchange
The New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) is an American commodity futures exchange trading energy and metals contracts, including the Henry Hub natural gas benchmark, now owned by CME Group.
New York metropolitan area
The New York metropolitan area (New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ MSA) is the largest U.S. metro, with about 20 million residents and a roughly $2.4 trillion economy spanning New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
New York Metropolitans
New York Metropolitans, the original Mets, a 19th-century professional baseball club founded in 1880 by John B. Day and Jim Mutrie; American Association team 1883-1887, won the 1884 AA pennant, lost the 1884 World Series precursor 3-0 to Providence, and folded after 1887.
New York Mets
New York Mets, MLB National League East team at Citi Field, Queens; founded 1960 as NL expansion club, first played 1962; World Series titles 1969 and 1986; owned by Steve Cohen.
New York Military Academy
New York Military Academy (NYMA) is a private co-ed military boarding school in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, founded in 1889 by Charles Jefferson Wright. About 100 cadets in grades 7-12; 2015 bankruptcy sale to Chinese investors; notable alumni include Donald Trump, class of 1964.
New York Minute (film)
New York Minute is a 2004 American teen comedy directed by Dennie Gordon, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen as estranged twins on a disastrous single day in Manhattan.
New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic (Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York): American symphony orchestra founded 1842 in New York City, the oldest in the United States, based at David Geffen Hall; music directors have included Mahler, Toscanini, Bernstein, and, since 2026, Gustavo Dudamel.
New York Post
The New York Post is a News Corp tabloid founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801 as the New-York Evening Post; the oldest continuously published US daily, it went from Hamilton's Federalist broadsheet to Dorothy Schiff's liberal paper to Murdoch's conservative tabloid.
New York Power Authority
The New York Power Authority (NYPA) is the largest state public power organization in the United States, created in 1931 and selling electricity mostly at wholesale.
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library (NYPL), formally the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, formed May 23, 1895; its Fifth Avenue flagship building by Carrère & Hastings opened in 1911.
New York Public Library Main Branch
The New York Public Library Main Branch, the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, is NYPL's Beaux-Arts flagship research library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, designed by Carrère & Hastings, opened in 1911, landmarked inside and out, with the Rose Main Reading Room and Milstein stacks under Bryant Park.
New York Racing Association
New York Racing Association (NYRA), founded 1955, nonprofit franchisee running thoroughbred racing at Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga through 2033; oversaw $455 million Belmont rebuild and Aqueduct's 2026 closure.
New York Rangers
New York Rangers, NHL ice hockey team at Madison Square Garden, founded May 15, 1926; Original Six member with four Stanley Cups (1928, 1933, 1940, 1994), valued at $4 billion by Forbes in 2025.
New York Red Bulls
New York Red Bulls (Red Bull New York), MLS club founded 1995 as MetroStars, renamed 2006 under Red Bull GmbH; plays at Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison NJ; three Supporters' Shields, no MLS Cup; noted academy produced Tyler Adams.
New York Ripper
The New York Ripper (Lo squartatore di New York) is Lucio Fulci's 1982 Italian giallo-slasher about a duck-voiced killer stalking New York women. Distinguished by its 1984 UK BBFC rejection, print re-export to Italy, and 4K Blue Underground restoration.
New York School (poetry)
The New York School was a group of American poets in downtown Manhattan in the 1950s and 1960s, including Frank O'Hara, John Ashbery, and Kenneth Koch.
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the 150-member lower house of the New York State Legislature, based in Albany, with two-year terms, Speaker Carl E. Heastie as presiding officer, and roots in the 1777 state constitution.
New York State Bar Association
The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is a voluntary association of about 55,000 lawyers, founded in Albany in 1876 and the largest voluntary state bar in the United States.
New York State Canal System
The New York State Canal System is a 524-mile network of four canals, including the Erie Canal, operated by the New York State Canal Corporation.
New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF)
The New York State Common Retirement Fund is the public pension fund for New York state and local government employees, police, and firefighters, run by the State Comptroller.