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Jamestown, New York
Jamestown, New York: the Pearl City, largest city of Chautauqua County in the Southern Tier; founded 1806 by James Prendergast, furniture-manufacturing past, 28,712 residents (2020), municipal BPU utilities, National Comedy Center.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey: second-largest New Jersey city (302,013 est. 2025), county seat of Hudson County across from Manhattan. Historic Paulus Hook, dense transit-rich waterfront, 41.7% foreign-born, 2026 budget crisis with 15.15% tax increase under Mayor James Solomon.
Kingston, New York
Kingston, New York: Ulster County seat on the Hudson River and Rondout Creek; Dutch-founded Wiltwyck (1652/1658), New York's first capital (1777), burned by the British in 1777; 2020 population 24,069.
Livingston, New Jersey
Livingston is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, incorporated in 1813 and named for Governor William Livingston. A suburb 21.9 miles from New York City with 31,330 residents (2020), nine public schools, and Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center.
Long Beach, New York
Long Beach, New York, is a city on a barrier island along Long Island's south shore in Nassau County, known for its ocean beach and 2.2-mile boardwalk.
Long Branch, New Jersey
Long Branch is a coastal city in Monmouth County, New Jersey, a Gilded Age summer resort and the 'Summer Capital' where seven presidents vacationed and where Garfield died at Elberon in 1881; 2020 population 31,667.
Manhattan
Manhattan, a borough of New York City coextensive with New York County, also called Mannahatta by the Lenape; dense island borough, 1,694,251 residents in 2020, Dutch New Amsterdam origins, 1811 grid plan.
Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown, New Jersey: Morris County seat about 30 miles west of New York City, population 20,180 (2020). Site of George Washington's 1777 and 1779-1780 Revolutionary War winter encampments, preserved in Morristown National Historical Park, the first historical park in the national park system.
Mount Vernon, New York
Mount Vernon, New York, is an inner-ring suburb of New York City in Westchester County, just north of the Bronx, with 73,893 residents in 2020.
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Middlesex County seat on the Raritan River, home of Rutgers University (chartered 1766) and Johnson & Johnson world headquarters; 55,266 residents in 2020, majority Hispanic, a healthcare and college city.
New Rochelle, New York
New Rochelle is a city in Westchester County, New York, on Long Island Sound, founded by Huguenots in 1688 and named for La Rochelle, France. Population 79,726 (2020); major downtown redevelopment includes the LINC and Pratt Landing.
New York City
New York City, the most populous U.S. city, spans five boroughs consolidated in 1898 with 8.8 million 2020 residents, a mayor-council government, a $169 billion retail economy, and the nation's first congestion pricing program.
Newark, New Jersey
Newark, New Jersey (founded 1666), the state's largest city with about 323,800 residents (2025), a diverse port and air hub with EWR airport, falling crime and poverty, and ongoing airport and downtown redevelopment.
Newburgh, New York
Newburgh, New York: a small Hudson River city in Orange County, about 60 miles north of NYC, distinct from the surrounding Town of Newburgh; George Washington's 1782-83 headquarters, first US publicly owned historic site, population about 28,000.
Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls, New York: border city in Niagara County, site of America's oldest state park (1885), Tesla's 1895 Adams Power Plant, and the Love Canal Superfund legacy; population fell 51% from its 1960 peak to about 47,000.
Nicknames of New York City
Nicknames of New York City: the Big Apple (1920s racetrack slang via John J. Fitz Gerald, revived 1971), Gotham (Washington Irving's 1807 Salmagundi insult), the City That Never Sleeps, Empire City, and Fun City, with origins and Batman's later adoption of Gotham.
Passaic, New Jersey
Passaic, New Jersey: city in Passaic County on the Passaic River, founded as the Dutch settlement of Acquackanonk in 1678, incorporated 1873; about 70,500 residents, 73% Hispanic, a former textile-mill city about 10 miles from New York City.
Paterson, New Jersey
Paterson, New Jersey: third-largest city in the state, founded 1792 by Hamilton's S.U.M. as America's first planned industrial city at the 77-foot Great Falls of the Passaic; 'Silk City,' locomotive center, WWII Heritage City.
Peekskill, New York
Peekskill, New York: a Westchester County city on the east bank of the Hudson River, about 46 miles north of NYC, named for trader Jan Peeck and Dutch "kill" (stream); Continental Army Hudson Valley headquarters in 1776, city since 1940, population about 25,900.
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Perth Amboy, New Jersey: a Middlesex County port city founded 1683, colonial state capital until 1790, site of the first Bill of Rights ratification and Thomas Mundy Peterson's 1870 vote; about 55,400 residents, 83.6% Hispanic.
Poughkeepsie, New York
Poughkeepsie, New York: a Hudson River city in Dutchess County, about 75 miles north of New York City, population about 32,500. Distinct from the surrounding Town of Poughkeepsie; site of New York's 1788 Constitution ratification and America's first slow sand filtration plant.
Pound Ridge, New York
Pound Ridge is a town in northern Westchester County, New York, incorporated 1788, population about 5,082 (2020). Known for 3-acre zoning, the 1779 Tarleton raid, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, and median household income of $250,001.
Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton, New Jersey: consolidated Mercer County municipality (formed 2013 from Borough and Township) of about 31,000 residents, home of Princeton University, Nassau Hall, and the 1777 Battle of Princeton.
Rochester, New York
Rochester, New York: western New York city on the Genesee River, county seat of Monroe County; Erie Canal boomtown, Flour City, Kodak's home, 2020 population 211,328.
Rome, New York
Rome, New York: a Mohawk Valley city in Oneida County (2020 population 32,127), birthplace of the Erie Canal (groundbreaking July 4, 1817), home of Fort Stanwix National Monument and the Griffiss Business and Technology Park.
Rye, New York
Rye is a city in Westchester County, New York, on Long Island Sound about 25 miles north of New York City. Founded 1660, chartered as a city in 1942, the state's most recent; home to Playland, the first planned US amusement park.
Saratoga Springs, New York
Saratoga Springs, New York: a Saratoga County city of about 28,500 built around naturally carbonated mineral springs, the Queen of Spas resort era, Saratoga Race Course (opened 1863), and Saratoga Spa State Park.
Schenectady, New York
Schenectady, New York: a Mohawk River city in the Capital Region, settled 1661, chartered 1798, home of General Electric's founding works, Union College, Proctors Theatre, and Mohawk Harbor; 2020 population 67,047.
Secaucus, New Jersey
Secaucus is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, on the Hackensack River in the Meadowlands, population 22,181 (2020), a distribution and transit hub near Secaucus Junction, distinct from other Meadowlands municipalities.
Staten Island
Staten Island, coextensive with Richmond County, is New York City's southernmost and least populous borough (476,143 residents). Known for the free Staten Island Ferry, the former Fresh Kills landfill, now Freshkills Park, and its suburban, politically distinct character.