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Motto: Excelsior(Ever Upward)
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Bird: Bluebird
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Flower: Rose
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Origin of Name: In Honor of the English Duke of York
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Fossil: Eurypterus Remipes
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Insect: Lady Bug
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Shellfish: Bay Scallop
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Mineral: Garnet
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Beverage: Milk
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Fruit: Apple
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Tree: Sugar Maple (acer saccharum)
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Fish: Brook Trout
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Song: I Love New York
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State Animal: Beaver
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State Capital: Albany
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Nickname: Empire State
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11th State | Entered Union July 26, 1788
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