New York City is the most populous city in the U.S., which is located at the Southeastern tip of New York State and officially known as the City of New York.

Alexander Hamilton was a leader in the movement which ended in the development of the Federal Constitution, and he was active in its ratification. New York City became the first capital of the new nation, where President George Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789.

New York City is the center of culture and commerce. One is sure to get inspiration at every turn right from the Statue of Liberty to Long Island City.

From the geographical point of view, New York City is located in between Washington D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts. Since it is located on the banks of the Hudson River, the city has been able to emerge as a significant trading center. Most of the part of the city is built on three islands namely Manhattan, Staten Island and Western Long Island, resulting in the scarcity of land and high population density. The total land area of New York City is 831.4 sq km.

Next informative thing about New York City is its climate. Due to its coastal location, the temperature of the city remains warm as compared to that of the inland regions during winter season. Spring and fall season in the city are bit unpredictable and can transform into hot and humid from cold and snowy. However, they can be cool or rainy at times. Unlike the preceding months, summers are quite warm and humid and the temperature can go up to 90° F i.e. 32°C.

New York City comprises of five boroughs and hundreds neighborhoods. Another important aspect adding to the information about New York City is its culture. The culture of the city is more or less erratic like that of its weather. The city constitutes more than 2,000 arts and cultural organizations other than roughly estimated 500 art galleries.

New York City is one of the highly visited places in the U.S. Approximately, 40 million foreign tourists as well as Americans visit the city annually. It has numerous major as well as minor tourist attractions such as the Empire State Building, Ellis Island, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Central Park, Times Square are just to name few. The accent of New Yorkers is different from that of the populace in other regions in the country. The City has its own regional speech pattern known as the New York dialect. This dialect is well recognized in American English.

New York City follows the educational system of public schools. Though there are about extra 900 privately run schools and about 594,000 university students, the city is not considered as a 'College Town.'In overall, the City is considered unique, which is evident from the fact that anyone who has visited the city once, wishes to visit it again.

Verrazano in 1524, first visited the New York Harbor and the Hudson River was first explored by Henry Hudson in 1609. From there onwards Dutch settled permanently in 1624 and for 40 years they ruled over the colony of New Netherlands. It was conquered by the English in 1664 and was then named New York in honor of the Duke of York.

Existing as a colony of Great Britain for over a century, New York declared its independence on July 9, 1776, becoming one of the original 13 states of the Federal Union. The next year, on April 20, 1777, New York's first constitution was adopted.

It was the principal battleground of the Revolutionary War. It is said that one-third of the skirmishes and engagements of the war were fought on New York soil. The Battle of Saratoga, one of the decisive battles of the world, was the turning point of the Revolution leading to the French alliance and thus to eventual victory. New York City, long occupied by British troops, was evacuated on November 25, 1783. There, on December 4 at Fraunces Tavern, General George Washington bade farewell to his officers.

The first government of New York State grew out of the Revolution. The State Convention that drew up the Constitution created a Council of Safety which governed for a time and set the new government in motion. In June 1777, while the war was going on, an election for the first governor took place. Two of the candidates, Philip Schuyler and George Clinton, were generals in the field. Two others, Colonel John Jay and General John Morin Scott, were respectively leaders of the aristocratic and democratic groups in the Convention. On July 9, George Clinton was declared elected and he was inaugurated as Governor at Kingston, July 30, 1777. Albany became the capital of the State in January 1797.

Later years, New York's economic and industrial growth made appropriate the title "The Empire State," an expression possibly originated by George Washington in 1784. In 1809, Robert Fulton's "North River Steamboat," the first successful steam-propelled vessel, began a new era in transportation.

The Erie Canal, completed in 1825, greatly enhanced the importance of the port of New York and caused populous towns and cities to spring up across the state. The Erie Canal was replaced by the Barge Canal in 1918; and the system of waterways was further expanded by the construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway.

Overland transportation grew rapidly from a system of turnpikes established in the early 1880s to the modern day Governor Thomas E. Dewey New York State Thruway. By 1853, railroads that had started as short lines in 1831 crossed the state in systems like the Erie and New York Central.

The international character of New York City, the principal port for overseas commerce, and later for transcontinental and international airways, has been further enhanced by becoming the home of the United Nations, capital of the free world. Here the people of all nations and races come to discuss and try to solve the world's problems in a free and democratic climate