page_title: List of city nicknames in New York State
section_title: S
hierarchical_section_title: List of city nicknames in New York State / Nicknames by city / S
caption_attribution_description: English: Canfield's Park, Saratoga Springs
context_page_description: This partial list of city nicknames in New York compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities in the U.S. state of New York are known by, officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or the cities' tourism boards or chambers of commerce. City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" are also believed to have economic value. Their economic value is difficult to measure, but there are anecdotal reports of cities that have achieved substantial economic benefits by "branding" themselves by adopting new slogans.
  Some unofficial nicknames are positive, while others are derisive. The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency.
context_section_description: Saratoga Springs
  The Racing City
  The Spa City
  Toga
  Schenectady
  Electric City
  The City That Lights and Hauls the World
  Staten Island (borough of New York City)
  The Borough of Parks
  The Forgotten Borough
  Shaolin
  Syracuse – Salt City
caption: This 1907 postcard of Canfield Park and Saratoga Springs' nickname "the Spa City" both recall the era when the city's mineral springs and hotels made it a fashionable resort.
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