New York

♪Don't mess with my heart, girl♪

New York is one of the green States of The Scrambled States of America.

## Role

### The Scrambled States of America

When the states move to another part of the country, New York moves to California's place with Alabama and Indiana, but a rumbling sound kept them up all night. Back at home, New York gives Michigan a funny shirt, reading "MY FRIEND TRADED PLACES WITH CALIFORNIA AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID T-SHIRT."

### The Scrambled States of America: Talent Show

In the beginning of the story, New York wakes up from a dream and decides to have a talent show. New York takes the part of the show as one of the New States on the Block. New York is later seen being pictured in his underwear by Georgia.

## Major Cities

* New York City
* Buffalo
* Syracuse
* Rochester

## Western New York Cities

Niagara Falls

Buffalo

Rochester

## Celebrities Born in New York

* Lady Gaga (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta)
* Austin Richard **Post Malone**
* **Alicia "Keys"** Augello Cook
* Tuesday Weld
* Jay-Z (Shawn Corey Carter)
* 6ix9ine (Daniel Hernandez)
* Cardi B (Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar)
* Donald John Trump
* Rosie O'Donnell
* Melanie Martinez
* Dick Clark (RIP)
* Chief Anthony Fauci
* Billy Joel
* Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Elaine Johnson)
* Jimmy Durante (RIP)
* Eric Carle (RIP)
* Frank Kameny (RIP)
* Harry Belafonte (RIP)
* Arlo Guthrie
* Christopher Reeve (RIP)
* Tony Bennett (RIP)
* Mariah Carey
* Gilbert Gottfried (RIP)
* James Caan (RIP)
* Fred Tatasciore
* Lin-Manuel Miranda
* Ethel Merman (RIP)
* Brooke Shields
* Tom Kenny
* Carlos Alazraqui
* Tito Puente (RIP)
* Howard Stern
* George Gershwin (RIP)
* Mama Cax (RIP)
* Vivian Vande Velde
* David de Vries
* Reginald **“Reggie”** Fils-Aimé
* William George Fargo (RIP)
* Mark Elliot Zuckerberg
* Anthony F. Tallarico (RIP)
* James Douglas Muir (Jay) Leno
* Michael De Luca
* Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (RIP)
* Julius Robert Oppenheimer (RIP)
* Franklin Delano Roosevelt (RIP)
* Nicole Sullivan
* Joan Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RIP)
* Willi Ninja (William Roscoe Leake) (RIP)
* Ann Bradford Davis (RIP)
* Cornelius Crane **"Chevy"** Chase
* Huey Lewis (Hugh Anthony Cregg III)
* John Russell Dilworth
* Pat Benatar (Patricia Mae Andrzejewski)
* Scott Joseph Shaw
* Erica Schroeder
* Erika "**Riki**" Joan Lindhome
* John Towner Williams
* Lawrence Joseph Ellison
* Altina Schinasi (RIP)
* Alyssa Jayne Milano
* Anthony Russell Hale
* William James Sidis (RIP)
* John Glover Roberts Jr.
* Hansol Vernon Choi
* Hikaru Utada
* James Emil Coco (RIP)
* Sojourner Truth (RIP)
* Edward John Noble (RIP)
* John Davison Rockefeller (RIP)
* Louis Sachar
* Joseph Barbera (RIP)
* Desmond Daniel Amofah “Etika” (RIP)
* Macaulay Carson Culkin
* Richard Phillips Feynman (RIP)
* Tony Sirico (RIP)
* Kerwin Frost
* Mickey Rooney (RIP)
* Metta Sandiford-Artest
* Lynn Yamada Davis (RIP)
* Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson

## Trivia

* He is named after the city of York in England.
* New York's Long Island is separable and alive.
* He is known for the largest city in America - New York City.
* He is the most populated of the green states.
* He was the one who got the idea for the talent show.
* He has the country's largest city- New York City.
* He has more skyscrapers than any other state.
* He is known for the Statue of Liberty.

## Quotes

* New York: "Taxi!"
* Long Island: "Yoo-hoo!"

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* "HEY, EVERYONE - LET'S HAVE A TALENT SHOW!"

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* New Jersey: “And we can end like this!”
* New York: “I love it!”

## Relationships

### Alabama and Indiana

In the first book, Alabama, New York, and Indiana move to California's place, where they are bothered by a rumbling sound.

### Michigan

In the first book, New York gives Michigan a funny shirt that says "My friends traded places with California and all I got was this stupid T-shirt"

### New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New Mexico

In the second book, all four New States perform at the talent show.

### Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania borders New York in the south. In the first book, New York pours syrup on Pennsylvania's breakfast.

## Real-world History

In 1450, the first known people living in New York were known as the Iroquois. In 1614, New York's Downstate region and Long Island were discovered by the Dutch, claiming it as a part of New Netherlands. In 1664, Downstate New York was owned by the British. During the 18th century, the rest of New York was conquered by the British. New York gained statehood in 1788.

## Inner Loop (Rochester)

The Inner Loop, formerly a complete loop is a "C" shaped highway.

### Inner Loop Exits

1. State St
2. Joseph Ave/Clinton Ave/St. Paul St
3. Scio St
4. E. Main St/University Ave
5. Union St
6. Broad St/East Ave (formerly)
7. NY 31 Monroe Ave
8. South Bullet St

## It Borders Canada

In St Lawrence County is Saint Lawrence River in Quebec and Ontario and New York.