It was George Washington I believe who declared, after we won independence from the British Monarchy, that New York is now the center of the Empire. I think that's when we got the nickname, the Empire State? Being the center of "everything" has created this amazing financial, manufacturing and knowledge brokering juggernaut of New York that transports us all forward to new and improved standards of living. One of the downsides is the many consequential impacts on the environment. We, New York residents, have played a leadership role in environmental awareness as well. We've learned how to clean up the industrial mess of the past and found novel ways to regulate and fund the necessary best practices to ensure the conservation of our natural resources in the future. We've failed! We've been successful! and we've experienced constant change not the least of which is a doubling of our forested area in less than 100 years!
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