New York

New York
Flag of New York Seal of New York Nickname(s): Excelsior, Ever Upward Motto(s): The Empire State
General State Information
Capital	Albany
Largest city	New York City
Total Square Miles	54,555 sq mi (141,299 km2)
State Width	285 miles (455 km)
State Length	330 miles (530 km)
Current Population Statistics
Total State Population	19,541,453 (2009 est.) 18,976,457 (2000)
Total Mental Health Population	10,500
- Past Maximum Population	93,600 in 1955
Current Institution Statistics
Total Number Of Institutions	12
- Public Institutions	12
- Private Institutions	0
Past Mental Health Institutions Total
Peak Number of Institutions	31 in 1950
- State Hospitals	24 in 1950
- State Schools	7 in 1950
- Private Institutions	in

State Hospital

• Binghamton State Hospital
• Brooklyn State Hospital
• Buffalo State Hospital
• Central Islip State Hospital
• Creedmoor State Hospital
• Dannemora State Hospital
• Edgewood State Hospital
• Gowanda State Hospital
• Harlem Valley State Hospital
• Hudson River State Hospital
• Institute for Defective and Delinquent Men at Napanoch
• Kings Park State Hospital
• Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center
• Long Island State Hospital
• Matteawan State Hospital
• Manhattan Psychiatric Center
• Middletown State Hospital
• Mohansic State Hospital
• Newville State Hospital
• Pilgrim State Hospital
• Ray Brook State Hospital
• Rochester Psychiatric Center
• Rockland State Hospital
• South Beach Psychiatric Center
• St. Lawrence State Hospital
• Utica State Hospital
• Watertown State Hospital
• Willard State Hospital

City and County Hospitals

• Blackwell's Island Asylum
• Hart Island Asylum
• New York City Homeopathic Hospital
• New York City Inebriate Asylum
• Riverside Hospital
• Ward's Island Asylum

State Schools

• Bronx Developmental Center
• Craig Developmental Center
• J.N. Adam Developmental Center
• Letchworth Village
• Long Island Developmental Center
• Manhattan Developmental Center
• Newark State School
• Rome State Custodial Asylum
• Sampson State School
• Staten Island Developmental Center
• State School for the Blind at Batavia
• State School for the Deaf at Rome
• Syracuse State School
• Willowbrook State School

Private Asylums

• Bloomingdale Asylum

Poor Houses and Farms

• Albany City and County Poor House
• Allegany County Poor House
• Broome County Poor House
• Cattaraugus County Poor House
• Cayuga County Poor House
• Chautauqua County House
• Chemung County Poor House
• Chenango County Poor House
• Clinton County House
• Columbia County House
• Cortland County Poor House
• Delaware County House
• Dutchess County House
• Erie County Home
• Essex County Home
• Franklin County House
• Fulton County House
• Genesee County Poor House
• Greene County House
• Herkimer County House
• Jefferson County House
• Jones Institute
• Kings County Poor House
• Lewis County House
• Livingston County House
• Madison County Poor House
• Monroe County Poor House
• Montgomery County House
• Niagara County Poor House
• Oneida County Poor House
• Onondaga County Poor House
• Ontario County Poor House
• Orange County Poorhouses
• Orleans County Poor House
• Oswego County Poor House
• Otsego County Poor House
• Putnam County Poor House
• Rensselaer County Poor House
• Richmond County House
• Rockland County House
• St. Lawrence County Poor House
• Saratoga County House
• Schenectady County Poor House
• Schoharie County Poor House
• Schuyler County Home
• Seneca County Poor House
• Steuben County Poor House
• Tompkins County Poor House
• Ulster County House
• Warren County Poor House
• Washington County Poor House
• Wayne County Poor House
• Westchester County Poor House
• Wyoming County Poor House
• Yates County Poorhouse

Sanitariums

• Buckly Sanatorium
• Clifton Springs Sanitarium
• Edward Meany Sanatorium for Tuberculosis
• Elmira City Tuberculosis Sanitarium
• Fulteney Sanitarium
• Glenridge Sanitarium
• Hillcrest Cottage Sanatorium
• Iola Sanatorium
• Medford Tuberculosis Sanatorium for Working Men and Women
• Mountain Sanatorium
• Mountain View Sanatorium
• New York City Farm Colony
• New York City Municipal Sanatorium for Tuberculosis
• Newburgh Tuberculosis Sanatorium
• Ontario County Sanatorium for Consumptives
• Oswego County Tuberculosis
• Poughkeepsie Tuberculosis Sanatorium
• Rainbow Sanatorium
• Riverside Sanatorium for Consumptives
• River Crest Sanatorium
• Schenectady County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
• Sea View Sanitarium
• Tuberculosis Sanatorium of Albany Hospital
• Tupper Lake Sanatorium
• Whitesboro Sanitarium
• Wilkinson Sanatorium

Orphan Asylums

• St Johns Orphan Asylum
• Utica Orphan Asylum

Other Asylums

• Ellis Island