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This list contains all municipalities incorporated as cities in the State of New York and shows the county in which each city is located.

Two cities (New York City and Albany) were incorporated in the 17th century, while the most recent incorporation, of Rye, occurred in 1942. Except for Sherrill, the cities are distinct from towns. Geneva and New York are the only cities in more than one county.

List of cities

Extremes in size and population

The most populous and largest city by area in the state is by far New York City, home to 8,804,190 people and comprising just over 300 square miles (800 km²) of land (468.87 square miles (1,210 km²) including water). The least populous city is Sherrill, with just 3,071 inhabitants. The smallest city by area is Mechanicville, which covers 0.91 square miles (2.4 km²) (of which 0.08 square miles (0.2 km²) is water).^[2][3]

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