Portal:New York (state)/Did you know/10

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 * ...that the Adirondack Park Agency was created in an attempt to settle the dispute over whether wilderness within the site should be preserved, or be exploited for profit?
 * ...that Same-sex marriage in New York became legal on July 24, 2011, under the Marriage Equality Act?
 * ...that Coney Island in southern Brooklyn has a population of 60,000?