Oxford Handbook of New York State Government and PoliticsNew York remains the Empire State. Its trillion dollar economy makes the state a national and often world leader in banking, finance, publishing, soft services (law, accounting, insurance, consulting), higher education, culture, and the arts. With more than one in five of its residents having immigrated from elsewhere, New York State is an ethnic and social harbinger for an increasingly diverse nation. Recent years have found it, like many other big