The name for all the forgotten land north of Metro NYC and west of New England. If you say you're from New York, people immediately picture glamorous Manhattan. But then when you tell them you're from Buffalo or Syracuse they get disappointed.

a pleasant state of America that has many exciting attractions such as the Great American Kazoo Factory (in Eden), Niagara Falls, New York City attractions, and several Iroquois Indian reservations where you can stock up on gas and other stuff without paying a state tax (all the money goes back to the Native American community)!

a land mass put in place to quarantine(sic) new england from the rest of the country. not sure if it's for their good or ours

An overtaxed hell hole in the North Eastern United States that has moronic law makers, sky high taxes, and shitty weather for 5 months of the year.

People(definition 1 and 4) tend to forget that there is more to the state of New York than just New York City and Buffalo. Central New York is composed of cities and towns that aren't quite "upstate", despite the fact that someone from the City would assume that anything north is upstate.

These cities include Utica, New Hartford, Clinton, Holland Patent, Syracuse, Oneida, Rome, Ithaca, and other such cities/towns.

There are many hick areas that also make up CNY, but even CNYers forget about them.

Definition 4 was close to being right, but seemed to be unaware that the CNY community is close-knit would not consider themselves "midwestern New Yorkers".

1) Great song by rapper NaS from his legendary Illmatic
2) Song by singer Billy Joel
3) Trying to make fast money by illegal activities

A fucking shit test created by Albany to test students on topics such as reading and math. It usually comes once a year around April or May.

A band of heroic legendary police officers sworn to protect the universities and colleges of the New York's SUNY system.

Challenged by the quarells of protecting millions of staff, faculty, and students.

Dedicated to justice. Enforcing the law and protecting life liberty and property.

Also they have bad ass hats and uniforms.

They are trained by police academies recognized by the new york state department of criminal justice services.

They seek to one day have all the departments at different SUNY schools to become centralized; thus, so they will be more organized, run more efficiently, and better be able to protect and serve the people of NYS.

There are approximately 40 of them at stony brook university. about 3 to 6 usualy work per 8.25 hour tour. At stony brook they are responsible for the safety of over 40,000 people during the day. That includes faculty, staff, students, the University Hospital patients, and all other people who have business there.

God bless them. Every one of them.

Note: Sometimes refered to as NYSUP or UPD, or by the specific department like SUPD (StonyBrook University Police department).

A competition held on Long Island and parts of upstate New York. In this competition, firemen are timed to do simple yet complex tasks to train, and have fun.