upstate
Downstate as defined by the New York State Dept of Tourism:
Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Southern Dutchess Counties.
Includes: City of Rye, Peekskill, Newburgh, Middletown, Beacon, Port Jervis, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, White Plains, ect.
So anything north of Poughkeepsie basically, like Ulster and Columbia counties.
Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, and Southern Dutchess Counties.
Includes: City of Rye, Peekskill, Newburgh, Middletown, Beacon, Port Jervis, Yonkers, Mount Vernon, White Plains, ect.
So anything north of Poughkeepsie basically, like Ulster and Columbia counties.