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Metropolitan Areas in New York (definitions of metropolitan) with links to the local Cooperative Extension office:

Notes:
MSA = Metropolitan Statistical Area
(#) = Rural-Urban Continuum Code

Greater than 1 million population (4)

MSA: New York – Newark NY/NJ

Principal Cities: New York City
MSA Counties: Kings, Queens, New York, Suffolk, Bronx, Nassau, Westchester, Erie, Monroe, Richmond, Dutchess, Orange, Rockland

MSA: Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Olean, NY

Principal Cities: Buffalo, Olean
MSA Counties: Erie, Niagara, Cattaraugus

MSA: Albany-Schenectady, NY

Principal Cities: Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Glens Falls, Hudson, Gloversville, Amsterdam
MSA Counties: Albany, Saratoga, Rensselear, Schenectady, Schoharie, Warren, Washington, Columbia, Fulton, Montgomery

MSA: Rochester-Batavia-Seneca Falls, NY

Principal Cities: Rochester, Batavia, Seneca Falls
MSA Counties: Monroe, Ontario, Wayne, Livingston, Orleans, Yates, Genesee, Seneca

250,000 to 1 million population (1)

MSA: Syracuse-Auburn, NY

Principal Cities: Syracuse, Auburn
MSA Counties: Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Cayuga

Fewer than 250,000 population (2)

MSA: Elmira-Corning, NY

Principal Cities: Corning, Elmira
MSA Counties: Steuben, Chemung

MSA: Ithaca-Cortland, NY

Principal Cities: Ithaca, Cortland
MSA Counties: Thompkins, Cortland

New York Core Based Statistical Areas Map