This topic has been discussed many times, until
community consensus was finally achieved in July 2017. In a nutshell, the term "New York" is often understood as referring to New York City, and often as referring to New York State. Both of these uses are far more frequent to other meanings, however neither the city nor the state are overwhelmingly dominant. For lack of a
primary topic, the disambiguation page allows readers to decide where to go. Links to
New York are automatically flagged so that their author or a dab volunteer can select the intended destination. More details at the
Talk:New York/July 2016 move request which failed to reach consensus, and at the
July 2017 move request which was adopted.
