Citizenship Test Answers for New York
Four of the 128 civics questions depend on where you live. Here is how to answer them if you live in New York.
62. What is the capital of your state?
Answer for New York
Albany
This is the one state-specific answer that does not change. The three below change with elections. Every name on this page is checked each night against the congressional record and, for governors, two independent public records, and a name is left out rather than printed when the sources disagree.
23. Who is one of your state's U.S. senators now?
Answer for New York now
- Charles E. Schumer
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand
You only need to give one of these names.
New York has two U.S. senators, like every state. You only need to name one of them. Senators are elected to six-year terms, so this answer changes; give the name of a senator serving on the day of your interview.
Look up New York's senators at senate.gov
29. Name your U.S. representative.
Your representative depends on your congressional district, not just your state, so it is different for two people living in the same city. Look it up by ZIP code.
All 26 of New York's representatives, by district
| District | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1 | Nick LaLota |
| 2 | Andrew R. Garbarino |
| 3 | Thomas R. Suozzi |
| 4 | Laura Gillen |
| 5 | Gregory W. Meeks |
| 6 | Grace Meng |
| 7 | Nydia M. Velázquez |
| 8 | Hakeem S. Jeffries |
| 9 | Yvette D. Clarke |
| 10 | Daniel S. Goldman |
| 11 | Nicole Malliotakis |
| 12 | Jerrold Nadler |
| 13 | Adriano Espaillat |
| 14 | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez |
| 15 | Ritchie Torres |
| 16 | George Latimer |
| 17 | Michael Lawler |
| 18 | Patrick Ryan |
| 19 | Josh Riley |
| 20 | Paul Tonko |
| 21 | Elise M. Stefanik |
| 22 | John W. Mannion |
| 23 | Nicholas A. Langworthy |
| 24 | Claudia Tenney |
| 25 | Joseph D. Morelle |
| 26 | Timothy M. Kennedy |
If you do not know your district, the lookup below finds it from your ZIP code.
Find your representative at house.gov
Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.
61. Who is the governor of your state now?
Answer for New York now
Kathy Hochul
Governors are elected and change, so answer with whoever is serving on the day of your
interview. Your state government's official .gov website is the reliable
place to check.
Background on New York
Albany is New York's capital, and New York City, more than fifty times larger, is not — probably the most-missed capital on the whole test. Albany got the seat in 1797, partly because upstate legislators distrusted the city's dominance. New York is one of the thirteen original states and became the 11th state in 1788. It has 26 congressional districts and 28 electoral votes. Two other answers live here: the Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor, and the Federalist Papers were published in New York newspapers to win exactly that ratification vote. New York City also served as the first national capital under the Constitution, in 1789 and 1790.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and it names no senator, representative or governor itself: those names change with elections, so they appear only in the answers above, which are checked every night.
The other 124 questions
Everything else on the civics test is the same no matter where you live.