List of cities City County Population (2020 Census) Incorporation date FIPS code (subdivision) FIPS code (place) Albany Albany 99,224 1686 3600101000 3601000 Amsterdam Montgomery 18,219 1830 3605702066 3602066 Auburn Cayuga 26,173 1848 3601103078 3603078 Batavia Genesee 15,600 1915 3603704715 3604715 Beacon Dutchess 15,968 1913 3602705100 3605100 Binghamton Broome 47,969 1867 3600706607 3606607 Buffalo Erie 278,439 1832 3602911000 3611000 Canandaigua Ontario 10,576 1913 3606912144 3612144 Cohoes Albany 18,147 1869 3600116749 3616749 Corning Steuben 10,538 1890 3610118256 3618256 Cortland Cortland 17,556 1900 3602318388 3618388 Dunkirk Chautauqua 12,743 1888 3601321105 3621105 Elmira Chemung 27,054 1864 3601524229 3624229 Fulton Oswego 11,896 1902 3607527815 3627815 Geneva Ontario Seneca[A] 12,631 1898 3606928640 3609928640 3628640 Glen Cove Nassau 26,964 1918 3605929113 3629113 Glens Falls Warren 14,700 1908 3611329333 3629333 Gloversville Fulton 15,665 1890 3603529443 3629443 Hornell Steuben 8,563 1888 3610135672 3635672 Hudson Columbia 6,713 1785 3602135969 3635969 Ithaca Tompkins 32,108 1888 3610938077 3638077 Jamestown Chautauqua 28,712 1886 3601338264 3638264 Johnstown Fulton 8,743 1895 3603538781 3638781 Kingston Ulster 23,893 1872 3611139727 3639727 Lackawanna Erie 18,141 1909 3602940189 3640189 Little Falls Herkimer 4,946 1895 3604342741 3642741 Lockport Niagara 21,165 1865 3606343082 3643082 Long Beach Nassau 33,275 1922 3605943335 3643335 Mechanicville Saratoga 5,196 1915 3609146360 3646360 Middletown Orange 28,086 1888 3607147042 3647042 Mount Vernon Westchester 67,292 1892 3611949121 3649121 New Rochelle Westchester 79,726 1889 3611950617 3650617 New York City Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond 8,804,190 1653[B] 3651000 Newburgh Orange 28,866 1865 3607150034 3650034 Niagara Falls Niagara 48,671 1892 3606351055 3651055 North Tonawanda Niagara 31,568 1897 3606353682 3653682 Norwich Chenango 7,190 1914 3601753979 3653979 Ogdensburg St. Lawrence 11,128 1868 3608954485 3654485 Olean Cattaraugus 14,452 1854 3600954716 3654716 Oneida Madison 11,393 1901 3605354837 3654837 Oneonta Otsego 13,901 1908 3607754881 3654881 Oswego Oswego 18,142 1848 3607555574 3655574 Peekskill Westchester 23,583 1940 3611956979 3656979 Plattsburgh Clinton 19,989 1902 3601958574 3658574 Port Jervis Orange 8,828 1907 3607159388 3659388 Poughkeepsie Dutchess 32,736 1854 3602759641 3659641 Rensselaer Rensselaer 9,392 1897 3608361148 3661148 Rochester Monroe 211,328 1834 3605563000 3663000 Rome Oneida 32,127 1870 3606563418 3663418 Rye Westchester 15,720 1942 3611964309 3664309 Salamanca Cattaraugus 5,815 1913 3600964749 3664749 Saratoga Springs Saratoga 28,491 1915 3609165255 3665255 Schenectady Schenectady 66,135 1798 3609365508 3665508 Sherrill Oneida 3,071 1916 3666993 Syracuse Onondaga 148,620 1848 3606773000 3673000 Tonawanda Erie 15,130 1904 3602974166 3674166 Troy Rensselaer 51,401 1816 3608375484 3675484 Utica Oneida 65,283 1832 3606576540 3676540 Watertown Jefferson 27,023 1869 3604578608 3678608 Watervliet Albany 10,254 1896 3600178674 3678674 White Plains Westchester 59,559 1916 3611981677 3681677 Yonkers Westchester 211,569 1872 3611984000 3684000