Upstate New York

Type: Location

As of November 2026, Upstate New York has been mentioned in 4 episodes across 4 podcasts, first heard Jun 2025 on SmartLess. Upstate New York is mentioned in "The Daily Show" episode featuring Andrew Jarecki, where it serves as a setting for discussing prison abuses. Jarecki highlights a specific incident involving Robert Brooks, who was murdered by corrections officers in that region.

Upstate New York is a geographic region of New York State that lies north and northwest of the New York City metropolitan area of downstate New York. Upstate includes the middle and upper Hudson Valley, the Capital District, the Mohawk Valley region, Central New York, the Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes region, Western New York, and the North Country. Major cities across upstate New York from east to west include the state capital of Albany, Utica, Binghamton, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo.