Markii ugu horraysay ee reer Yurub yimaadeen New York, New York waxaa degganaa qabiilooyinka Algonquian iyo Iroquoian-ku hadla ee Native Americans dhowr boqol oo sano. Gumaystayaasha Faransiiska iyo adeegayaasha Jesuit waxay u yimaadeen koonfurta Montreal si ay u ganacsadaan oo ay u wacdiyaan. 1609, gobolka waxaa booqday Henry Hudson oo u safray Shirkadda Dutch East India Company. Hollandku wuxuu dhisay Fort Nassau 1614 isgoyska webiyada Hudson iyo Mohawk, halkaas oo caasimadda maanta ee Albany ay markii dambe ku soo korodhay.
Hudson