The Civil Rights Act of 1866 became law on April 9, 1866, by a two-thirds majority overriding President Andrew Johnsonâs veto. The first aim of the Act was to provide federal protection to emancipated African Americans, giving practical effect to the Thirteenth Amendment.
Albany is located about 150 miles (240 km) north of New York City on the Hudson River. It has a total area of 21.8 square miles (56 km2), of which 21.4 square miles (55 km2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2) (1.8%) is water.
1 Total land area of New York is 54,475 square miles. 2  New York's border states are: Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (water border). 3  The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, was put up in the New York harbor, in 1886.  New York Stock Exchange is the center of world finance.