U.S. citizenship · New York answers
As of October 26, 2026, New York’s seats in the U.S. Senate belong to Charles Schumer of Brooklyn and Kirsten Gillibrand of Albany, both members of the Democratic Party.
Kathy Hochul, sworn in during 2021, is the 57th Governor of New York and the first woman ever to lead the state.
Albany is the capital of New York, and state government business has been carried out in the New York State Capitol on Albany’s State Street hill since the 1880s (per senate.gov, governor.ny.gov and empirestateplaza.ny.gov, checked on Oct 26, 2026).
Answer with whoever holds the office on the day of your interview.
Question 23 · Who is one of your state’s U.S. senators now?
Charles Schumer or Kirsten Gillibrand
source, Oct 26, 2026
Question 29 · Name your U.S. representative.
It depends on your district
source, Oct 26, 2026
Question 61 · Who is the governor of your state now?
Kathy Hochul
source, Oct 26, 2026
Question 62 · What is the capital of your state?
Albany
source, Oct 26, 2026
The House of Representatives lists 26 New York districts, from the 1st through the 26th, so New Yorkers do not share a single representative. Find your representative by ZIP code at house.gov.
Questions 30, 38, 39 and 57 ask for the Speaker, the President, the Vice President and the Chief Justice: those answers are the same in every state and are on the full list with the names USCIS accepts.
Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand. You only have to say one, and Schumer may be the more familiar name because he leads the Senate Democrats.
senate.gov writes both names with a middle initial, Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand.
Kathy Hochul, the 57th governor and the first woman in the job, in office since 2021. Because USCIS stars this question, it is part of the short list for applicants who are 65 or older with 20 years as permanent residents.
Sources: About | Governor Kathy Hochul · 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), Form M-1778
Start from your address, not the state: New York has 26 House members. USCIS itself points to house.gov, where a ZIP code search shows your district and who serves it.
Sources: Check for Test Updates · Representatives
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Who is one of your state’s U.S. senators now?
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No. The capital is Albany, where the state government has worked in the State Capitol on State Street since the 1880s. Source: official page "New York State Capitol", checked on Oct 26, 2026.
Yes, senate.gov marks Schumer and Gillibrand as Democrats. Party plays no part in question 23, though, which asks only who one of your senators is. Source: official page "U.S. Senate: States in the Senate", checked on Oct 26, 2026.
No. OneTryPass is an independent practice site. The names on this page come from official .gov pages, linked next to each answer, and the full USCIS question list is free at uscis.gov.
8 facts from official pages, each with the date we read it.
U.S. senators: senate.gov; Governor: governor.ny.gov; State capital: empirestateplaza.ny.gov; U.S. representative: house.gov and uscis.gov.
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How often each kind of rule is read again: U.S. senators, 30 days; governor, 30 days; state capital, 365 days; U.S. representative, 90 days.
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