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A lot.
Seriously. The fossil record of New York state is composed of sediments deposited during the early Paleozoic (the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian periods). Pretty much any early Paleozoic metazoan you can think of is likely found in New York.
New York is well known for the Niagara Formation, an Silurian-aged formation that represents the remains of an ancient reef system. Eminent paleontologist James P. Hall wrote extensively on his discoveries within the Niagara Formation, which include brachiopods, bivalves, crinoids, sponges, corals, trilobites, cephalopods, gatropods, bryozoans, and the New York state fossil, the eurypterid. Eurypterids are large, scorpion-like predators that were top of the food chain during the Silurian Period.
The Devonian saw the evolution of the first bony fishes. These early fish were very different from the fish we know today: they were covered in heavy plates of "armor" for defense from predators.
New York also has some fossils recovered from the last Ice Age, primarily freshwater mollusks, and some plant remains.
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