Stefanik's rise seeded in New York's North Country By Nick Reisman and Kevin Frey City of Albany UPDATED 8:30 PM ET May. 07, 2021 PUBLISHED 12:02 PM ET May. 07, 2021 PUBLISHED 12:02 PM EDT May. 07, 2021 SHARE The first thing to know about the 21st Congressional District in New York is that it's big. Very, very big. The district is the geographically largest in the eastern United States, running through much of the state's border with Canada and Vermont to the exurbs of the Capital Region and over through Central New York. It encompasses what, for many New Yorkers outside of the area, is an Eden-like vacationland of the Adirondack Park, the High Peaks region and the Thousand Islands.