Utica, New York is a city the State of New York and the county seat of Oneida County.

The City of Utica is situated within the region referred to as the Mohawk Valley in Eastern New York State. Utica has an extensive park system, with winter and summer sports facilities.

Like many industrial towns and cities from New England through Upstate New York and into the Midwest, Utica has experienced a major reduction in manufacturing activity in the past several decades, and is in serious financial straits; many public services have been curtailed to save money. Suburbs in the region have begun to experience suburban sprawl; this is common in many Upstate New York cities, which are suffering from what the Sierra Club termed "sprawl without growth."

The arrival of a large number of Bosnian immigrants over the past several years has invigorated the economy while they constitute about 10% of the total population of Utica. Its economy is heavily dependent on commercial growth in its most significant suburbs, New Hartford and Herkimer.