Established in 1964, [http://flipflashpages.uniflip.com/2/31544/67527/pub/ New York Blood Center] (NYBC) is one of the largest community-based, nonprofit blood collection and distribution organizations in the United States. NYBC annually provides close to one million blood components to 200 hospitals throughout New York City, New Jersey, the Hudson Valley, Long Island, and parts of Connecticut and Pennsylvania. - Source: Wikipedia