Since then, that sketch has become a trademarked logo, owned by the New York State Department of Economic Development. It has appeared in myriad souvenir shops and raked in millions of dollars ...

He designed the iconic "I ♥ NY" logo in 1977 as part of a tourism campaign for New York State. According to New York, Glaser came up with the logo in the backseat of a cab after pitching a ...