[375]:3132[376] New York also leads in hedge fund management; private equity; and the monetary volume of mergers and acquisitions. [454], Sociologists and criminologists have not reached consensus on the explanation for the dramatic long-term decrease in the city's crime rate. The Yankees have won a record 27 championships,[529] while the Mets have won the World Series twice. The New Jersey Devils play at Prudential Center in nearby Newark, New Jersey and traditionally represent the counties of neighboring New Jersey which are coextensive with the boundaries of the New York metropolitan area and media market. Broadway, from 159th Street to 218th Street in Upper Manhattan, is named Juan Rodriguez Way in his honor. [481][482] New York has also frequently been ranked the top fashion capital of the world on the annual list compiled by the Global Language Monitor. [456] Others cite the end of the crack epidemic and demographic changes,[457] including from immigration. [297] The non-Hispanic White population has begun to increase since 2010. The New York City Public Schools system, managed by the New York City Department of Education, is the largest public school system in the United States, serving about 1.1million students in more than 1,700 separate primary and secondary schools. The Padrn Real of 1527, the first scientific map to show the East Coast of North America continuously, was informed by Gomes' expedition and labeled the northeastern United States as Tierra de Esteban Gmez in his honor.[57]. Multibillion-dollar heavy rail transit projects under construction in New York City include the Second Avenue Subway, and the East Side Access project. [38], New York's real estate market is the most expensive in the world. [348] In 2022, New York City was home to the highest number of billionaires of any city in the world, including former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, with a total of 107. [386], Real estate is a major force in the city's economy, as the total value of all New York City property was assessed at US$1.072trillion for the 2017 fiscal year, an increase of 10.6% from the previous year, with 89% of the increase coming from market effects. New York's historic sister cities are denoted below by the year they joined New York City's partnership network. ", "A Nation challenged: in New York; New York Carries On, but Test of Its Grit Has Just Begun", "Marine Park, Brooklyn: Block Parties, Bocce and Salt Air", "19 Reasons Why Brooklyn Is New York's New Startup Hotspot", "One Celebrated Brooklyn Artist's Futuristic New Practice", "In Queens, It's the Glorious 4th, and 6th, and 16th, and 25th", "How Big Is That Park? [40] The city features over 120 colleges and universities, including some of the world's top universities. [53], In the pre-Columbian era, the area of present-day New York City was inhabited by Algonquian Native Americans, including the Lenape. [66] In 1626, the Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit, acting as charged by the Dutch West India Company, purchased the island of Manhattan from the Canarsie, a small Lenape band,[67] for "the value of 60 guilders"[68] (about $900 in 2018). [305] The city's Jewish communities are derived from many diverse sects, predominantly from around the Middle East and Eastern Europe, and including a rapidly growing Orthodox Jewish population, also the largest outside Israel. New York's high rate of public transit use, more than 200,000 daily cyclists as of 2014[update],[548] and many pedestrian commuters make it the most energy-efficient major city in the United States. Queens is the site of the Citi Field baseball stadium, home of the New York Mets, and hosts the annual U.S. Open tennis tournament at Flushing MeadowsCorona Park. In 1609, the English explorer Henry Hudson rediscovered New York Harbor while searching for the Northwest Passage to the Orient for the Dutch East India Company. The public CUNY system is one of the largest universities in the nation, comprising 25 institutions across all five boroughs: senior colleges, community colleges, and other graduate/professional schools. [546] Mass transit use in New York City is the highest in the United States. [264], In 2020, the city had an estimated population density of 29,302.37 inhabitants per square mile (11,313.71/km2), rendering it the nation's most densely populated of all larger municipalities (those with more than 100,000 residents), with several small cities (of fewer than 100,000) in adjacent Hudson County, New Jersey having greater density, as per the 2010 census. [483], One of the most common traits attributed to New York City is its fast pace,[484][485][486] which spawned the term New York minute. The technology sector has been claiming a greater share of New York City's economy since 2010. Staten Island (Richmond County) is the most suburban in character of the five boroughs. [425] According to Academic Ranking of World Universities, New York City has, on average, the best higher education institutions of any global city.[426]. [576] The city has a strong imbalance of payments with the national and state governments. New York City has been a metropolitan municipality with a Strong mayorcouncil form of government[569] since its consolidation in 1898. [70][71], Following the purchase, New Amsterdam grew slowly. 3, an integral part of the New York City water supply system, is the largest capital construction project in the city's history,[562] with segments serving Manhattan and the Bronx completed, and with segments serving Brooklyn and Queens planned for construction in 2020. The fashion industry is based in Midtown Manhattan and is represented by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CDFA), headquartered in Lower Manhattan. It has generally been considered one of the most recognizable accents within American English.[516]. Discovery, the Thomson Reuters Corporation, the Associated Press, Bloomberg L.P., the News Corp, The New York Times Company, NBCUniversal, the Hearst Corporation, AOL, Fox Corporation, and Paramount Global. The Bronx (Bronx County) is both New York City's northernmost borough, and the only one that is mostly on the mainland. [64][65] The colony of New Amsterdam was centered on what would ultimately become Lower Manhattan. [550] In both its 2011 and 2015 rankings, Walk Score named New York City the most walkable large city in the United States,[551][552][553] and in 2018, Stacker ranked New York the most walkable U.S. The 20th century saw a rise in the Mafia, dominated by the Five Families, as well as in gangs, including the Black Spades. [94] The Battle of Long Island, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War, was fought in August 1776 within the modern-day borough of Brooklyn. [23], The city and its metropolitan area constitute the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States. [140], New York City was heavily affected by Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012. At the end of that year, pursuant to the Residence Act, the national capital was moved to Philadelphia. Let's Keep It That Way", "Major U.S. metropolitan areas differ in their religious profiles", "Religion in America: U.S. Several investment banks and investment managers headquartered in Manhattan are important participants in other global financial centers. The location at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturally sheltered harbor and then into the Atlantic Ocean, has helped the city grow in significance as a trading port. Climate change has spawned the development of a significant climate resiliency and environmental sustainability economy in the city. [350][351][352] As of 2018, there were 78,676 homeless people in New York City. The city is a leader in the construction of energy-efficient green office buildings, including the Hearst Tower among others. [560] The Croton Watershed north of the city is undergoing construction of a $3.2billion water purification plant to augment New York City's water supply by an estimated 290million gallons daily, representing a greater than 20% addition to the city's current availability of water. As the most populous city in the U.S. - set at the forefront of food, fashion and the arts - NYC requires stamina. Cycling in New York City is associated with mixed cycling conditions that include urban density, relatively flat terrain, congested roadways with stop-and-go traffic, and many pedestrians. Broadway theatre is one of the premier forms of English-language theatre in the world, named after Broadway, the major thoroughfare that crosses Times Square,[493] also sometimes referred to as "The Great White Way". These include numerous ethnic enclaves; the Unisphere, Flushing MeadowsCorona Park, and Downtown Flushing in Queens; Downtown Brooklyn, Coney Island, Williamsburg, Park Slope, and Prospect Park in Brooklyn; the Bronx Zoo, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Grand Concourse in the Bronx; and the Staten Island Ferry shuttling passengers between Staten Island and the South Ferry Terminal bordering Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, at the historical birthplace of New York City. [218] The snowiest month on record is February 2010, with 36.9 inches (94cm) of snowfall. The majority of historically African American churches are affiliated with the National Baptist Convention (USA) and Progressive National Baptist Convention. The combined systems converge at Grand Central Terminal and Pennsylvania Station and contain more than 250 stations and 20 rail lines. [126], The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent protests by members of the gay community against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. In 1972, it became the first city to win titles in five sports when the Cosmos won the NASL final. [494][495][496] Forty-one venues in Midtown Manhattan's Theatre District, each with at least 500 seats, are classified as Broadway theatres. [292] Koreans made up 1.2% of the city's population, and Japanese 0.3%. [79] After the founding, the duke gave part of the colony to proprietors George Carteret and John Berkeley. In 2017, there were 205,592 employer firms in New York City. [102] Under New York State's abolition act of 1799, children of slave mothers were to be eventually liberated but to be held in indentured servitude until their mid-to-late twenties. [80] The transfer was confirmed in 1667 by the Treaty of Breda, which concluded the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The snowiest season (JulJun) on record is 19951996, with 75.6 inches (192cm) of snowfall. New York City is sometimes referred to collectively as the Five Boroughs. [450] In 2005, the homicide rate was at its lowest level since 1966,[451] and in 2009, the city recorded fewer than 461 homicides for the first time ever since crime statistics were first published in 1963. Gateway National Recreation Area contains over 26,000 acres (110km2), most of it in New York City. [442] Members of the NYPD are frequently referred to by politicians, the media, and their own police cars by the nickname, New York's Finest. Times Square is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway Theater District,[35] one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections[36] and a major center of the world's entertainment industry. [328] New York City is also home to the largest transgender population in the world, estimated at more than 50,000 in 2018, concentrated in Manhattan and Queens; however, until the June 1969 Stonewall riots, this community had felt marginalized and neglected by the gay community. [319][320] Same-sex sexual activity between consenting adults has been legal in New York since the New York v. Onofre case in 1980 which invalidated the state's sodomy law. The least snowy season was 19721973, with 2.3 inches (5.8cm) of snowfall.
New York News, Weather, Traffic & Sports - ABC7 New York Here's where to go", "Personal Income Tax & Non-resident NYC Employee Payments", New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, "M&M's. [341] Given both the size and scale of the city, as well as its relative proxinity and accessibility by air transportation to the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and South Asia, 22.3% of American Muslims live in New York City, with 1.5 million Muslims in the greater New York metropolitan area, representing the largest metropolitan Muslim population in the Western Hemisphere[342]and the most ethnically diverse Muslim population of any city in the world. [206] The city lies in the USDA 7b plant hardiness zone. Evangelical Protestantism is the largest branch of Protestantism in the city (9%), followed by Mainline Protestantism (8%), while the converse is usually true for other cities and metropolitan areas. [167] Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of New York State, making New York City one of the U.S. municipalities in multiple counties. Seven of the world's top eight global advertising agency networks have their headquarters in New York. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy,[13][14] and is sometimes described as the capital of the world. New York City also has an extensive web of freeways and parkways, which link the city's boroughs to each other and to North Jersey, Westchester County, Long Island, and southwestern Connecticut through various bridges and tunnels. Other formerly active military reservations still used for National Guard and military training or reserve operations in the city include Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island and Fort Totten in Queens. [449] By 2002, New York City was ranked 197th in crime among the 216 U.S. cities with populations greater than 100,000. Multiple sources have called New York the most photographed city in the world.[391][392][393]. [502] Many of the world's most lucrative art auctions are held in New York City. New York, Detroit and Toronto were among the 10 cities with the world's worst air quality. Public transport is widely used in New York City. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to the U.S. by ship in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and is a symbol of the U.S. and its ideals of liberty and peace. [555] New York City's numerical "in-season cycling indicator" of bicycling in the city had hit an all-time high of 437 when measured in 2014. [557] As a result of the watershed's integrity and undisturbed natural water filtration system, New York is one of only four major cities in the United States the majority of whose drinking water is pure enough not to require purification through water treatment plants. [344][345], Following these three largest religious groups in New York City are Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Zoroastrianism, and a variety of other religions. [517] The character Archie Bunker from the 1970s television sitcom All in the Family was an example of this pattern of speech. In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called upon the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United States after the South seceded, but his proposal was not acted on. Attendance in 20132014 stood at 12.21million, representing a 5.5% increase from the 20122013 season's 11.57million. Zillow has 23241 homes for sale in New York NY. The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is the world's largest parade,[513] beginning alongside Central Park and processing southward to the flagship Macy's Herald Square store;[515] the parade is viewed on telecasts worldwide and draws millions of spectators in person. New York was the last capital of the U.S. under the Articles of Confederation and the first capital under the Constitution of the United States. [296] The non-Hispanic White population was 6.6million in 1940. If the New York metropolitan area were a sovereign state, it would have the eighth-largest economy in the world. [193] In contrast, New York City also has neighborhoods that are less densely populated and feature free-standing dwellings. independence. Manufacturing declined over the 20th century but still accounts for significant employment. [574] New York City has not been carried by a Republican presidential election since President Calvin Coolidge won the five boroughs in 1924. In New York City, therefore, all turns at red lights are illegal unless a sign permitting such maneuvers is present.[613]. These include the Woolworth Building, an early example of Gothic Revival architecture in skyscraper design, built with massively scaled Gothic detailing; completed in 1913, for 17 years it was the world's tallest building.[189]. The city constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by both population and urban area. [524] Madison Square Garden, its predecessor, the original Yankee Stadium and Ebbets Field, are sporting venues in New York City, the latter two having been commemorated on U.S. postage stamps. [149][150][151][152], During the Wisconsin glaciation, 75,000 to 11,000 years ago, the New York City area was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over 2,000 feet (610m) in depth. [559], According to the 2016 World Health Organization Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database,[564] the annual average concentration in New York City's air of particulate matter measuring 2.5micrometers or less (PM2.5) was 7.0micrograms per cubic meter, or 3.0micrograms within the recommended limit of the WHO Air Quality Guidelines for the annual mean PM2.5. The City Council is a unicameral body consisting of 51 council members whose districts are defined by geographic population boundaries. [471] In describing New York, author Tom Wolfe said, "Culture just seems to be in the air, like part of the weather."[472]. Find information about important alerts, 311 services, news, programs, events, government employment, the office of the Mayor and elected officials. the expected highest and lowest temperature readings at any point during the year or given month) calculated based on data at said location from 1991 to 2020. News 12 Networks operated News 12 The Bronx and News 12 Brooklyn. [117] Throughout the first half of the 20th century, the city became a world center for industry, commerce, and communication. The primary general aviation airport serving the area is Teterboro Airport. New York is also a major center for non-commercial educational media. In 2015, fewer than 23,000 New York City residents were employed in the manufacture of garments, accessories, and finished textiles, although efforts to revive the industry were underway,[364] and the American fashion industry continues to be metonymized as Seventh Avenue.[365]. Manhattan hosts the First Department of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division while Brooklyn hosts the Second Department. [213], The city receives 49.5 inches (1,260mm) of precipitation annually, which is relatively evenly spread throughout the year. The growing skyline of Long Island City in Queens,[186] facing the East River and Manhattan in May 2017, The Grand Concourse in The Bronx with Manhattan in the background in February 2018, St. George as seen from the Staten Island Ferry, the world's busiest passenger-only ferry system, shuttling passengers between Manhattan and Staten Island, New York has architecturally noteworthy buildings in a wide range of styles and from distinct time periods, from the Dutch Colonial Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House in Brooklyn, the oldest section of which dates to 1656, to the modern One World Trade Center, the skyscraper at Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan and the most expensive office tower in the world by construction cost. According to the city, New York's more than 60,000 delivery workers currently make an average of $7.09 an hour. Latest breaking news from New York City. Senators: Charles E. Schumer (Democrat) Kirsten Gillibrand (Democrat) See all facts & stats Recent News In 1614, the area between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay was claimed by the Netherlands and called Nieuw-Nederland ('New Netherland'). [52] James's elder brother, King CharlesII, appointed the Duke as proprietor of the former territory of New Netherland, including the city of New Amsterdam, when England seized it from Dutch control. [387], In 2014, Manhattan was home to six of the top ten ZIP codes in the United States by median housing price. [199], According to the United States Geological Survey, an updated analysis of seismic hazard in July 2014 revealed a "slightly lower hazard for tall buildings" in New York City than previously assessed. The public State University of New York (SUNY) system includes campuses in New York City, including SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY Maritime College, and SUNY College of Optometry. Large parts of the city and surrounding areas lost electricity for several days. City Now Has the Answer", "NYC's Fastest-Growing Neighborhood Gets $180 Million Investment", "As One World Trade Center soars, so do its costs", "Alchemy borrows $220M for Woolworth conversion", "The Metropolitan Dimension of Early Zoning: Revisiting the 1916 New York City Ordinance", Journal of the American Planning Association, "Favorites! Points of interest have also developed in the city outside Manhattan and have made the outer boroughs tourist destinations in their own right. The Gaelic games are played in Riverdale, Bronx at Gaelic Park, home to the New York GAA, the only North American team to compete at the senior inter-county level. Largely as a result of Western European missionary work and colonialism, Christianity is the largest religion (59% adherent) in New York City,[331] which is home to the highest number of churches of any city in the world. [169], Manhattan is the cultural, administrative, and financial center of New York City and contains the headquarters of many major multinational corporations, the United Nations headquarters, Wall Street, and a number of important universities. [409] Two of the three national daily newspapers with the largest circulations in the United States are published in New York: The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times (NYT).
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