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  New York City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Upper New York Bay is surrounded by Manhattan, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the coast of New Jersey, and is connected by the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island to Lower New York Bay, which is partially surrounded by Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the coast of New Jersey, and opens to the Atlantic Ocean.
New York City is also home to the nation's largest community of American Jews, with an estimate of 972,000 in 2002, and is the worldwide headquarters of the Hasidic Lubavitch sect and the Bobover and Satmar branches of Hasidism.
New York is a city of great museums with the Metropolitan Museum of Art's assemblage of historic art, the Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim Museum's 20th century collection, and the American Museum of Natural History and its Hayden Planetarium focusing on the sciences.
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 New York City - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York in which it is located — is the most populous city in the United States, and the second most populous in North America after Mexico City.
New York City is at the heart of the New York metropolitan area with a population of around 21 million, which itself is part of the so-called BosWash megalopolis extending from Boston to Washington, DC, a core economic region of the nation with a population of approximately 44 million people.
Prior to 1898, New York City consisted of Manhattan and the Bronx, which was annexed by the city from southern Westchester County in two separate actions: the western portion in 1874, and the remaining portion in 1895.
open-encyclopedia.com /New_York_City   (5433 words)

  
 New York City Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Located in the state of New York, New York City has a population of 8,104,079 people contained within 309 square miles (800 km²), and is the heart of the New York Metropolitan Area, which is one of the largest urban conglomerations in the world with a population of over 22 million.
New York City, sometimes called "The City That Never Sleeps," is famously fast-paced and active, and the American idiom "in a New York minute" means "immediately." The stereotypical "hard-boiled New Yorker" has a reputation as self-centered, rude, and impatient, and takes pride in the crowds, noise, and hardships of city life.
New York City is also the home of the four major U.S. television networks, ABC, CBS the Fox Network, and NBC, as well as news organization CNN, and while the local film industry is dwarfed by that of Hollywood, its billions of dollars in revenue make it the second largest in the nation.
encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/New_York_City   (7667 words)

  
 New York City - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
I read somewhere that New York was not expected to win because the IOC would be unlikely to have the Summer Olympics and the preceding Winter Olympics in the same continent (the 2010 Winter Games are in Vancouver).
Then, of course, there are people who are born in New York City but who leave fairly early in life and generally aren't associated with the city (Norman Rockwell).
New York City in 1977 was in the middle of wild upheaval on all fronts, from the hunt for the Son of Sam killer and the citywide flout to a brutal mayor's race and the rise of punk rock and the zenith of disco.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /new_york_city.htm   (5266 words)

  
 City Mayors: Mayor of New York
City Mayors reports on topical urban issues and publishes ideas, research and proposals by mayors, governments and NGOs as well as contributions by the private sector.
City Mayors questions those who govern the world’s cities and invites comment by men and women who contribute to urban society and environment.
We are looking for mayors who have shown that they have the vision, the passion and the skills to make their cities amazing places to live in, to work in and to visit.
www.citymayors.com /usa/nyc.html   (947 words)

  
 Mayor of new york city   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
the mayor of the city of New York and the speaker of the council of the city of...
Michael R. Bloomberg, the 108th Mayor of the City of New York was born on February 14, 1942 to middle class parents in Medford, Massachusetts,...
New York City Mayor Michael "Nanny" Bloomberg, he of the smooth hands and Nurse Ratched smirk, made international headlines with his selective war on...
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 Mayor Michael R Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City
Michael R. Bloomberg, the 108th Mayor of the City of New York was born on February 14, 1942 to middle class parents in Medford, Massachusetts, where his father was the bookkeeper at a local dairy.
Mayor Bloomberg's thirst for information and fascination with technology was evident at an early age, and led him to Johns Hopkins University, where he parked cars and took out loans to finance his education.
He funded relief programs for victims of domestic violence in New York City, sponsored the Children's Health Fund's Mobile Medical Unit which serves the children of homeless families, and supported construction of new athletic fields at city high schools throughout the five boroughs.
www.carnaval.com /cityguides/newyork/Mayor/mayorB.htm   (559 words)

  
 Tom Ognibene for Mayor of New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Today, Republicans fuming at the Mayor's attempts to oust his only Republican opponent, former Republican Leader Tom Ognibene, from the Republican Primary Ballot on September 13th called City Hall and Bloomberg's residence on E 79th St, to let their anger be heard.
Thankfully, due to a cadre of Ognibene for Mayor volunteers, that effort failed.
Now the Mayor's lawyers and political henchmen have begun an effort to convince the Board of Elections to remove Ognibene's name from the Republican ballot.
www.ognibeneforny.com   (347 words)

  
 NYC.gov
Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly today announced that New York City continues to reduce overall crime to levels not seen in decades and remains the safest big city in America according to FBI's Uniform Crime Report for 2004.
According to the report, the City experienced a 4% drop in overall crime from 2003 to 2004 compared to the national drop of just 1.1%, and a 14% drop from 2001 to 2004 compared to the national drop of just 1.5%.
New Yorkers can volunteer their time at this special event, with the potential to help on an ongoing basis a young person who is either in foster care or waiting for a mentor.
home.nyc.gov /portal/index.jsp?pageID=nyc_mayor&catID=1194   (466 words)

  
 New York City History
New York City Culture Guide and Calendar - an excellent resource for cultural institutions from the Alliance for the Arts.
New York City Reference: "The Complete Reference for URLs In or About New York City" - there is a great deal of information here, courtesy of Clay Irving.
New York State Newspaper Project - a project to catalog and preserve New York State's newspapers coordinated by the New York State Library.
www.columbia.edu /cu/lweb/eguides/amerihist/nyc.html   (1052 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mayor: New York City needs some peace and quiet   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
NEW YORK (AP) — It's great that New York is the city that never sleeps, but the reason should not be incessant pounding, blaring and buzzing, the mayor says.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday proposed to rewrite the city's noise regulations to deal with the leading complaint about the city's quality of life.
This is Bloomberg's second attempt to fight noise in the city.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2004-06-07-nyc-noise_x.htm   (440 words)

  
 Journal of Social History: Big book, big city - review of the book 'The Encyclopedia of New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The result of this considerable undertaking is a veritable Bartholomew Fair of names, dates and facts, eminently useful for researching New York City in its particulars, but falling short in Diderot's terms of making the subject broadly comprehensible.
And then in one mighty stroke, The Death And Life of Great American Cities (1961), she mounted a devastating critique of a city planning, public housing and urban renewal programs which changed the way her friends and foes alike looked at the fabric and scale not just of New York, but all cities.
The unappreciative Mayor Edward I. Koch proposed wolves to patrol subway storage yards to keep the spray painters at bay, an expedient which apparently was never tried.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2005/is_n1_v31/ai_20378647   (1337 words)

  
 Mayor Of New York City found Swiftly
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New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it
www.greengate-gallery.org.uk /art/mayor_of_new_york_city.html   (407 words)

  
 New York City Department of Education
New York City Department Of Education Releases Independent Report Finding That Children First Special Education Reforms Are “Moving NYC In The Right Direction” (Posted 9/23/05)
Mayor Bloomberg And Schools Chancellor Klein Announce Highest Scores Ever By New York City Public School Students On State 4Th Grade Math Exam Since Standards-Based Testing Began (Posted 9/22/05)
New York City Department Of Education Announces Outreach Campaign To Encourage Parents And Students To Submit School Meal Applications (Posted 9/20/05)
www.nycenet.edu   (186 words)

  
 The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia
7:29 PM ET Israel imposed new travel restrictions on Palestinians in the West Bank in response to two drive-by shootings that killed three young Israelis.
The military targeted insurgents in the volatile city, but residents said dozens of civilians were also killed in the attack.
An examination of Judith Miller's decision not to testify, and then to do so, offers new details about her role and how The Times turned her case into a cause.
www.nytimes.com   (736 words)

  
 Finance Nyc Gov Looking Nyc.gov? Well, stop searching, !   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New York Specialists guide you to the right hotel at the right price for your stay.
New York City Department of Finance has issued guidance on how...
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 NEW YORK CITY COUNCIL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The New York City Council official website has moved to www.nyccouncil.info.
This page will automatically redirect you in 10 seconds to the new location of the New York City Council website.
If your web browser doesn't refresh to the new website after 10 seconds, please click the link provided for you.
www.council.nyc.ny.us   (84 words)

  
 Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Inc. - Working with the City of New York to promote dog and cat adoption and spay ...
Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Inc. - Working with the City of New York to promote dog and cat adoption and spay and neuter programs to make New York a no-kill city.
The E-Newsletter of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals, Volume 2: Issue 9
Click here for more news about the Mayor's Alliance.
www.animalalliancenyc.org   (126 words)

  
 Joe Torre Autographed Photo with Mayor Giuliani - New York City Gifts and New York City Souvenirs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Joe Torre Autographed Photo with Mayor Giuliani - New York City Gifts and New York City Souvenirs
Catch the moment when the Mayor of New York, the Manager of New York and the people of NYC came together to show support for their baseball team, but more importantly their city.
This 8x10 photograph was hand-signed by Joe Torre in blue sharpie and comes complete with a Steiner Sports Certificate of Authenticity.
www.nycwebstore.com /detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=SS-JTRGP   (88 words)

  
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