With New York City being known as the city where all cultures collides with one another, that collision impacts on the equality of the students education. ... Whether it is between a private New York City school or a public school, the demographics between race, or even the different resources that New York City gives to schools to certain neighborhood, education inequality is a major issue that keeps on growing here in New York City. ... Each borough in New York City is broken up into districts, and within these districts the resources of the schools are based on the district statistics. ......

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Chicago was not the only city to experience significant organized crime from 1880- 1940 many other large cities became infested with Italian crime families. ... Through extensive research Nelli discovered during the early 1900's cities such as New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Kansas City, Los Angles, Washington D.C., New Orleans, and Denver all experienced a rise in the Italian population and consequently a growing crime rate. ... The New York State crime commission estimated $200-$600 million had be gained a year through syndicates in New York. " The toll in Philadelph...

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Bloomberg's heavy emphasis on eliminating gun trafficking, and New York's crack-down in general, eight of their own police force members were arrested and charged with accepting bribes in return for illegally transporting firearms into the state. The corrupt group was comprised of five officers currently on the force, three who previously retired, a New Jersey correction officer, a former New York City Sanitation Department police officer, and two other unidentified men. ... In October of 2010, Officer Masso's illegal operation began slowly with carting cigarettes into New Yor...

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There has also been a lot more security in New York City because of the terrorist attack. ... The attacks in 2011 have made New York City be a lot more vigilant about their streets and the security. ... The LMSI started back in August 2008, putting up thousands of cameras on the streets of New York City. ...

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It was in the context of these events – and the Cold War – that the film A King in New York was produced in London in 1956. ... I would like to have told them that the sooner I was rid of that hate-beleaguered atmosphere the better, that I was fed up of America's insults and moral pomposity. 5 Move To Europe and Production of A King in New York All of these events would set the stage for Chaplin, now residing permanently in Europe, producing his first film. Having gotten settled in, he began to develop A King In New York in 1954. ... He seeks asylum in New York City, almost...

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Today the Costa Nostra consists of 24 families based in various cities across the country. ... In the turn of the century in New York City, with the advent of Prohibition, financial opportunities became quite large for those willing to defy and soon organized crime activity spread. ... The increase of felonies was due to contributing fact of organized crime especially in larger cities. ... Large cities were the main location for organized gangs to flourish. ... By 1925, there were over 100,000 speak-easies in New York City alone. ...

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In 1787, several prominent Anti-Federalists published editorials in the New York Times under pen names such as Cato and Brutus. ... They, too, were published in the New York Times under a pen name-- Publius-- and appeared between 1787 and1788. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay wrote a series of 85 essays that appeared in New York newspapers. ... In the end, even some of the most outspoken Antifederalists, like Melancton Smith of New York, ultimately voted for the Constitution. ... City Problems Crowded, unsanitary living conditions for workers and corrupt city politics. ...

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Tammany Hall was a democratic organization in New York City headed by William Tweed. Taking advantage of the urbanization of major cities, this organization employed 12,000 men jobs through patronage. Eventually Tweed was convicted and arrested dieing in jail but not before his political machine provided the city with leadership that help built education and infrastructure (Lichtenstein, Strasser, Rosenzweig - p. 104). ...

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Stated in the New York Post, Brooklyn College Education Professor David Bloomfield predicted, a" huge increase" in enrollment if Congress passed the plan, but warns that "many may not be ready for college work." Nearly "80 percent of city high-school grads applying to CUNY flunk admissions test, and need remedial courses." Stated in an article from the New York Post, the average completion rate at CUNY's six Community Colleges in New York City is "Overall, just 4.1 percent of first-time enrollees, about 16 percent graduate in three years, and 23.5 perce...

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New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, responding to massive complaints from New York citizens, threatened to cut off all New York City funding for the Museum, unless the show was shut down. ... In addition, he cut off the annual funding from the City to the museum which was about $6-7 million, and directed various City agencies to have the Museum evicted from the City owned building in which it was housed" (Boyd). ... In November, 2000, federal judge Nina Gershon granted a preliminary injunction that bars Guiliani and other city officials from "taking steps to inflict any punishment, retaliat...

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According to a study by the New York Civil Liberties Union, New York residents are secretly being videotaped on public streets, housing projects, outside buildings, and even in their backyards, through the use of hidden surveillance cameras. New York Police Commission Howard Safir believes the use of surveillance cameras will reduce the crime rate. ... New York and the District of Columbia are not the only jurisdictions to institute the use of surveillance cameras in their proposals to reduce crime. Officials in Portland, Oregon have installed surveillance cameras on city transit buses. .....

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Six senators had written in a letter to Holder that the planned trial in New York " will be providing (the accused terrorists) on of the most visible platforms in the world to exalt their past acts and to rally others in support of further terrorism" (Silva and Parsons 1). ... A high profile trial like KSM in a city such as New York or any other city endangers the lives of American citizens by making it a big red target for terrorist organizations. ... New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who originally supported the plan, changed course this week. The city contends that it will cost hundreds of ...

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From New York City Clinton launched a large sea born attack, a British corps of 3,500 men from New York, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell, captured Savannah, Georgia (Wilson 145) in December of 1778. ... There, they threatened the British forces holding New York City (Henretta 173) this proved to be a great distraction to the British government. ... While British General Cornwallis was fighting American forces in Virginia, General Washington decided his best option was feigning an attack on the British main base in New York City. ...

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Due to the storm surge and the tropical storms high winds that were taking place, mandatory evacuations were ordered on October 28th 2012, which included New York City's Evacuation Zone A (USA Government, 2013). ... In Maryland, severe beach erosion just as Florida occurred and unfortunately a large portion of Ocean City's 100-ft fishing pier was destroyed (Blake, 2012). ... In New York City, the estimated loss exceeds $19 billion due to Metropolitan Transportation Authority sustaining roughly five billion dollars in damages to the city's infrastructure and lost revenue (Sharp, ...

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American's come from every ethnicity, religion and culture and as a result of the mixed ethnicity in US, there are more from Irish ancestry than in Ireland, more Italians in New York than in Venice, as well more Polish, blacks, Jews than in their leading cities of their countries. ... The income in New York is almost double than in Mississippi regarding the same ethnic group; lifestyle differs also. ... Puerto Ricans and West Indians from and around New York chose this area because of shipping and air routes in the 20th century....

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The amount of Puerto Ricans that immigrated to New York from Puerto Rico was overwhelming. ... New York City compared to East Harlem is distinct even though it is part of New York. East Harlem throughout history has been known to be as one of the poorest neighborhoods in New York. ... According to the 1990 census, sixteen percent of people living in El Barrio were unemployed compared to nine percent for all of New York City (Bourgois, 4). ... The conditions of El Barrio are unpleasant compared to other places in New York City. ...

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It affects predominantly non-white populations living in urban populations such as Los Angeles, New York, Mexico city and Indonesia, Where traffic is significantly higher than normal. ... For example, early childhood prevalence of asthma is much higher in East Harlem area of New York City than the bordering, but more wealthy Upper East Side area. ... Mexico has attempted to reduce air pollution, particularly in Mexico City. ... Since many trucks, taxis, and private cars failed to pass emission inspections, the government began to control the use of automobiles in the city of Mexico (Collins ...

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Along with the increase in manufacturing came the movement of thousands into large cities. The new found industrialization provided a growing need for more workers, leading to the population spike in the large cities such as New York and Chicago. ... Along with development in the economic sector of these thriving cities came political reforms. ... Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and finally New York City all had populations over half a million people. ... The biggest cities were often home to these migrants. ...

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New York citizens, according to Dr. ... Back in 1995 when Timothy McVeigh bombed the Murrah building in Oklahoma City people did not refer it as terrorist but rather a "revolt." ... To bring it all the thoughts to a point, there has been terrorism for many years, and many years before 9-11, the Oklahoma City Bombing and even Desert Storm's terroristic view, but why has the media brought it to the average Americans" view so abruptly? ...

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The terrorist group al Qaeda took responsibility for the attacks which were traced to Afghanistan, prompting the president to vow "to wage war against terrorism, not simply those who were behind the assaults on New York City and Washington.... The United States began bombing raids on Afghanistan in October, disabling Taliban control over strategic cities and freeing the country from the Taliban regime in less than a month. ... Military action was taken in March of 2003 with the Operation Iraqi Freedom and American forces successfully took control of Iraqi cities and although Hussein'...

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"(p.679) This dispute began on September 17 2011 in Zuccotti Park, which is located in the financial district in New York City. ... Furthermore, the people whom lived in New York City at the time of this incident were impacted the greatest due to their trust and loyalty they had for there stock broker and investment banker. ... Hanson is the author of the academic journal Wall Street Scandals: The Myth Of Individual Greed, is writer for the sociological forum, this volume focuses on the importance of the scandal and greed that occurs in the world, but Hanson focuses deeply on New York...

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While in school on the morning of September 11, 2001, I heard over the loudspeaker that a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. ... Later in September of 2001 a group of today's superstar artists joined together in New York City for a nonprofit fundraiser. ...

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The Scott Foundation for Public Education states, "Most of the city's poor, black and Hispanic students suffer from New York policies and practices that give their schools the fewest resources and their students the least experienced teachers. ... The kids living in poor cities are unable to get the education needed for them to succeed in the real world. ...

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Approving Our Constitution In 1787, political leaders met at the Constitutional Congress in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they wrote the United States Constitution, an entirely new plan of government. Under this new plan the states would retain a number of imp...

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In addition, with their exceptional dedication and militancy in New York City and Lawrence, women helped transform the image of the working woman.6 They no longer held a sense of dependency on anyone other than themselves and became appreciated for their willingness to fight for their causes. ...

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