When you go to New York City, you may observe the tall buildings, or the diverse population, or the abundance of McDonalds, but there is one part of the city that is impossible to not notice: graffiti. ... New York City's graffiti can be traced back to an emergence of two writers in Philadelphia named, "Cornbread," and, "Cool Earl.... It wasn't until 1970 that the practice of graffiti was brought to New York City. ... The media often portrayed the graffiti movement as bad, claiming the city was being, "taken over," and that the cause was the, "young poor...

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New York New York is a state in the Middle Atlantic region of the United States. ... At least 18 different languages were being spoken in the city as early as 1650 among the 18 languages were German, Swiss, Moravian, French, English and Portuguese. ... I n 1776 our first president, George Washington moved his headquarters to New York City. ... As General Washington retreated across New Jersey, the British took full cotrol of New York City. The city remained the center for British army operations in North America for the remainder of the American Rev...

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The original plaintiffs in the district court cases were the City of New York, two hospital associations, and two unions representing health care employees. ... Appellees then filled out two separate actions against the president, with plaintiffs in the first case coming from the City of New York, two hospital associations, and two unions that represented health care workers. ... The decision was made by District Courts in favor of the City of New York, health care workers, hospitals, and farmer's association with 6 votes for, and 3 votes against. As stated above, the litigants involve...

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The state song is "I Love New York." ... One of the major cities in New York is New York City, which has five boroughs. ... Albany is the city in New York where the laws are passed down. ... Buffalo is the state's second largest city and is also where the dish Buffalo wings was invented. ... Up state New York it is colder than in lower places in New York like Long Island is warmer than Albany. ...

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The people who lived far from the New York area took the initiative to help those involved, particularly the citizens of New York. ... I have visited New York City several times, and I know from first hand experience that New York City residents are not the friendliest people, nor are they that concerned about their surroundings. After the attacks my opinion of the New York City residents changed, because they never stopped to think or whine about what had happened or how their lives would change forever. ... In the words of Martin Luther King, "Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of Ne...

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The Mayor of The City of New York Michael R. Bloomberg put in forward a plan to help curb the obesity crisis in New York. ... In fact, about "58% of New Yorkers – City wide are obese," stated Bloomberg. ... The smoking ban, signed by Bloomberg on February of 2011, prohibits smoking in restaurants, bars, parks, and beaches in the New York City area. ... The soda ban will not only benefit the New York City community but it can also persuade others to follow the City's example in leading a healthier lifestyle for all Americans. ...

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Throughout the history of immigration, New York city has become a city which contains most various ethnic groups and immigrants around the world. Yet, New York City has formed various divisions of neighborhood due to its diversity. ... Flushing, a neighborhood in the north-central part of the New York City borough of Queens, is a large commercial and retail area and is the fourth largest central business district in New York City. ... The political stature of Flushing appears to be increasing significantly, with many Chinese from Flushing becoming New York City Council members. ... Flushing f...

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The settings range from a metropolitan New York City to the South American cities. The novel also goes into the city and the jungle itself. ... The setting of New York City and its streets is where the novel begins. ... Now he is much more away from the New York world where time is now becoming less of a factor or importance. ... The setting is almost that of an ancient city and this setting helps transition from this earlier city the prehistoric being of Santa Monica. ...

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Introduction With increasing levels of homelessness in New York City and rapid population growth, housing New York City residents has become a key issue. ... " Like any densely populated city, New York's wealthy are able to enjoy the luxuries of the city, while the working class are barely able to pay their rent. "However, no other city in the country has rental levels as high as New York.... In New York City, median rental levels went up approximately by $1,450, while the median income went down by approximately $560. ... So far, New York State has approved land banks only in f...

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New York is a city that has undergone various changes throughout history to become what it is today. ... The New York then bought the Island back in 2003 for a dollar (Paumgarten). ... Finally, the change in the city has also been seen in the fires observed and other accidents. This has led to the increase in the number of fire houses and firefighters in the city. ... New York has been a city of change. ...

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He also studied and graduated from King's College in New York City, 1768, at the age of 16. ... He then studied law under the chief justice of New York and was licensed as an attorney in October 1771. ... He served as a member of New York's provincial congress in 1775. ... Livingston, he drafted New York's first Constitution. ... In 1800, he accepted an interim appointment of 3 years as US senator from New York. ...

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Aaron Ogden Gibbons: Challenged a New York state granted monopoly to Aaron Ogden by running two steamboats between New York and New Jersey. Ogden: Licensed to operate steamboats exclusively between New York and New Jersey. ... Robert Fulton, one inventor of the steamboat obtained exclusive rights from the state of New York to navigate his boats between Elizabethtown, New Jersey and New York City. ... When Gibbons took Ogden to court, the state of New York always ruled in favor of Aaron Ogden, barring any competition. ... Chief Justice John Marshall said the New York monopoly w...

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In the meantime, the manager from New York began to like the village and the countryside. ... However, the owner of the oil company came over from New York to try to persuade the old man. The villagers all gathered on the beach as the New York manager went into the hut to talk to the old man. ... He too returned to New York and to way of life he knew. The film ended with a picture of him looking out of his office window in New York the skyscraper window he could see the lights of the city, but in his mind he saw only the beautiful village he had left behind him...

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I would like to attend New York University next year for college. ... This organization is in New York and I will have better access to this facility. ... The city of New York has a unlimited opportunities. ...

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The term gentrification hit me soon after moving to New York. ... I was raised in the city of Philadelphia, smack dab in the center. Center City is relatively small in comparison to New York. ... Philadelphia's history is similar to many east coast industrial cities. ... Or at least, I don't recall the word being thrown around the media as it is displayed in New York. ...

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With this movement New York replaced Paris as the center of the art world. ... This movement of abstract painting that emerged in New York City during the mid-1940s and attained singular prominence in American art in the following decade; also called action painting and the New York school. ... Not all the artists associated with the term produced either purely abstract, or purely Expressionist work: Harold Rosenburg preferred the phrase Action Painting, while Greenberg used the less specific 'American Type Painting', and because of the concentration of artists in New York, they are ...

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Reasoning because for one forestry is not something I believe you would find in a big city like Manhattan. By it not having any forest in the city I highly doubt anyone would be able to work as a hunter in the middle of the street. ... Also something I don't believe you would find in this big city with no place for a farm to grow. ... Many people are either moving to New York, moving around in New York, or trying to open a new business in New York. ... Being that New York is large fashion Capital the employment may be high. ...

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With there being many British authority members in the city and the city itself being a popular place for rebellious acts, these 2 did not mix well. ... Chapter 4 McCullough's Title: Fateful Summer My Title: The Importance of New York Throughout chapter 4, it continuously stresses the state of New York. ... The Continental Congress knew New York was important to America and it had to be protected. Unlike Boston, New York was not as welcoming, but it did have many loyalists in the city. ... However, chapter 5 stresses New York and the surrounding areas more in depth. ...

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The setting also is symbiolic of Fritzgerald's satire of 1920s New York lifestyle , most important of all , brings out the themes of American dream , money and romantic love. The Midwest is where Nick has been living all his life "My Family has been prominent , well to do people in this Middle Western city for three generations", It is a place of tradition , security , and where family values are more important than money."..a complacent from growing up in the Carraway house in a city where dwellings are still called through decades by a family's name" From descriptions of the ...

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Best known as a leader of a 1689 New York rebellion that came to bear his name, Jacob Leisler was one of late seventeenth-century New York's most prominent merchants, land developers, and foremost exponent of Reformed religious fundamentalism and Orangist political ideology. He was intimately bound to the social, economic, and political development of New Netherland and New York from 1659, when he was employed as a nineteen-year-old in the Dutch West India Company's Amsterdam office, until his execution for treason in New York City in May 1691. ... Other historians see in Leisler&#...

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In a city as big as New York, and who brings in millions of tourist a year, it is hard to believe that we are in a finically hardship. New York city is in a 5 billion dollar budget deficit. ... Bloomberg has done a lot of great things for the city since the disaster of 9-11 has happened. ... Such as why take money from the working class people of this city? ... This idea could bring the city $100 million dollars in a fiscal year 2004, and rise up to $800 million in the fiscal year 2006. ...

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The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. ...

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My grandpa and grandma went to New York a month after I was born. ... Soon after they left, my dad opened a powder store in the city. ... He also used a lot of money for my brother and me to school in the city, so we stayed in the store most of the time. ... They tried to convince my grandma not to get dad and us to New York. ... Grandma's wish was to bring all her sons and daughter to New York. ...

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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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The vast majority of immigrants, who lived in cities, lived in tenements. ... Up to 4,000 people lived on some city blocks. ... (Comment, "How The Other Half Lives", New York City/East European Jews/At Work). ... They played a crucial role in the building of the modern infrastructure of the city including Grand Central Station. ... (Comments, "Italians in America", New York City/Italians/At Work) Italian railroad gangs endured primitive living conditions, often building their own housing or living in windowless boxcars, which attracted strong concern from social reformers. ...

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