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Introduction
Introduction
New York City (NYC) is known as “The Big Apple” because it symbolizes the biggest and the best (Lankevich, 2022).
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GOVERNMENT
TYPE: Strong Mayor-Council
BODY: New York City Council
CURRENT MAYOR: Mayor Eric Adams (Democratic Party)
DEMOGRAPHICS
POPULATION: 8,804,190 (World Population Review. 2022)
DENSITY: 29,302.66 per sq mi
DEMONYM: New Yorker/s
LARGEST BOROUGH BY AREA: Queens (109 sq mi)
LARGEST BOROUGH BY POPULATION: Brooklyn (2,736,074)
LARGEST BOROUGH BY GDP: Manhattan ($610.4 Billion USD)
ECONOMY
GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $830 Billion USD
GMP (Gross Metropolitan Product): $ 1.67 Trillion USD
LIST OF MAYORS FROM 1980s TO 2021
Edward I. Koch 1978-1989
David N. Dinkins 1990-1993
Rudolph W. Giuliani 1994-2001
Michael R. Bloomberg 2002-2013
Bill de Blasio 2014-2021
MAJOR LANGUAGES:
English
Spanish
Chinese
Russian
Indo-European
French
Italian
Greek
Arabic
Urdu
Hindi
"Almost 800 languages are spoken in NYC which makes it the most multilingual city in the world" (Lankevich, 2022).
WEALTH DISPARITY:
"The disparity in the urban citizens’ earnings in NYC is considerable with the median income of a wealthy citizen being $188,697 annually, and the poorest median income being $9,320" (Lankevich, 2022).
COUNTRY: United States of America
STATE: New York
REGION: Mid-Atlantic
BOROUGHS: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island.
COLONISTS: The Dutch, The British.
PREVIOUS NAMES: New Amsterdam (Dutch), New York (British), New Orange (Dutch).
AREA
TOTAL AREA: 472.43 Square miles (sq mi)
LAND AREA: 300.46 sq mi
WATER: 171.97 sq mi
ELEVATION: 33 ft (10 meters) above sea level.
RACIAL DEMOGRAPHICS
Asian 15.6%
Black 20.2%
White 30.9%
Hispanic 28.3%,
Others 1.6%
NYC’s Prominence:
Wall Street for finance
Broadway for arts and entertainment
Fifth Avenue for shopping
Madison Avenue for the advertisement industry
Seventh Avenue for United Nations, international politics, fashion
Harlem for the music of Jazz, African American cultures, poverty
References:
References:
Lankevich, G. (2022). New York City. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/New-York-City
Magic Cities. (2020, December 13). New York (NYC), U.S. History, Population, Facts [Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiuQ5kwtQUY&t=15s
World Population Review. (2022). New York City, New York Population 2022. https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-cities/new-york-city-ny-population
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