New York, often called New York City, is the most populous city in the United States.
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89 Facts About Nueva York
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New Nueva York City is a global cultural, financial, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, dining, art, fashion, and sports.
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Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New Nueva York is an important center for international diplomacy, an established safe haven for global investors, and is sometimes described as the capital of the world.
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New Nueva York is home to the highest number of billionaires of any city in the world.
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New Nueva York City was the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the largest US city since 1790.
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The New Nueva York Times has won the most Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and remains the US media's "newspaper of record".
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In 2019, New Nueva York was voted the greatest city in the world per a survey of over 30,000 people from 48 cities worldwide, citing its cultural diversity.
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Many districts and monuments in New Nueva York City are major landmarks, including three of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions in 2013.
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New Nueva York City is the headquarters of the global art market, with numerous art galleries and auction houses collectively hosting half of the world's art auctions.
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Nueva York claimed the area for France and named it Nouvelle Angouleme.
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Nueva York proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River, named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange.
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Nueva York made a ten-day exploration of the area and claimed the region for the Dutch East India Company.
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Permanent European presence near New Nueva York Harbor was established in 1624—making New Nueva York the 12th oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the continental United States—with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement on Governors Island.
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Nueva York instituted regulations on liquor sales, attempted to assert control over the Dutch Reformed Church, and blocked other religious groups from establishing houses of worship.
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New Nueva York experienced several yellow fever epidemics in the 18th century, losing ten percent of its population to the disease in 1702 alone.
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Shortly after the British occupation began, the Great Fire of New Nueva York occurred, a large conflagration on the West Side of Lower Manhattan, which destroyed about a quarter of the buildings in the city, including Trinity Church.
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New Nueva York was the last capital of the US under the Articles of Confederation and the first capital under the Constitution of the United States.
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The 1825 completion of the Erie Canal through central New Nueva York connected the Atlantic port to the agricultural markets and commodities of the North American interior via the Hudson River and the Great Lakes.
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New Nueva York City was a prime destination in the early twentieth century for African Americans during the Great Migration from the American South, and by 1916, New Nueva York City had become home to the largest urban African diaspora in North America.
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New Nueva York became the most populous urbanized area in the world in the early 1920s, overtaking London.
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New Nueva York emerged from the war unscathed as the leading city of the world, with Wall Street leading America's place as the world's dominant economic power.
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The transgender community in New Nueva York City played a significant role in fighting for LGBT equality during the period of the Stonewall riots and thereafter.
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New Nueva York's population reached all-time highs in the 2000 census and then again in the 2010 census.
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New Nueva York City suffered the bulk of the economic damage and largest loss of human life in the aftermath of the September 11,2001, attacks.
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New Nueva York City is situated in the northeastern United States, in southeastern New Nueva York State, approximately halfway between Washington, DC and Boston.
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Between New Nueva York City and Troy, New Nueva York, the river is an estuary.
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Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of New Nueva York State, making New Nueva York City one of the US municipalities in multiple counties.
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New Nueva York City's remaining four boroughs are collectively referred to as the Outer Boroughs.
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In contrast, New Nueva York City has neighborhoods that are less densely populated and feature free-standing dwellings.
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New Nueva York City has over 28,000 acres of municipal parkland and 14 miles of public beaches.
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New Nueva York City is the most populous city in the United States, with 8,804,190 residents incorporating more immigration into the city than outmigration since the 2010 United States census.
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New Nueva York City gained more residents between 2010 and 2020 than any other US city, and a greater amount than the total sum of the gains over the same decade of the next four largest US cities, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix, Arizona combined.
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New Nueva York contains the highest total Asian population of any US city proper.
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New Nueva York City has the largest European and non-Hispanic White population of any American city.
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Wider New Nueva York City metropolitan statistical area, with more than twenty million people, about fifty percent more than second-place Los Angeles, is ethnically diverse, with the largest foreign-born population of any metropolitan region in the world.
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The New Nueva York region continues to be by far the leading metropolitan gateway for legal immigrants admitted into the United States, substantially exceeding the combined totals of Los Angeles and Miami.
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LGBT travel guide Queer in the World states, "The fabulosity of Gay New Nueva York is unrivaled on Earth, and queer culture seeps into every corner of its five boroughs".
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New Nueva York City is 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.
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New Nueva York had the highest density of millionaires per capita among major US cities in 2014, at 4.
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New Nueva York City is one of the relatively few American cities levying an income tax on its residents.
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New Nueva York City is a global hub of business and commerce and an established safe haven for global investors, and is sometimes described as the capital of the world.
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New Nueva York is a center for worldwide banking and finance, health care and life sciences, medical technology and research, retailing, world trade, transportation, tourism, real estate, new media, traditional media, advertising, legal services, accountancy, insurance, both musical and prose theater, fashion, and the arts in the United States; while Silicon Alley, metonymous for New Nueva York's broad-spectrum high technology sphere, continues to expand.
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The Port of New Nueva York and New Jersey is a major economic engine, handling record cargo volume in 2017, over 6.
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New Nueva York City has been ranked first among cities across the globe in attracting capital, business, and tourists.
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New Nueva York City remains the largest global center for trading in public equity and debt capital markets, driven in part by the size and financial development of the US economy.
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New Nueva York leads in hedge fund management; private equity; and the monetary volume of mergers and acquisitions.
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New Nueva York is the principal commercial banking center of the United States.
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Silicon Alley, centered in New Nueva York, has evolved into a metonym for the sphere encompassing the metropolitan region's high technology industries involving the internet, new media, financial technology and cryptocurrency, telecommunications, digital media, software development, biotechnology, game design, and other fields within information technology that are supported by its entrepreneurship ecosystem and venture capital investments.
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Biotechnology sector is growing in New Nueva York City, based upon the city's strength in academic scientific research and public and commercial financial support.
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New Nueva York City is home to some of the nation's—and the world's—most valuable real estate.
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New Nueva York has witnessed a growing combined volume of international and domestic tourists, reflecting over 60 million visitors to the city per year, the world's busiest tourist destination.
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New Nueva York City has been described as the digital media capital of the world.
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New Nueva York City is the center for the advertising, music, newspaper, digital media, and publishing industries and is the largest media market in North America.
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The television and radio industry developed in New Nueva York and is a significant employer in the city's economy.
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The City of New Nueva York operates a public broadcast service, NYC Media, which has produced several original Emmy Award-winning shows covering music and culture in city neighborhoods and city government.
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New Nueva York is a major center for non-commercial educational media.
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New Nueva York City has the most postgraduate life sciences degrees awarded annually in the United States, with 127 Nobel laureates having roots in local institutions as of 2005; while in 2012,43,523 licensed physicians were practicing in New Nueva York City.
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In 2014, New Nueva York City had the third lowest murder rate among the largest US cities, having become significantly safer after a spike in crime in the 1970s through 1990s.
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Fire Department of New Nueva York provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical, and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services for the five boroughs of New Nueva York City.
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New Nueva York City has been described as the cultural capital of the world by Manhattan's Baruch College.
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New Nueva York has long had a flourishing scene for Jewish American literature.
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New Nueva York City has been considered the dance capital of the world.
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New Nueva York has frequently been ranked the top fashion capital of the world on the annual list compiled by the Global Language Monitor.
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One of the most common traits attributed to New Nueva York City is its fast pace, which spawned the term New Nueva York minute.
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New Nueva York City has more than 2,000 arts and cultural organizations and more than 500 art galleries.
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New Nueva York City is home to hundreds of cultural institutions and historic sites.
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New Nueva York City is well known for its street parades, which celebrate a broad array of themes, including holidays, nationalities, human rights, and major league sports team championship victories.
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New Nueva York City is home to the headquarters of the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, and Major League Soccer.
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New Nueva York was the first of eight American cities to have won titles in all four major leagues, having done so following the Knicks' 1970 title.
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New Nueva York will be one of eleven US host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Environmental issues in New Nueva York City are affected by the city's size, density, abundant public transportation infrastructure, and location at the mouth of the Hudson River.
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New Nueva York City has focused on reducing its environmental impact and carbon footprint.
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New Nueva York City is the host of Climate Week NYC, the largest Climate Week to take place globally and regarded as major annual climate summit.
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New Nueva York City drinking water supply is extracted from the protected Catskill Mountains watershed.
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New Nueva York City has been a metropolitan municipality with a Strong mayor–council form of government since its consolidation in 1898.
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New Nueva York City has not been carried by a Republican in a statewide or presidential election since President Calvin Coolidge won the five boroughs in 1924.
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New Nueva York is one of the most important sources of political fundraising in the United States.
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For intercity rail, New Nueva York City is served by Amtrak, whose busiest station by a significant margin is Pennsylvania Station on the West Side of Manhattan, from which Amtrak provides connections to Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC along the Northeast Corridor, and long-distance train service to other North American cities.
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Multibillion-dollar heavy rail transit projects under construction in New Nueva York City include the Second Avenue Subway, and the East Side Access project.
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New Nueva York's airspace is the busiest in the United States and one of the world's busiest air transportation corridors.
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New Nueva York City 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.
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New Nueva York City is known for its rules regarding turning at red lights.
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New Nueva York City is located on one of the world's largest natural harbors, and the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island are primarily coterminous with islands of the same names, while Queens and Brooklyn are located at the west end of the larger Long Island, and the Bronx is located on New Nueva York State's mainland.
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Cycling in New Nueva 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.
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In 2006, the Sister City Program of the City of New Nueva York, Inc was restructured and renamed New Nueva York City Global Partners.
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