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The New York City Municipal Archives ( NYCMA) is a division of the New York City Department of Records and Information Services, located in the Surrogate's Courthouse in Manhattan. Founded in 1950, the Municipal Archives preserves and makes accessible records created by the government of New York City (including the mayor's office, city ...
The written history of New York City began with the first European explorer, the Italian Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1608 and New Amsterdam was founded in 1624. The "Sons of Liberty" campaigned against British authority in New York City, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from ...
The 1945 New York City mayoral election took place on November 6, 1945 in New York City. The candidates were King County District Attorney William O'Dwyer, a Democrat, and Jonah J. Goldstein, a Republican judge, as well as other, third party candidates. O'Dwyer won the contest with 56.77% of the vote.
An election for Mayor of New York City was held on November 2, 1886. Candidates included four-term former state assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt, author Henry George, and five-term U.S. Representative Abram Hewitt. Roosevelt, at age 28, would have been the youngest mayor in New York City history had he been elected.
1932 New York City mayoral election ← 1929 November 8, 1932 1933 → Nominee John P. O'Brien Lewis H. Pounds Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,056,115 443,901 Percentage 52.3% 22.0% Nominee Morris Hillquit Joseph V. McKee Party Socialist Independent Popular vote 249,887 234,372 Percentage 12.4% 11.6% Mayor before election Joseph V. McKee Democratic Elected Mayor John P. O'Brien ...
The 1929 New York City mayoral election was held on November 5 in concert with other municipal elections. Democratic incumbent Jimmy Walker defeated Republican challenger Fiorello H. La Guardia in what was considered "a Crushing Defeat to [the] City G.O.P. [delivered]" by Tammany Hall.
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The Office of Comptroller of New York City, a position established in 1801, is the chief financial officer and chief auditor of the city agencies and their performance and spending. The comptroller also reviews all city contracts, handles the settlement of litigation claims (amounting to $975 million in 2019), issues municipal bonds, and ...
If New York City were a country, it would have the 12th highest GDP in the world. It is the most economically powerful city and the leading financial center of the world — anchored by Wall Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, and home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock ...
U.S. Route 9 Map of New York with US 9 highlighted in red and former routings maintained as reference routes in blue Route information Maintained by NYSDOT, NYCDOT, PANYNJ, Westchester County, and the cities of Yonkers, Hudson, Albany, Saratoga Springs, Glens Falls, and Plattsburgh Length 324.72 mi (522.59 km) Existed November 11, 1926 –present Tourist routes Lakes to Locks Passage Mohawk ...