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On June 25, 2017, the day of 2017 New York City Pride March festivities, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the artist Anthony Goicolea had been chosen to design the first official monument to LGBT individuals commissioned by the State of New York – in contrast to the Stonewall National Monument, which was commissioned by the U.S ...
Graffiti began appearing around New York City with the words "Bird Lives" [1] but after that, it took about a decade and a half for graffiti to become noticeable in NYC. So, around 1970 or 1971, TAKI 183 and Tracy 168 started to gain notoriety for their frequent vandalism. [2]
See It: MTA Unveils Next-Generation Subway Cars - New York City, NY - After a delay, new subway cars with digital displays, wider doors and other features will be tested ahead of a September 2022 ...
Murphy himself recently raised tolls on the New Jersey Turnpike, forcing New York drivers to shell out a whopping nearly $21 simply to pass through the Garden State, which has a population barely ...
The New York City Subway is a heavy-rail public transit system serving four of the five boroughs of New York City. The present New York City Subway system inherited the systems of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND). New York City has owned the IND ...
“Dominican migrants arriving in the New York metropolitan region settled primarily in New York City, in Washington Heights and the Bronx. In 1970 92% of all Dominicans living in the region were found in the City although this percentage steadily decreased in each decade until 2019 when 62% lived there, the other 38% in the surrounding counties.
A homeless encampment in New York City. In October 2023, an average of 90,578 people slept in New York City's homeless shelters each night. [1] This included 23,103 single adults, 32,689 children, and 34,786 adults in families. [2] The total number is at its highest ever, with 63,636 people sleeping in homeless shelters.
In addition to the New York City Subway system, which is confined to the five boroughs of New York City, New York state has four suburban commuter railroad systems that enter and depart the city: the Long Island Rail Road, Metro-North Railroad, Port Authority Trans-Hudson, and five of New Jersey Transit's rail lines.