New York City Culture

New York City consists of five boroughs, Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island. The borough that I reside in is Brooklyn. Brooklyn has approximately 2.592 million people inhabiting this district and approximately 23.4 percent of individuals who reside in Brooklyn, NY come from a low-income household or in other words come from poverty. With catholic and private schools being expensive, people have to rely on the education system to provide their children with a good education. In this paper I will be discussing the public school education system ranging solely up to high school in Brooklyn New York and giving a general idea of the New York education system as well.

New York City’s old slum neighbourhood, the Five Points, was notoriously known for its vice and crimes. The first organized crime group in New York City was the Forty Thieves which was led by Edward Coleman, started in 1825, in the back of a grocery store. The Dead Rabbits were an Irish gang in the Five Points area, and are most known for the riot they caused in 1857. The Eastman Gang were a Jewish group in the Five Points area, which began in the late nineteenth century, and were the rival of the Five Points Gang. The Five Points Gang was another group, started by Paul Kelly and included future famous mobsters. In Five Points, where most of New York City’s crime started, it also started some of history’s most notorious gangs, and mobsters.

New York is a state where there are big lights and lots of people and busy streets. I live in Brooklyn, New York and I was born here and I have lived here all my life. Personally, where I live I can walk to go get groceries that I need and everything is in walking distance. I take the public subway or the bus to get to school and there are many public schools here in Brooklyn, New York. There are delis and corner stores almost around every block. Here in Brooklyn, it is very noisy and busy. I am so used to the noise that I can sleep soundly even with all the noise that surrounds my house. Personally, I think that if I were not born here or was not a New Yorker, I would plan to move here when I get older.

Living in Manhattan is a struggle, its also prestigious and convenient. Consider that Manhattan has a population of 20 million, from that number about 7 million people commute to Manhattan for work.

In “New York Captures Presidential Race” writer Richard Cohen talks about how the presidential candidates are all campaigning in New York City. Cohen says, “New York is back –once again the mudder of presidents, in the local vernacular.” Cohen talks about how New York has always been important for the presidential candidates. Throughout the article Cohen gives us many examples about how New York is important to presidency. According to Cohen, most candidates ran for president in New York or they return to New York after their presidency is over. After Hillary Clinton and her husband left the white house, Hillary ran for senate in New York and won. Robert F Kennedy also ran for Senate in New York and won. Another example is Richard Nixon moved

Because of New York city’s trade ties to the south, there were numerous southern sympathizers early in the American Civil War. They were very far away from any of the civil war battles but New York sent the most men and money in the battles. New York helped make the Industrial age and as a consequence had some of the first Labor Unions. New York started to become the main point of entry for European immigrants to the US, it started with a wave of Irish during the Great Famine, millions came through Castle Clinton and Battery Park before Ellis Island opened in 1892 to welcome millions more, increasingly from eastern and southern Europe. The Statue of Liberty opened in 1886 and became a symbol of hope. New York boomed during the roaring twenties before the crash of the and Skyscrapers showed the energy of New York, it was the site of the tallest buildings in the world from 1912 through 1974. The build up of Defense industries for WW2 turned around the economy for New York or really the Country from the Great Depression, while hundreds of thousands of people worked to defeat the Axis

represented the "new metropolis." there were millions of European Immigrants coming to New York, the city was at its peak. Men like Rockefeller, Carnegie and others help turn the city into a bustling Metropolis. Immigration was the epicenter of New York. Since the colonial period much of New York's growth has resulted from immigration, both from other States and from abroad.

When you think of New York, most people imagine the great sky scrappers, the beautiful lights at night, The New York Yankees, and of course hectic traffic. New York City and its citizens have always demonstrated a toughness and grit that have historically defined the city and those who live. Often times, New Yorkers have been considered the bully, rude, and obnoxious type. Of course there are some unfriendly New Yorkers, but the city and is more than that. Without some of those obnoxious yelling taxi drivers, New York would not be New York. People often imagine the bad or more crazy part of New Yorkers rather than the good. Humans tend to do that in most situations. The frantic way of living in constant motion is what makes New York great.

Moving to New York City Guide Moving to New York City is something that cannot happen in a snap. Many things go into planning, finding the right apartment, the broker fees, the huge apartment deposits, furnishing and other important things. This guide should help you understand what’s involved when moving into the big city. Think about the reasons for moving first New York City is no ordinary city. Come to it without a plan and it will not be the best place for you.

Living in America is a fantasy for a lot of people, but living in New York City is something even better, and more magical than any fantasy.

In addition to fiscal capital, New York is a magnet and creator for human capital. International reputation of its education, healthcare, infrastructure, and amenity drives talents coming from the nation and oversea. DiNapoli and Bleiwas, 2016 claims that although most of the immigrants live on low-skill services, immigration contributes to the skilled industries in New York, for example, about half of the registered nurse are from immigration. High-tech industries, such as computer systems analysts have an increasing immigration occupation proportion rate (ibid). Immigration make up the population decline and guarantee the economy growth (DiNapoli, 2013). Additionally, despite of the economic contribution of the universities in terms of service

I believe it is very important for students to not only learn about the world around them, but also experience other people’s way of life within their communities. And that is exactly what I look forward to achieving at NYU.

As someone walks over the grates in the sidewalk, they can feel the wind rush up from the subway cars flying through the tunnels. While they continue walking down the street and looking at all the different people that they pass, they can smell the hotdogs being cooked in the food truck. In the distance, they hear a siren weaving through the congested narrow streets of this busy city. New York City is a one of a kind type of place. It is the only place in the world where so many different cultures and backgrounds are all in one place. Along with the multitudes of different types of people and cultures, New York City truly is the city that never sleeps. The city that never sleeps, New York City, is full sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and feels.

I support David Jones article because I am from the city. NYC is a tough city to keep up a decent income because housing and public transportation is expensive. Most people want to live in the Big Apple and thus, that is why NYC is crowded and expensive. Most New Yorker’s have to pay $1,000 - 4,000 rent while paying $120 for subway fare monthly. People in the city put in long hours, to make corporate and law firm salaries or working three jobs to get ahead. The city incredibly busy and focused. The local government is not doing enough in reducing subway fares and rent. Most public schools in the city are not doing well due to teachers being overworked, underfunded, and burdened with paperwork. When this happen, you will see higher dropout rates

Living in the city presents more job opportunities for the working class, in fact, “There are 626 of the largest businesses and 105 of the largest minority-owned business in Queens, New York” (Baynes 1). With that many large businesses, the employment rate is constantly on the rise. This allows more people to have jobs, which in turn allows more people to achieve goals and dreams that they may have for their families. Achieving these goals in the country would be a lot