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    farms, church, schools were plowed over to make a park rivaling those from the Europe cities. New York uses 1.3 billion gallons of fresh water a day. The water comes from 125 miles away in Upstate New York through underground tunnels and aqueducts New York City helps homeless by giving them a one-way ticket to anywhere, provided they have a guaranteed place to stay. New York City ranks as the nation's safest big city. Violent crime has come down by 40% in the previous decade. According to Pizza Principle

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    experienced by cities in the eastern United States and that found in Southern California? early people burned wood for heat and cooking fires in enclosed spaces such as caves and small tents or houses. And Photochemical smog is the abundance of cars and sunshine that provided the perfect setting for a chemical reaction between some of the molecules in auto exhaust or oil refinery emissions. 2. London has suffered from terrible air pollution for at least seven centuries. Why is the city so prone to

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    This was my third straight year participating in the New York City - City Challenge Obstacle Race that takes place on and around Randalls Island Park and both starts and finishes in the historic Icahn Stadium. I was raised in the upper East side of Manhattan and the walking bridge to Randalls Island Park a short walk for my friends and I, so we spent many days walking over the walking bridge and getting in trouble on Randalls Island Park, so this venue and race always bring back those good childhood

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    real life problems and experiences with exciting characters and storylines that made the show destined to be a hit. And a hit it became, as it is a winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama. The play is set in New York City’s East Village during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the late 1980s. The story focuses on eight impoverished young artists whom are struggling with addiction, AIDS and hope. The play was written in 1993 by Jonathan Larson, whom based it loosely off

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    The 1964 New York City School Boycott stands as a pivotal moment in the history of American education and civil rights. This event, largely led by ninth-grade students, highlighted deep-rooted racial inequalities within the education system and sparked a wave of activism for educational equity. In this essay, we will delve into the circumstances surrounding the boycott, its significance in the broader civil rights movement, and the lasting impact it had on educational policies and practices. The

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    That brought Columbus to New York" - That is how the song starts. The song was published in 1989 and is and is different way to reinvent this classic love story. He takes the world known love story, and rewrites in to a modern love story - how it would evolve (according to him), in New York City during the 1980's. Lou Reed has managed to convert the traditional and timeless classic love story into a rock and roll song. The song was the opening number of his album New York. The poem/song starts in

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    gilded city of New York. As the cities of New York grew rapidly through the advancement of industrialization and urbanization, the wealthier exploited the many immigrants settling in. Rapid urbanization made life for immigrants challenging because of the cheap and poor constructions of the tenements, and as well as overcrowding. Immigrants migrated to the cities because the need for unskilled labor to help the growing economy was high in the cities. In just under thirty-five years, the city that

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    Emergency 24 Hour Dentist New York City Dentistry is often not viewed as a practice that has to deal with emergencies. However, there are countless dental emergencies every day. So what do you do if you need emergency dental care in New York? New York has quite a few 24-hour emergency dentists to choose from. In fact, there is an entire network of 24-hour dentists set up to cover Long Island and New York City. Rest assured that if you have a dental emergency, there will always be a 24-hour dentist

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    behind! Throughout this whole class, I told myself I wouldn’t do this and of course this happened to me on the last day but thank god we had Don with us to show us the way to the New York City Public Library. “This is the second largest public library in the United States. Although there were many libraries in New York in the 19th century, almost all of them were privately funded and charged admission to those seeking to use them” (ENY, 124). It was amazing to see the lions and the building in person

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    According to the 2010 Plan for the Future of the New York City Family Court, the main goal of family court relies on ensuring “the highest standard of justice for each and every litigant who enters the courthouse” (2010). This is done by executing a sequence of processes and by providing different resources to individuals involved in the case. There are three major organizations that serve an important role in Family Court. These organizations ensure justice for individuals entering the family court

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