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    Prepare the financial plan and budget justification proposal. The agency is contracted to work with New York City on several capital projects. To proceed with negotiations, an analysis of the city’s financial documents must be considered. Review the New York City Financial Plan, located athttp://www.nyc.gov/html/omb/downloads/pdf/fp6_12.pdf,to answer questions listed. (Title this section “New York City Financial Plan”) 1.

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    chosen photographer, I have based my project for ‘In the style’ on Berenice Abbott’s. Abbott work was mainly based in the 1930’s of the urban designs of America, she was best known for her black and white photography as well as her documentation of New York City. She had a great approach to photography in a variety of ways, through her own style of work and through her introduction of other artists including Eugene Atget’s, for his unique photographic techniques. Abbott’s work has not always been based

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    Rhetorical Analysis Essay - “The City and The Pillars” by Adam Gopnik     In his article, “The City and The Pillars,” Adam Gopnik illustrates the city of New York on the day of and after 9/11 to show how devastating and shocking the attack was on the city and its civilians. He does this by describing the scenery and attitude of New York, and the acts of civilians. Gopnik’s purpose is to show how people express different forms of grief, in order to emphasize that over time, New York and its civilians will recover

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    The city of Miami and the city of New York are two cities of great importance for the United States. The differences between these two cities are very imprecise. Both have several differences in terms of population, transport and climate. As for the population, New York is the most populated city in the United States, with an estimated population in 2005 of 8 213 839.87 This is about 40% of the total population of the state and a similar percentage of the total of its metropolitan region . During

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    What New York Means To Me I was born at St. Luke 's Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan, NY. I currently live in the South Bronx. I 've lived in New York City for nineteen years. I stayed here because this is where I was born and raised. This is also the place I plan to pursue my career and build a family. New York City is my home. New York is a place with a diversity and plenty of room to grow in any direction you choose. New York City is a place of many opportunities. It gives me a feeling that I

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    people moving in the cities, overcrowdedness has become a major issue for the public city school system. People often thought of cities as places paved with gold and opportunities, occupied by diverse groups. Everyone comes from different parts of the world chasing after its glamour and freedom. While those desires can be met with settling in urban society, overcrowdedness in Queens of New York City schools have adverse effects on the students’ academic performance. In cities, we often hear people

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    challenged by the growing developments of fashion in New York City. At this time, the growing association between New York and fashion was partially due to its specialization in educational institutions, its critical role as the publishing hub for the country, and its status as a thriving and dynamic cultural center . Although, perhaps the most notable advantage in the development of fashion culture was the ready-to-wear orientation of the New York City industry, which gave way to the documentation of

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    that Edith Wharton had for the social code that was infused throughout New York City at a time where the Gilded Age was coming about. Wharton’s personification of different characters throughout the novel reflect her negative sentiments on the ever-rigid culture that enveloped New York City’s atmosphere at the time. Because this novel was written almost fifty years after Wharton was born, she had personal insight on how New York City operated during its period of social transition, from the beginning

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    filmmaker and the city of New York. Woody Allen, born in Brooklyn as Allen Stewart Konigsberg in 1935, is one of the filmmakers alongside Martin Scorsese and Spike Lee who present a very personal portrayal of the city. Unlike the other filmmakers, Allen’s New York is often criticized for not showing the real, authentic New York, with all its harsh and dreadful sites, but rather a romanticized wonderland of the white upper-class (cf. Curry 291). As Richard A. Blake notices about these New York filmmakers

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    Oklahoma and New York have several different attributes that make both of them beautiful states in their own right, but they are very differing attributes. Oklahoma being located in the central United States has a completely different climate from that of New York, located in the northeast. Inhabitants from both states come from several different ethnic backgrounds, speaking several different languages. The standard of living in New York can be a lot higher than that of Oklahoma, especially if looking

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