Sentence:  The report , culminating a year long study of the ADC program in Cook county by a <WSD>New</WSD> York City welfare consulting firm , listed 10 long range recommendations designed to reduce the soaring ADC case load . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the largest city in New York State and in the United States; located in southeastern New York at the mouth of the Hudson river; a major financial and cultural center