Query: boroughs of New York City

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2007 New York City steam explosion <=SEP=> The July 18, 2007 New York City steam explosion sent a geyser of hot steam up from beneath a busy intersection, with a 40-story-high shower of mud and flying debris raining down on the crowded streets of Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

Administrative divisions of New York <=SEP=> The administrative divisions of New York are the various units of government that provide local government services in the state of New York.The state is divided into counties, cities, towns, and villages, which are all municipal corporations with their own government that provide most local government services.

Adolfo Carrión, Jr. <=SEP=> Adolfo Carrión, Jr. (born March 6, 1961) is a businessman and former elected official from City Island, located in New York City, New York.  he has two sisters Lizette Carrión, and Elizabeth Carrión-Stevens. He served for seven years as the Borough President of the Bronx, for a year and five months as the first director of the Office of Urban Affairs in the Obama Administration, and then for nearly two years as Regional Administrator for HUD's New York and New Jersey Regional Office.

American Community Survey <=SEP=> The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing statistical survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census, such as ancestry, educational attainment, income, language proficiency, migration, disability, employment, and housing characteristics.

Andrew Stein <=SEP=> Andrew Stein (born Andrew J. Finkelstein; March 4, 1945) is an American Democratic politician who served on the New York City Council and was its last President, and as Manhattan Borough President. Stein's father, Jerry Finkelstein, was the multi-millionaire publisher of the New York Law Journal, among other publications. Andrew Stein shortened his name when he entered politics.

Augustus W. Peters <=SEP=> Augustus W. Peters (June 10, 1844 - December 29, 1898) was a New York City political figure who served as the 1st Manhattan Borough President.

BMT Franklin Avenue Line <=SEP=> The BMT Franklin Avenue Line (also known as the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and the Brighton-Franklin Line) is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York. All service is provided full-time by Franklin Avenue Shuttle trains.

Bergen County, New Jersey <=SEP=> Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of 2014, Bergen County's Census-estimated population was 933,572, an increase of 3.1% from the 2010 United States Census, when its population was enumerated at 905,116, which in turn represented an increase of 20,998 (2.4%) from the 884,118 counted in the 2000 Census.

Boro taxi <=SEP=> Boro taxis (or boro cab) are taxis in New York City that are allowed to pick up passengers (street hails or calls) in outer boroughs (excluding John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport unless arranged in advance) and in Manhattan above East 96th and West 110th Streets. The color of boro taxis is apple green (bright green) in contrast to the traditional yellow taxis in New York City.

Borough, Block and Lot <=SEP=> Borough, Block, and Lot (also called Borough/Block/Lot or BBL) is the parcel number system used to identify each unit of real estate in New York City for numerous city purposes.

Borough (New York City) <=SEP=> New York City, in the U.S. state of New York, is composed of five boroughs. They are Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Each borough has the same boundaries as a county of the state.

Borough (United States) <=SEP=> A borough in some U.S. states is a unit of local government or other administrative division below the level of the state. The term is currently used in six states:A type of municipality: Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania (also formerly Minnesota)A subdivision of a consolidated city, corresponding to another present or previous political subdivision: New York and VirginiaIn Alaska only, a borough is a county-equivalent.

Borough Park, Brooklyn <=SEP=> Borough Park (also spelled Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City in the United States; Borough Park covers an extensive grid of streets between Bensonhurst to the south, Bay Ridge to the southwest, Sunset Park to the west, Kensington to the northeast, Flatbush to the east, and Midwood to the southeast.Borough Park is home to one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities outside of Israel, with one of the largest concentrations of Jews in the United States, and Orthodox traditions rivaling many insular communities.

Borough of Manhattan Community College <=SEP=> The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is one of seven two-year colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Founded in 1963, BMCC originally offered business-oriented and liberal arts degrees for those intending to enter the business world or transfer to a four-year college. Its original campus was scattered all over midtown Manhattan, utilizing office space wherever available.

Borough president <=SEP=> A borough president (informally BP, or beep in slang) is an elective office in each of the five boroughs of New York City. Borough Presidents currently have little real power within the New York City government.

Brooklyn <=SEP=> Brooklyn (/ˈbrʊklɨn/) is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with a Census-estimated 2,621,793 people in 2014. It is geographically adjacent to the borough of Queens at the western end of Long Island. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, the most populous county in the State of New York and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, after New York County (Manhattan).

Brooklyn Borough Hall <=SEP=> Brooklyn Borough Hall was designed by architects Calvin Pollard and Gamaliel King in the Greek Revival style, and constructed of Tuckahoe marble under the supervision of superintendent Stephen Haynes. It was completed in 1848 to be used as the City Hall of the former City of Brooklyn. In January 1898 the independent City of Brooklyn merged with the City of New York, and Kings County became the Borough of Brooklyn, at which time the building became Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Brooklyn Bridge <=SEP=> The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable-stayed/suspension bridge in New York City and is one of the oldest bridges of either type in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River. It has a main span of 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m), and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge constructed.

Brooklyn–Queens Greenway <=SEP=> The Brooklyn–Queens Greenway is a bicycling and pedestrian path connecting parks and roads in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, connecting Coney Island in the south to Fort Totten in the north, on Long Island Sound.

City of Greater New York <=SEP=> The City of Greater New York was the unofficial term for the expanded City of New York created on January 1, 1898 by consolidating the existing City of New York with the East Bronx, Brooklyn, most of Queens County, and Staten Island.The section of the Bronx west of the Bronx River had been annexed to the City and County of New York in 1874, and was known as the Annexed District.

Clerk (municipal official) <=SEP=> A clerk is a senior official of many municipal governments in the English-speaking world.  In some communities, the position is elected, but in many others, the clerk is appointed to their post.

Community boards of New York City <=SEP=> The community boards of New York City are the appointed advisory groups from various districts throughout each of the five boroughs of New York City. Each board is composed of 50 volunteer members, each appointed by the local Borough President. Half of the members are nominated by the community district's City Council members.

Court Street – Borough Hall (New York City Subway) <=SEP=> Court Street – Borough Hall is an underground New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line and the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. The station is named Borough Hall on the IRT lines and Court Street on the BMT.

David Dinkins <=SEP=> David Norman Dinkins (born July 10, 1927) is an American politician who served as the 106th Mayor of New York City, from 1990 to 1993. He was the first and, to date, only African American to hold that office.Before entering politics, Dinkins served in the US Marine Corps, graduated cum laude from Howard University, and received a law degree from Brooklyn Law School. He served as Manhattan borough president before becoming mayor.

Ed Koch <=SEP=> Edward Irving "Ed" Koch (/ˈkɒtʃ/ KOTCH; December 12, 1924 – February 1, 2013) was an American lawyer, politician, political commentator, movie critic and reality television arbitrator. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1977 and three terms as mayor of New York City, which he led from fiscal insolvency to economic boom, from 1978 to 1989.Koch was a lifelong Democrat who described himself as a "liberal with sanity".

Eric Adams (politician) <=SEP=> Eric L. Adams (born September 1, 1960) is the Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City. Previously, he was a Democratic State Senator in the New York Senate, representing the 20th Senate District, which includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Flatbush, Crown Heights, Park Slope, Sunset Park and Prospect Heights.

Flags of New York City <=SEP=> The flags of New York City include the flag of New York City and the respective flags of the boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. The city flag is a vertical tricolor in blue, white, and orange and charged in the center bar with the Seal of New York City in blue. The tricolor design is derived from the flag of the Dutch Republic—the Prince's Flag—as used in 1625, when New Amsterdam was settled on the island of Manhattan.

Fort Lee, New Jersey <=SEP=> Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, in the New York City Metropolitan Area, situated atop the Hudson Palisades. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 35,345, reflecting a decline of 116 (−0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,464 (+10.8%) from the 31,997 counted in the 1990 Census.

Frederick Bowley (politician) <=SEP=> Frederick Bowley (1851 – 1916) was an American politician, who served as the first executive of the Borough of Queens in New York City.Bowley was born December 19, 1851 in New York City. He had training to be a butcher, and after buying land in Long Island City, Queens in 1887, he proceeded to operate butcher shops there and in the Queens County towns of Astoria and Flushing.Bowley was an alderman of Long Island City from 1895 to 1897.

Gale Brewer <=SEP=> Gale Arnot Brewer (born September 6, 1951) is the 27th and current Borough President of Manhattan and a Democratic politician from New York. She is formerly a member of the New York City Council, where she represented the Upper West Side and the northern part of Clinton in Manhattan. She was elected Manhattan Borough President on November 5, 2013.

George McAneny <=SEP=> George Francis McAneny (December 24, 1869 – July 29, 1953), a newspaperman and municipal reformer, was Manhattan Borough President from 1910 to 1913, President of the New York City Board of Aldermen from 1914 to 1916, and New York City Comptroller in 1933. He also served as executive secretary of the New York City Civil Service Commission, secretary of the New York Civil Service Reform League (1894-1902), and executive manager of The New York Times (1916-1921).

George Washington Bridge Bus Station <=SEP=> George Washington Bridge Bus Station is a commuter bus terminal located at the east end of the George Washington Bridge in the Washington Heights area of Manhattan in New York City, New York. The bus station is owned and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Government of New York City <=SEP=> The government of New York City is organized under the New York City Charter and provides for a "strong" mayor-council system. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and is responsible for the administration of city government. The New York City Council is a unicameral body consisting of 51 members, each elected from a geographic district, normally for four-year terms.

Governors Island <=SEP=> Governors Island is a 172-acre (70 ha) island in Upper New York Bay, approximately 800 yards (732 m) from the southern tip of Manhattan Island and separated from Brooklyn by Buttermilk Channel, approximately 400 yards (366 m). It is legally part of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. Physically, the island changed greatly during the early 20th century.

Guy Molinari <=SEP=> Gaetano Victor "Guy" Molinari (born November 23, 1928) is a former United States Representative and borough president of Staten Island, New York.

Harlem <=SEP=> Harlem is a large neighborhood within the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Since the 1920s, Harlem has been known as a major African-American residential, cultural and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands.

Herman Badillo <=SEP=> Herman Badillo (pronounced bah-DEE-yoh; August 21, 1929 – December 3, 2014) was an American politician who served as borough president of The Bronx and United States Representative, and ran for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Puerto Rican elected to these posts, and the first Puerto Rican mayoral candidate in a major city in the continental United States.

High Bridge (New York City) <=SEP=> The High Bridge (originally the Aqueduct Bridge) is the oldest bridge in New York City, having originally opened as an aqueduct in 1848 and reopened as a pedestrian walkway in 2015 after being closed for over 40 years. A steel arch bridge, with a height of almost 140 feet (40 m) over the Harlem River, it connects the New York City boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan.

Hillcrest High School (Queens) <=SEP=> Hillcrest High School is a four-year public high school located in Jamaica, in the New York City borough of Queens. The school is operated by the New York City Department of Education.The mascot is the hawk and the school colors are violet and gray.The school's boys and girls' soccer team became division champions in the 06/07 and also the 07/08 season guided by Coach Asqui. The school is also notable for its rigorous baseball program led by Coach Malave.

Historic House Trust <=SEP=> The Historic House Trust of New York City was formed in 1989 as a public-private partnership with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation to preserve the historic houses located within New York City parks, although most of the houses were not originally city-owned.

History of New York City <=SEP=> Written documentation of New York City's history began with the first European visitor Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. European settlement began with the Dutch in 1609.A center of revolutionary activity, the Sons of Liberty harassed British authority in the city, and the Stamp Act Congress of representatives from throughout the Thirteen Colonies met in the city in 1765 to organize resistance to British policies.

History of New York City (1898–1945) <=SEP=> The years 1898–1945 saw New York City consolidate and come to dominate American life.  New York City became the capital of national communications, trade, and finance, and of popular culture and high culture.  More than a fourth of the 300 largest corporations in 1920 were headquartered there.The era began with the formation of the consolidated city of the five boroughs in 1898, with a total population of 3.4 million.

IND Concourse Line <=SEP=> The Concourse Line is an IND rapid transit line of the New York City Subway system. It runs from 205th Street in Norwood, Bronx to 145th Street in Harlem, Manhattan. It is the only B Division line in the Bronx, as well as the only fully underground line in the Bronx.

IRT Lexington Avenue Line <=SEP=> The Lexington Avenue Line (also known as the East Side Line) is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Downtown Brooklyn or Lower Manhattan north to 125th Street in East Harlem. The portion in Lower and Midtown Manhattan was part of the city's first subway line.

Jacob A. Cantor <=SEP=> Jacob Aaron Cantor (December 6, 1854, New York City – July 2, 1921, Manhattan, New York City) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was a United States Representative from 1913 to 1915.

James J. Lyons <=SEP=> James J. Lyons (February 12, 1890 – January 7, 1966) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as Borough President of the Bronx from 1934-1962.

Jay Street – MetroTech (New York City Subway) <=SEP=> Jay Street – MetroTech is an underground  station complex on the IND Fulton Street, IND Culver, and BMT Fourth Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway.

Liberty Island <=SEP=> Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the United States, best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty. The island is an exclave of the New York City borough of Manhattan, surrounded by the waters of Jersey City, New Jersey. Long known as Bedloe's Island, it was renamed by an act of United States Congress in 1956. In 1937, by proclamation 2250 by President Franklin D.

List of Italian-American neighborhoods <=SEP=> Italian-Americans in the United States are found in large concentrations in many metropolitan areas of the United States. In particular, states such as New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Michigan, Florida, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts have larger populations of Italian-Americans than other states by national average. According to a recent United Census Bureau estimate, there are 17.8 million Americans are of Italian descent.

List of New Jersey Transit stations <=SEP=> New Jersey Transit Rail Operations is the commuter rail system serving the State of New Jersey, as well as New York City, Rockland and Orange Counties in New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

List of New York City Borough Halls and municipal buildings <=SEP=> This is a List of New York City Borough Halls and municipal buildings used for civic agencies. New York City Hall Manhattan Municipal Building Bronx County Courthouse Brooklyn Borough Hall Queens Borough Hall Staten Island Borough Hall

List of New York City Subway stations <=SEP=> The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority, which is itself controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York.

List of New York City Subway yards <=SEP=> The New York City Transit Authority operates a total of 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system. There are 10 active A Division yards (one yard has been demolished), 11 active B Division yards, two shared yards, one yard for the Staten Island Railway, and two non-revenue yards. Of these yards, rolling stock are assigned to seven A Division yards and seven B Division yards.

List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York <=SEP=> The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond Counties in New York City (coterminous with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, respectively), as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state.

List of counties in New York <=SEP=> There are 62 counties in the state of New York. The original twelve counties were created immediately after the British takeover of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, although two of these counties have since been abolished. The most recent county formation in New York was in 1914, when Bronx County was created from the portions of New York City that had been annexed from Westchester County in the late 19th century and added to New York County.

List of express bus routes in New York City <=SEP=> The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of express bus routes in New York City, United States. Express bus routes operated by MTA New York City Transit, or under contract to the city Economic Development Corporation by Academy Bus, are assigned an express (X) prefix, while those operated by MTA Bus Company are assigned multi-borough (for instance QM) prefixes.Below is a list of all express bus lines operating within the City of New York.

List of law enforcement agencies in Long Island <=SEP=> The List of Long Island law enforcement agencies provides an inclusive list of law enforcement agencies serving New York's Long Island. This includes those agencies serving the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens on the western portion of Long Island along with those serving the suburban counties of Nassau County and Suffolk County.

List of mayors of New York City <=SEP=> The Mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the government of New York City, as stipulated by the Charter of the City of New York.

List of municipalities in New Jersey <=SEP=> This is a list of the 565 municipalities in the U.S. state of New Jersey, ordered by population. There are five types of municipality in the state — boroughs (250), cities (52), towns (15), townships (245), and villages (3).New Jersey, the fourth-smallest state, covers 8,722 square miles (22,590 km2), meaning the average land size of a municipality in the state is about 15 square miles (39 km2) — but note the wide range of actual sizes in the map at right.

List of public-access TV stations in the United States (Nebraska–Pennsylvania) <=SEP=> In the United States, every community that is served by one or more cable TV companies has the right to collect a Cable television franchise fee, based on the Cable Communications Act of 1984 Section 622, from those cable companies to fund a public-access television cable TV channel.

Lower Manhattan <=SEP=> Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan, is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York, which itself originated at the southern tip of Manhattan Island in 1624.

Manhattan <=SEP=> Manhattan (/mænˈhætən/, /mənˈhætən/) is the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is coterminous with New York County, founded on November 1, 1683 as an original county of the U.S. state of New York.

Manhattan Municipal Building <=SEP=> The Manhattan Municipal Building, originally the Municipal Building, at 1 Centre Street in Manhattan, New York City, is a 40-story building built to accommodate increased governmental space demands after the 1898 consolidation of the city's five boroughs. Construction began in 1907 and ended in 1914, marking the end of the City Beautiful movement in New York. William M.

Mayor of New York City <=SEP=> The mayor of New York City, officially known as the Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within New York City.The budget overseen by the mayor's office is the largest municipal budget in the United States at $70 billion a year.

Mayor–council government <=SEP=> The mayor–council government system is one of the two most common forms of local government in the United States.

Median household income <=SEP=> Median income is the amount that divides the income distribution into two equal groups, half having income above that amount, and half having income below that amount. Mean income (average) is the amount obtained by dividing the total aggregate income of a group by the number of units in that group.Household income is not to be confused with family or personal income.

Midtown Manhattan <=SEP=> Midtown Manhattan, or simply Midtown, represents the central lengthwise portion of the borough and island of Manhattan in New York City. Midtown is home to some of the city's most iconic buildings, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and the headquarters of the United Nations, and it contains world-renowned commercial zones such as Rockefeller Center, Broadway, and Times Square.

Municipal corporation <=SEP=> A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.Municipal incorporation occurs when such municipalities become self-governing entities under the laws of the state or province in which they are located.

NY Waterway <=SEP=> NY Waterway, or New York Waterway, is a private transportation company running ferry and bus service in the Port of New York and New Jersey and in the Hudson Valley.

Neighborhoods in New York City <=SEP=> The neighborhoods in New York City are located within the five boroughs of the City of New York. Their names and borders are not officially defined, and they change from time to time.

New Jersey Transit <=SEP=> New Jersey Transit (usually shortened to NJ Transit or NJT) is a New Jersey State-owned public transportation system serving the US state of New Jersey; along with portions of New York, Orange, and Rockland counties in New York State; and Philadelphia County in Pennsylvania.

New Jersey locations by per capita income <=SEP=> New Jersey is one of the wealthiest states in the United States of America, with a per capita income of $35,928 (2012) and a personal per capita income of $50,781 (2010). Its median household income is $71,637 (2012) and its median family income is $87,389 (2012), both the second highest in the country. The median value of an owner-occupied housing unit is $337,900 (2012), ranked fifth in the country.

New York City <=SEP=> New York – often called New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part – is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York metropolitan area, the premier gateway for legal immigration to the United States and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world.

New York City Board of Estimate <=SEP=> The New York City Board of Estimate was a governmental body in New York City, responsible for budget and land-use decisions.

New York City Borough President elections, 2013 <=SEP=> The 2013 elections for Borough Presidents were held on November 5, 2013 and coincided with elections for Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, and members of the New York City Council. Primary elections were held on September 10, 2013.

New York City Comptroller <=SEP=> The Office of Comptroller of New York City is the chief fiscal officer and chief auditing officer of the city. The comptroller is elected, citywide, to a four-year term and can hold office for three consecutive terms.  The current comptroller is Democrat Scott Stringer, the former Borough President of Manhattan. Stringer was elected on November 5, 2013.

New York City Council <=SEP=> The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs.The Council serves as a check against the mayor in a "strong" mayor-council government model. The council monitors performance of city agencies and makes land use decisions as well as legislating on a variety of other issues.

New York City Department of Education <=SEP=> The New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) is that part of the government of New York City that manages the city's public school system. The City School District of the City of New York (the New York City public schools) is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,800 separate schools.

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation <=SEP=> The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also called Parks Department and NYC Parks, is the department of the government of New York City responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city's natural areas, and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents and visitors.The total area of the properties maintained by the department is over 28,000 acres (113 km²).The department maintains more than 1,700 parks, playgrounds and recreation facilities across the five boroughs.

New York City Fire Department <=SEP=> The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department, City of New York (FDNY), is a department of the government of New York City that provides fire protection, technical rescue, primary response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards, and emergency medical services to the five boroughs of New York City.The New York City Fire Department is the largest municipal fire department in the United States and the second largest in the world after the Tokyo Fire Department.

New York City Marathon <=SEP=> The New York City Marathon (branded TCS New York City Marathon and formerly branded ING New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi) that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, with 50,304 finishers in 2013.

New York City Police Department <=SEP=> The New York City Police Department (NYPD or NYCPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, was established in 1845 and is the largest municipal police force in the United States, having primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City.

New York City Sheriff's Office <=SEP=> The New York City Sheriff's Office, officially the Office of the Sheriff of the City of New York, is the primary civil law enforcement agency of New York City and the enforcement division of the New York City Department of Finance.  The Sheriff's Office is headed by a sheriff, who is appointed to the position by the mayor, unlike most sheriffs in the U.S. state of New York who are elected officials.

New York City Subway <=SEP=> The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The New York City Subway is one of the world's oldest public transit systems, one of the world's most used metro systems, and the metro system with the most stations and the most trackage.

New York City mayoral election, 2013 <=SEP=> The 2013 New York City mayoral election occurred on November 5, 2013, along with elections for comptroller, public advocate, borough presidents, and members of the New York City Council. The incumbent, Michael Bloomberg, a Republican-turned-Independent, was term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.Primary elections were held on September 10, 2013. The Republican nominee was former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Joe Lhota.

New York City mayoral elections <=SEP=> The Mayor of the City of New York is elected in early November every four years and takes office at the beginning of the following year. The city which elects the Mayor as its chief executive consists of the Five Boroughs (Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island) which consolidated to form "Greater" New York on January 1, 1898.The consolidated city's first mayor, Robert A. Van Wyck, was elected with other municipal officers in November 1897.

New York Transit Museum <=SEP=> The New York Transit Museum (also called the NYC Transit Museum) displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, commuter rail, and bridge and tunnel systems under the administration of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The main Museum is located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station in Downtown Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

Opera House Hotel <=SEP=> The Opera House Hotel is a boutique hotel located in South Bronx, the poorest area of the boroughs of New York City. The New York City Legionnaires' disease outbreak were reported to had emerged following the discovery of the legionella bacteria at the hotel.

Pennsylvania Station (New York City) <=SEP=> Pennsylvania Station, also known as New York Penn Station or Penn Station, is the main intercity railroad station in New York City. Serving more than 600,000 commuter rail and Amtrak passengers a day — up to one thousand every ninety seconds— it is the busiest passenger transportation facility in the United States and in North America.Penn Station is in the midtown area of Manhattan, close to Herald Square, the Empire State Building, Koreatown, and the Macy's department store.

Percy Sutton <=SEP=> Percy Ellis Sutton (November 24, 1920 – December 26, 2009) was a prominent black American political and business leader. A civil-rights activist and lawyer, he was also a Freedom Rider and the legal representative for Malcolm X. He was the highest-ranking African-American elected official in New York City when he was Manhattan borough president from 1966 to 1977, the longest tenure at that position.

Port Authority Bus Terminal <=SEP=> The Port Authority Bus Terminal (PABT) is the main gateway for interstate buses into Manhattan in New York City. It is owned and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ).

Queens <=SEP=> Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City, geographically adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the western end of Long Island. Coterminous with Queens County since 1899, the borough of Queens is the second-largest in population (behind Brooklyn), with a Census-estimated 2,321,580 residents in 2014, approximately 48% of them foreign-born.

Queens Borough Hall <=SEP=> Queens Borough Hall is a public building in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City which houses the Office of the Queens Borough President and other city offices and court space. It is located in the Kew Gardens municipal facilities stretch bounded by Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike among other roads. Designed by architects William Gehron and Andrew J.

Queens Center <=SEP=> Queens Center is an urban shopping mall in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Queens, New York City, United States. It is located at the intersection of Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard, adjacent to the Woodhaven Boulevard station (M R trains) on the IND Queens Boulevard Line of the New York City Subway. It is across the street from the former St. Johns Hospital and the Rock Church. It is also off Exit 19 on Interstate 495 (the Long Island Expressway).

Riverdale, Bronx <=SEP=> Riverdale is an affluent, upper middle class residential neighborhood in the northwest portion of the Bronx, a borough in New York City. Riverdale, which has a population of 47,850 as of the 2000 United States Census, contains the northernmost point in New York City.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York <=SEP=> The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is a Roman Catholic, Latin Rite archdiocese in the New York State. It encompasses the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island in New York City and the Counties of Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester in New York.

Ruth Messinger <=SEP=> Ruth Wyler Messinger (born November 6, 1940) is a former political leader in New York City and a member of the Democratic Party as well as the Democratic Socialists of America. She was the Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City in 1997, losing to incumbent mayor Rudy Giuliani. She is married to Andrew Lachman, her second husband, and has three children. She is currently the President and CEO of American Jewish World Service, an international development agency.

SUNY Downstate Medical Center <=SEP=> SUNY Downstate Medical Center, located in central Brooklyn, New York, is the only academic medical center for health education, research, and patient care serving Brooklyn’s 2.5 million residents. As of Fall 2011, it had a total student body of 1,738 and approximately 8,000 faculty and staff.Downstate Medical Center comprises a College of Medicine, Colleges of Nursing and Health Related Professions, Schools of Graduate Studies and Public Health, and University Hospital of Brooklyn.

Samuel Levy <=SEP=> Samuel Levy (March 17, 1876 – March 15, 1953) was an American lawyer, businessman, and public official, who served as Manhattan Borough President.

Sebastian Leone <=SEP=> Sebastian Leone was borough president of Brooklyn from 1970 to 1976.In January 1977 Sebastian Leone was elected to the New York Supreme Court. He served in that capacity until he retired in January 2001.He continues to reside in Brooklyn, New York.The opening credits of the television show Welcome Back, Kotter, which was set in Brooklyn, began with the image of a sign that read, "Welcome to Brooklyn, 4th largest city in America, Hon Sebastian Leone Borough President".

Sports in New York City <=SEP=> Sports in New York City have a long and distinguished history. New York City is home to the headquarters of the National Football League, the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association, Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer. Each of these professional sports leagues has a strong presence in the metropolitan area.Baseball is the city's most closely followed sport.

Staten Island <=SEP=> Staten Island  /ˌstætən ˈaɪlənd/ is one of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. In the southwest of the city, Staten Island is the southernmost part of both the city and state of New York, with Conference House Park at the southern tip of the island and the state. The borough is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay.

Staten Island Borough Hall <=SEP=> Staten Island Borough Hall is the primary municipal building for the borough of Staten Island in New York City. It is located at 10 Richmond Terrace, next to the Richmond County Courthouse and opposite the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.

The Bronx <=SEP=> The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York, located south of Westchester County and north of the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. Of the five boroughs, the Bronx is the only one on the U.S.

Timeline of town creation in New York's Capital District <=SEP=> The towns and cities of New York's Capital District were created by the U.S. state of New York as municipalities in order to give residents more direct say over local government. The Capital District is an 11 county area, which consists of the counties of Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Warren, Washington, Columbia, Montgomery, Fulton, and Greene.

Upper East Side <=SEP=> The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park/Fifth Avenue, 59th Street, the East River, and 110th Street. The area incorporates several smaller neighborhoods, including Lenox Hill, Carnegie Hill, and Yorkville. Once known as the Silk Stocking District, it is now one of the most affluent neighborhoods in New York City.

Upper Manhattan <=SEP=> Upper Manhattan denotes the more northerly region of the New York City Borough of Manhattan.  Its southern boundary may be defined anywhere between 59th Street and 125th Street. Between these two extremes lies the most common definition of Upper Manhattan as Manhattan above 96th Street (the southern boundary of Manhattan Valley in the west and Spanish Harlem in the east).

Upper West Side <=SEP=> The Upper West Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River and between West 59th Street and West 110th Street. The Upper West Side is sometimes also considered by the real estate industry to include the neighborhood of Morningside Heights.Like the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side is an affluent, primarily residential area with many of its residents working in more commercial areas in Midtown and Lower Manhattan.

Verrazano–Narrows Bridge <=SEP=> The Verrazano–Narrows Bridge (sometimes called simply the Verrazano Bridge) is a double-decked suspension bridge in the U.S. state of New York that connects the New York City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn.  It spans the Narrows, a body of water connecting the relatively protected upper bay with the larger, wide open lower bay.The bridge is named for the Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, whose name is misspelled on the bridge, as well as for the Narrows.

Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower <=SEP=> The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, at 1 Hanson Place between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in Brooklyn, New York City, is one of the borough's architectural icons. It was once the tallest building in the borough, at 37 stories and 512 feet (156 m) tall, but has been surpassed in height by the Brooklyner. It is among the tallest four-sided clock towers in the world. The clock faces, 17 feet (5.2 m) in diameter, were the world's largest when they were installed.

Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University) <=SEP=> Yeshiva College is located in New York City’s Washington Heights neighborhood in Upper Manhattan. It is Yeshiva University’s undergraduate college of liberal arts and sciences for men.