New York City

In chapter four his book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell talks about the crime epidemic in New York City in the 1980’s, and more so what happened to turn the epidemic around. With compelling and intricate arguments, he detailed how something called the Power of Context and the Broken Windows Theory managed to turn the New York subways, and eventually the city as a whole around from alarming high amounts of crime to the widespread belief that shooting someone on the subway was a radial…

Tammany Hall, founded in the 1700s, was incorporated on May 12th, 1789 as the Tammany Society. It is well known for its big role in New York State’s politics, the hall was the center of the Democratic-Republican Party and opposed to the Federalist Party (O’Dea, 2003). Although, originally the sole purpose of Tammany Hall was known to be a club, in which members of the club would meet to discuss politics in their nation. Tammany’s popularity is known for both corruption and their inclination to…

The New York trip opened my eyes to how unique of a city it is in America. Considering I’ve never been to Times Square, I’ve only been to the Bronx for a Yankee game, this was really an eye-opening experience to me. On the trip I didn’t know many people for a variety of reason. I’m not in the Business LLC, and I commute unlike a majority of the people I was with. Nonetheless, I was able to meet new people, but I placed a heavy emphasis on the observation of everything around me in the city.…

Any one landing in New York City from the LaGuardia Airport, is going to find themselves at East Elmhurst. They will be greeted by single family homes who front lawns are decorated with green grass patches, it is quite the opposite image one would expect to see when landing in New York City. They might be taken aback when they realize they are seeing the Manhattan skyline at a distance from where they are standing, in East Elmhurst. While the skyline views are breathtaking, so is the…

New York City sparkles on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean. The season of winter had swallowed much of the city with white plush snow. People paced through the city who were running late each one needing to go to a different place the next one. Subway took off one after another traveling through underground New York. Store fastening sale signs to every window hoping to rack in a few more sale before the New Year. The city, which seems to never sleep, is like a beehive each person representing a…

surroundings in Texas, New Mexico, and New York City. In Texas, she painted images of deep, broad canyons, stunning sunrises, and the evening star that still shined bright even during the day. When she was living in New Mexico, her house provided breathtaking views of landscapes, which she looked out at to create visual representations of the different perspectives she saw. New York was a very significant period in her lifetime. Alfred Stieglitz invited Georgia to live in New York for a year,…

have police watch their neighborhoods, or even having the tables turned for small offences. However, that is the only thing that helped our city prevail and become one of the safest cities in America. Our police needs to help our community understand that they are here with the purpose to make our community a better, safer, a more reliable and sustainable city. Police are now spending time with members in their community for example playing a simple game of basketball in neighborhoods that had…

Austin Briffa The Problem of Gentrification: A Policy Brief It is with great concern and urgency that I address the issue of gentrification to you and your cabinet. According to the New York Department of City Planning, your city is projected to grow from its current 8.55 million person-population to 9.03 million in 2040, an increase of about 8.9%. All five boroughs are experiencing varying levels of growth, and although these percentages are lower than in the past, the population will still…

African Americans and Latinos make up about half of the population in New York City. However, over 80% of stop and frisk stops are composed of…

the United States has been very bad in the last couple decades, though in the more recent years’ crime has been steadily decreasing. The police have been implementing a way of reducing crime by using the method of stop and frisk mostly in cities such as New York City or Chicago which are more prominently used. Stop and frisk is when a police officer has reasonable suspicion that a crime is going to happen, about to happen, or has happened before stopping a suspect. The officer then goes on to do…