People from New York City

Some of the earliest known evidence of sailing comes from what is today known as the Middle East. The Mesopotamians were no strangers to the movement of goods across great land distances, but they also developed great port cities. Ur was one of the Mesopotamian cities that not only grew, but thrived, at its strategic location where the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers enter the Persian Gulf. Located in such a prime location, Ur became a massive epicenter for commerce in the ancient times and was…

Unit 3 paper on New York City I’m writing a paper on contributions to westward expansions and to choose a state. The state I choose is New York. In New York they are different people. By different I mean like African Americans of the great migration, Dutch settlers, Irish immigrant, Labor unions, and Native Americans. When did New York first become significant in the United States’ history? New York was always important even before there was a U.S. The Dutch settled in the 1944 on the Hudson…

Heart disease also known as Cardiovascular ailment is a popular issue among immigrants of the Dominican population in New York City. There are several other health issues, which are in the family of Heart Disease such as Coronary Artery Disease, High Blood Pressure (Hypertension), Cardiac Arrest, Congestive Heart Failure, Arrhythmia, and Stroke, and there are lots of others but these are the most common. The most prevalent Dominican dish is usually eaten during breakfast and consist of “mangu,"…

Air Pollution Exposure Approximately one million people in New York City, including 300,000 children, have been diagnosed with asthma. Air pollution from mobile sources, like construction equipment, contributes to over 90% of the air cancer risk in New York County. The cost of asthma hospitalization in New York City totaled more than $242 million in 2000. In 2000 there were 26.868 hospitalizations for asthma in New York City. Children ages 0-14 accounted for 37% of all asthma hospitalizations,…

places to visit around the world but many people choose New York City as their destination, New York has many touristic and fascinating places to visit. On top of that it has a rich history of the first people who venture to this country and helped build the city that you see today, all of there culture and experiences are engraved in the city’s most famous landmark such as Ellis Island and the Statue of liberty. New York is the more diverse city in the world. New York’s diversity can found in…

living in New York, these rodents are a major problem. Although they are believed to be only found in subway stations and sewers, you might find one sitting five feet away your couch, sharing your popcorn and excreting waste to show its thanks. Sounds disgusting and absurd? Well, that’s reality! Why did I choose to research this? I started to research this topic because last year, my house was infested with mice. Every day, I would come home and go into my room to hear scratching sounds from…

On average it takes 9 minutes and 35 seconds for an ambulance in New York City to reach the caller. This is 4 minutes longer than the national average. New York’s congestion problem began in the 1930s, the depressed economy put thousands of people behind the wheels of taxi cabs. Thousands of drivers chasing after few fares congested the streets of the New York boroughs and forced the city to put a restriction on the number of cabs allowed on the streets at a time. Uber, an app that allows its…

one would you choose: city life or country life? Some people think that living in the city is more advantageous financially and for a successful career. However, others insist that living in the country is more of a less stressful, more adventurous place to live. In this essay; I will be comparing and contrasting the advantages and disadvantages of living in either the city or country in terms of the entertainment, physical condition, food, and the people within both the city and the country. As…

tough on corruption, and he was tough on moral vices. That reputation immortalized his legacy, but to understand it, we need to understand where it came from. Before he was president, Theodore Roosevelt gained firsthand experiences with crime and corruption as the police commissioner of New York City. Lasting only two years in the job, cleaning up New York's crime proved to be one of the only challenges too tough for even Theodore Roosevelt. Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt null Background…

activities. Although nowadays it seems to be a way for police officers to harass people on the street specifically minorities. From this program, minorities experienced police interrogations, physical assault, and even arrests, only to establish innocence in court. Despite being declared unconstitutional in 2013, there’s an ongoing discussion in the news to bring it back and not just in New York but in other major cities as well. Stop and frisk is a prejudiced program that should not be…