People from New York City

New York’s Central Park has always been known for the uniquely beautiful garden in the middle of the city to escape from the loud and busy city streets. Horse carriages have been a traditional way of transportation for people to get around the city or central park and are ranked 5th out of 155 top activities to do in New York City. However, Bill Blasio, mayor of New York City, pledged that one of his first acts would be to ban horse carriages considering them to be abusive and inhuman to the…

the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me: I lift my lamp beside the golden door.” The Statue of Liberty is a piece of art work that stands tall in New York city. It is a for Americans as well as an educational attraction. Therefore, New York City defines the meaning of freedom because of the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is located in New York City. “The Statue Liberty’s full name is Liberty Enlightening the world.”(www.telegraph.co.uk). It was given to the U.S by France in the year 1886…

March 2016 A New Chapter Thirteen years ago at the age of five, I left everything behind in the Dominican Republic to start a new life with my parents in the United States. I was an only child at the time. It was a new beginning not only for my parents but for me as well. We had to adapt to a new society, and the fast moving pace of life in New York City. My life in this tremendous new city started off great; the schools, the protection of the law enforcement agencies, and the people were…

ethnic diversity of New York City as a “gorgeous mosaic.” New York City has always been a city of immigrants, welcoming people from all over the world, searching for a better life and the American Dream. (Trillind,David) Throughout history, the United States has enacted many laws pertaining to immigration into this country. On January 25 2017, 5 days after becoming President of the United States, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that would withhold Federal funding to cities and counties…

the United States homeland. The planes that attacked New York City, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania (that was possibly en route to the White House or U.S. Capitol building) did more than just demolish infrastructure across the United States, kill nearly 3,000 Americans, and injure 6,000 more; it damaged the entire nation by destroying the collective American psyche for years to come. This damage was reflected in a variety of disciplines, from sports, politics, literature, and movie production,…

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.…

Marital Strife in Eat a Bowl of Tea and Falling Man Though separated by different time periods, areas of New York, and even cultures, the novels Eat a Bowl of Tea by Louis Chu and Falling Man by Don DeLillo are similar in their depiction of the marital crisis. In the novel Eat a Bowl of Tea, the main character Ben Loy lives in Chinatown in the 1940s with his wife, who is having an affair with his cousin. In the novel Falling Man, the main character Keith lives in lower Manhattan in 2001 (post-…

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…

However, there are serious issues with this policy. Police are stopping people who simply “look suspicious” and according to a report a vast majority of these individuals are African American or Latino. 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…

Know I know that traveling is expensive. There are many methods of travel, such as by car, airplane, or boat. Most people want to spend more time at their vacation spot instead of traveling. If someone is going on a road trip, then they will spend most of their time traveling. On a road trip, there can be many spots that they stop at. When people go on vacation, they want to get away from what is around them. What I Would Like to Know I have a few questions to ask in order to find the right…