Province of New York

The unique democratic purpose of New York’s periodic constitutional convention referendum is to implement New Yorkers inalienable right to alter their constitution in cases where the interests of the legislature and people conflict. New York’s constitution allows the people to exercise this democratic purpose, a convention must be substantially independent of the legislative’s control. For example, New York’s constitution prohibits the legislative from directly limiting a convention’s agenda.…

New York University, or NYU, is a four-year, private, large, and co-ed university. NYU is located in arguably the best city in the world, New York. NYU is my dream school because of its great Journalism program, the many job and internship opportunities, and the chance to live in a somewhat campus setting in the middle of New York City. Although there isn’t a cohesive NYU campus, the academic buildings and residence halls surround Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. NYU’s location is…

Jay-Z for his efforts in helping secure 25% of the cost through private fundraising. New york, NY - March 6, 2017 - The New York Repertory Theater (NYRT) will re-open its doors in Lower Manhattan on May 1st, 2017. The theater is celebrating 75 years of service and aims to open its doors to more of the community than ever. The NYRT received joint public and private funding support to create its astounding new facility. Mayor Bill de Blasio will be co-hosting the reopening and awarding Jay-Z for…

Don McLean was born on October 2nd, 1945 in Rochester New York. As a young boy, McLean gained a love for all types of music and would spend long hours listening to his father’s radio. Having asthma as a child, McLean missed a lot of school but his love for music did not diminish. As a teenager his sister paid for opera lessons for him and along with spending a lot of time in a swimming pool his asthma improved. Around the same time, McLean bought his first guitar. By 1961, McLean’s focus was on…

When you affiliate anything with New York City it is typically the exceptional structures that penetrate the sky or the congested walkways with people anxious to shop in the acclaimed stores in which famous people abide. The voices of the ceaseless attractions get out and conceal you in their amazement. The lanes are loaded with a climate that is similar to a child on a shopping spree in Dylan’s Candy Bar. Despite the fact that your feet perspire from the nonstop strolling, you get yourself…

John Rutherford wrote this article about the Erie Canal to the people of New York informing them of the recent concerns about who is in control of the canal, who can transport goods by the canal, and how the canal will operate. He uses examples and details telling New York that some Citizens of the Western States will not use the canal because they believe it will be to be trafficked by the big cities’ trade instead. This causing them to continue using other waterways including the Welland canal…

century. In 1801, the settlers founded a town that they named Burrville in honor of the country's new vice-president, Aaron Burr. However, Burr fell into disgrace, resulting in the town being renamed in 1809; historians believe that the new name was to honor George Clinton, the vice-president who followed Burr, but the name could conceivably honored DeWitt Clinton, George's nephew and the mayor of New York City at the time. Regardless of how the name was chosen, life in Clinton was not without…

New York City's Graveyard Shift is an essay about everyday people having night jobs in New York City. The essay talks about some of the people’s experience and thoughts about their night jobs. It is the norm to have a 9 to 5 job in the city, coming home to having the rest of the day to yourself, or going home to cook dinner for your family. For the rest of the city, people are just getting up to prepare themselves for night of labor. My favorite photo from the essay has to be of Villavicencio a…

Driving west from New York City is a surreal experience. I went from the busy streets of Brooklyn to skyscrapers in Manhattan, to the suburbs of the outlying towns over the bridges. Around an hour into the trip, the road was submerged in a forest with hardly a house visible from the highway. Further down, was mountain chains, interspersed with agricultural lots and pastures. The climate was snowy in the winter by Lake Ontario, but some New Yorkers go there during the summer, if they can’t afford…

“Why leave New York City to live here?” That is the question that often follows when someone learns of my family’s decision to move from the capital of the world to settle down in the uneventful Dauphin, Pennsylvania. The justification I generally give involves a statement about New York’s high living expenses and is often accompanied by my convincingly forced laughter. Such conversations lead me to speculate about the vast amount of people who romanticize New York City because of how the media…