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New York City is the largest city in the United States, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world. Founded as a commercial trading post by the Dutch in 1624, it served as the capital of the United States from 1785 until 1790, and has been the nation's largest city since 1790. Located on a large natural harbor, New York exerts global influence in commerce and finance as well as arts and entertainment. The city is an important center for international affairs, hosting the headquarters of the United Nations.
The city has many renowned landmarks. The Statue of Liberty greeted millions of immigrants as they came to America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Wall Street, in Lower Manhattan, has been a dominant global financial center since World War II and is home to the New York Stock Exchange. The city has been home to several of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Empire State Building and the twin towers of the World Trade Center. New York is the birthplace of several cultural movements, including the Harlem Renaissance in literature and visual art, abstract expressionism (also known as the New York School) in painting, and hip hop, punk, salsa, and Tin Pan Alley music. It is also the home of Broadway theater. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36% of its population was born outside the United States. With its 24-hour subway and constant bustling of traffic and people, New York is often referred to as "The City That Never Sleeps", the "Big Apple" and Gotham.
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Congregation Beth Elohim is a Reform Jewish congregation in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 as a more liberal breakaway from Congregation Baith Israel, within 65 years it attempted four mergers with other congregations, including three with Baith Israel. The congregation completed its current Classical Revival synagogue building in 1910 and its "Jewish Deco" (Romanesque Revival and Art Deco) Temple House in 1929. These two buildings were contributing properties to the Park Slope historic district, listed as a New York City Landmark district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The congregation went through difficult times during the Great Depression, and the bank almost foreclosed on its buildings in 1946. Membership dropped significantly in the 1930s because of the Depression, grew after World War II, and dropped again in the 1960s and 1970s as a result of demographic shifts. Programs for young children helped draw Jewish families back into the neighborhood and revitalize the membership. By 2006, Beth Elohim had over 1,000 members. As of 2009[update], it was the largest and most active Reform congregation in Brooklyn, and its pulpit was the oldest in continuous use in any Brooklyn synagogue.
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A workman on the framework of the Empire State Building. The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. Its name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York.
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- A total of thirteen tunnels run under the East River.
- The East River is spanned by ten bridges, which from north to south are: Throgs Neck Bridge, Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, Francis R. Buono Memorial Bridge (to Rikers Island), Hell Gate Bridge, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, Roosevelt Island Bridge (east channel only), Queensboro Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, and the Brooklyn Bridge.
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Zabdiel Judah (born October 27, 1977) is an American professional boxer, who is a former IBF and WBO junior welterweight champion and former undisputed welterweight champion and is ranked #7 in the welterweight division by The Ring. After compiling an amateur record of 110–5, Judah turned professional in 1996. On February 12, 2000, Judah won the IBF junior welterweight title by defeating Jan Piet Bergman by fourth round knockout. He successfully defended the IBF title five times before losing to Kostya Tszyu by second round technical knockout on November 3, 2001. Judah's actions after the fight, which included throwing a stool across the ring and sticking his gloved fist into referee Jay Nady's neck, resulted in him being fined $75,000 and a six month suspension.
On July 12, 2003, Judah defeated DeMarcus Corley by split decision to win the WBO junior welterweight title. He made one successful defense of the WBO title before moving up to welterweight. On April 10, 2004, Judah lost by unanimous decision to Cory Spinks for the undisputed welterweight championship, but Judah would defeat Spinks by ninth round technical knockout in a rematch ten months later. After defeating Cosme Rivera by third round technical knockout, Judah was upended by Carlos Baldomir on January 7, 2006.
New York City News
- More than 400 cement truck drivers go on strike, led by Teamsters Local 282. The strike halts construction on such projects as redevelopment of the World Trade Center site, the Second Avenue Subway, Citi Field, and the New Yankee Stadium. (New York 1)
- Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the New York City Council agree to a $59.1 billion budget preserving popular property tax cuts but reducing funding for fire, police, housing, and health-care services. (New York Times)
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