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'''New York City''' (pronounced /nʲuːˈjɔɹk/) (officially '''The City of New York''') is the [[List of United States cities by population|largest city]] in the [[United States]], with its [[New York metropolitan area|metropolitan area]] ranking among the [[World's largest cities|largest urban areas]] in the world. For more than a century, it has been one of the world's major centers of [[commerce]] and [[finance]]. New York City is rated as an [[global city|alpha world city]] for its global influences in [[Mass media|media]], [[politics]], [[education]], [[entertainment]] and [[fashion]]. The city's cultural centers for [[The arts|arts]] are among the nation's most influential.  The city is a major center for foreign affairs, hosting the headquarters of the [[United Nations]]. Residents of the city are known as New Yorkers. The current mayor of New York City is [[Michael Bloomberg]].

'''New York City''' (pronounced /nʲuːˈjɔɹk/) (officially '''The City of New York''') is the [[List of United States cities by population|largest city]] in the [[United States]], with its [[New York metropolitan area|metropolitan area]] ranking among the [[World's largest cities|largest urban areas]] in the world. For more than a century, it has been one of the world's major centers of [[commerce]] and [[finance]]. New York City is rated as an [[global city|alpha world city]] for its global influences in [[Mass media|media]], [[politics]], [[education]], [[entertainment]] and [[fashion]]. The city's cultural centers for [[The arts|arts]] are among the nation's most influential.  The city is a major center for foreign affairs, hosting the headquarters of the [[United Nations]]. Residents of the city are known as New Yorkers. The current mayor of New York City is [[Michael Bloomberg]].

New York is the birthplace of many American 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 culture|hip hop]],<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Toop|title=Rap Attack 2: African Rap to Global Hip Hop|publisher=Serpents Tail|year=1992|isbn=1852422432}}</ref> [[punk rock|punk]],<ref>{{Cite web

New York is the birthplace of many American 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 culture|hip hop]],<ref>{{cite book|first=David|last=Toop|title=Rap Attack 2: African Rap to Global Hip Hop|publisher=Serpents Tail|year=1992|isbn=1852422432}}</ref> [[punk rock|punk]],<ref>{{Cite web

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[[Salsa music|salsa]], and [[Tin Pan Alley]] in music. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36 percent of its population was born outside the United States.<ref name="languages in NYC">{{cite web |publisher=[[New York State Comptroller|New York State Office of the State Comptroller]] |title=Queens: Economic Development and the State of the Borough Economy |date=June 2006 |url=http://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/rpt3-2007queens.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-03-21}}</ref><ref name="NYC immigration">{{cite web |title=The Newest New Yorkers: 2000 |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]] |date=2005 |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny_briefing_booklet.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-03-27}}</ref> With its 24-hour [[New York City Subway|subway]] and constant bustling of traffic and people, New York is known as "The City That Never Sleeps;" it was first linked with "[[Gotham]]" by [[Washington Irving]] in 1807.<ref>Irving's mocking ''Salmagundi Papers'', 1807, noted by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace, ''Gotham: A History of New York to 1898'''' (Oxford) 1999:xii.</ref>

[[Salsa music|salsa]], and [[Tin Pan Alley]] in music. In 2005, nearly 170 languages were spoken in the city and 36 percent of its population was born outside the United States.<ref name="languages in NYC">{{cite web |publisher=[[New York State Comptroller|New York State Office of the State Comptroller]] |title=Queens: Economic Development and the State of the Borough Economy |date=June 2006 |url=http://www.osc.state.ny.us/osdc/rpt3-2007queens.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-03-21}}</ref><ref name="NYC immigration">{{cite web |title=The Newest New Yorkers: 2000 |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]] |date=2005 |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/census/nny_briefing_booklet.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2007-03-27}}</ref> With its 24-hour [[New York City Subway|subway]] and constant bustling of traffic and people, New York is known as "The City That Never Sleeps;" it was first linked with "[[Gotham]]" by [[Washington Irving]] in 1807.<ref>Irving's mocking ''Salmagundi Papers'', 1807, noted by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace, ''Gotham: A History of New York to 1898'''' (Oxford) 1999:xii.</ref>

==History==

==History==