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New Years Day (band)
New Years Day: American rock band formed in Anaheim, California in 2005, fronted by Ash Costello; goth-tinged pop-punk/metal across five studio albums through 2024's Half Black Heart.
New York
New York (NY, FIPS 36) is a northeastern U.S. state of about 20 million people, capital Albany, formed from Dutch New Netherland and the 1777 constitution; its economy ranks 3rd in output, with 22.8% foreign-born residents.
New York (2009 film)
New York (2009) is a Hindi thriller by Kabir Khan for Yash Raj Films, starring John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, and Neil Nitin Mukesh as friends whose lives change after 9/11, with Irrfan as an FBI agent.
New York (magazine)
New York (magazine): American biweekly founded by Clay Felker and Milton Glaser, first issue April 8, 1968; New Journalism landmark, nymag.com verticals, owned by James Murdoch's Lupa Systems since 2026, distinct from The New Yorker.
New York (state)
New York (state), NY, northeastern U.S. state, one of the original 13 states, capital Albany, largest city New York City; 62 counties, 20.2 million people, third-largest state economy, adopted its first constitution in 1777.
New York Academy of Medicine
New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM), founded 1847 in New York City, is an independent nonprofit advancing population health and health equity through research, a 200,000-volume medical library, the Journal of Urban Health, and nearly 2,000 elected Fellows.
New York Accords
The New York Accords, formally the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, is a 1958 United Nations treaty on foreign arbitral awards.
New York and New Jersey campaign
New York and New Jersey campaign (3 July 1776 to 3 January 1777): Revolutionary War campaign for New York City, the Hudson, and New Jersey; British took Manhattan under Howe but Washington's Trenton and Princeton victories saved New Jersey and the Continental Army.
New York Art Quartet
The New York Art Quartet (NYAQ) was a 1964-66 American free jazz group of John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Milford Graves and successive bassists, known for the ESP album with Amiri Baraka's 'Black Dada Nihilismus', Mohawk, and later reunion releases.
New York Botanical Garden
The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), founded 1891 in the Bronx, is a 250-acre National Historic Landmark garden and research institution housing the Steere Herbarium (7.8 million specimens) and Mertz Library.
New York Central Railroad
The New York Central Railroad, formed in 1853, was an American railroad running from New York City to Buffalo and famed for its Twentieth Century Limited.
New York City
New York City, the most populous U.S. city, spans five boroughs consolidated in 1898 with 8.8 million 2020 residents, a mayor-council government, a $169 billion retail economy, and the nation's first congestion pricing program.
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB), founded October 1948 by George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein, is a major American classical ballet company at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater, affiliated with the School of American Ballet and known for its neoclassical Balanchine and Jerome Robbins repertory.
New York City Bar Association
The New York City Bar Association, known as the City Bar, is a voluntary association of lawyers founded in 1870, with over 20,000 members and a landmark Manhattan headquarters.
New York City blackout of 1977
The New York City blackout of 1977 was a 25-hour power outage on July 13 and 14, 1977, that plunged the city into darkness and widespread looting.
New York City Council
The New York City Council is the city's 51-member legislative body, one member per district across five boroughs. It legislates, negotiates the budget, oversees agencies, reviews land use, and can override mayoral vetoes by two-thirds vote.
New York City Democratic Socialists of America
NYC-DSA, the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, is DSA's largest chapter with over 15,000 members, eight branches, and electoral wins including Mayor Zohran Mamdani and four City Council members.
New York City Department of Bridges
The New York City Department of Bridges was the municipal agency responsible for the city's bridges from 1898 to 1916, building the Williamsburg, Manhattan, and Queensboro Bridges.
New York City Department of Education
New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE), also called NYC Public Schools, runs the largest US school district under mayoral control since 2002, with a $34.4 billion FY2026 budget and mayor-appointed chancellor.
New York City Department of Environmental Protection
The New York City Department of Environmental Protection is the agency that supplies over 1 billion gallons of drinking water daily to nine million New Yorkers and treats the city's wastewater.
New York City draft riots
The New York City draft riots, also called Draft Week, were July 1863 violence in Manhattan against the first federal Civil War draft, killing at least 105 people.
New York City English
New York City English (NYCE, "New Yorkese") is the regional English dialect of New York City, marked by nonrhoticity, raised bought and bad vowels, TH-stopping, and an ongoing change toward rhoticity studied since Labov's 1966 work.
New York City FC
New York City FC is a Major League Soccer club in New York City that began play in 2015 and won the 2021 MLS Cup.
New York City Fire Department
Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), also FDNY EMS, the largest US fire department, founded 1865, with 17,000+ employees, 218 firehouses, and a $2.7 billion budget, facing rising EMS response times and staffing shortfalls.
New York City Hall
New York City Hall is the historic seat of New York City's government in City Hall Park, Lower Manhattan, designed by Mangin and McComb and completed in 1812.
New York City Housing Authority
NYCHA (New York City Housing Authority) is the largest public housing authority in North America, created in 1934. It manages 177,565 apartments in 2,410 buildings and, since the 2019 HUD Agreement, operates under a federal monitorship with a $78.34 billion repair backlog.
New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, created in 1965 after Pennsylvania Station was demolished, designates and protects New York City's landmarks and historic districts.
New York City Local Law 144
New York City Local Law 144 is a 2021 ordinance requiring annual bias audits, public results, and candidate notice for automated employment decision tools, the first law of its kind.
New York City Local Law 97
New York City Local Law 97 (LL97) is a 2019 law that sets greenhouse gas emissions caps on most buildings over 25,000 square feet, with fines for exceeding them.
New York City Marathon
New York City Marathon (TCS New York City Marathon), annual 26.2-mile World Marathon Major run by NYRR through all five boroughs from Staten Island to Central Park; first held 1970 in Central Park, five-borough course since 1976, world's largest marathon with 55,642 finishers in 2024.