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New York City Police Commissioner
The New York City Police Commissioner, or NYPD Commissioner, heads the New York City Police Department, appointed by the mayor; Jessica Tisch has held the post since 2024.
New York City Police Department
New York City Police Department (NYPD), New York's Finest, is the city's municipal police force, founded 1845, consolidated 1898, and since 2013 under a federal monitor overseeing court-ordered stop-and-frisk reforms.
New York City steam system
The New York City steam system is a Con Edison district steam network serving over 1,500 Manhattan buildings, begun in 1882 and the largest in the United States.
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway, also called the NYC subway, is a rapid transit system serving Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx, operated by the MTA since 1940.
New York City Subway map
The New York City Subway map is the official MTA diagram of subway routes and stations, defined by Vignelli's 1972 diagram and the 1979 map replaced in 2025.
New York City Subway rolling stock
New York City Subway rolling stock, also called NYC Subway cars, is the fleet of passenger railcars run by New York City Transit, totaling 6,522 cars in 2024.
New York City synagogue tunnel incident
The New York City synagogue tunnel incident: January 8, 2024 clash at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters, 770 Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, over an illegal 60-foot tunnel dug by messianic students; arrests, vacate orders, and debunked trafficking conspiracy claims.
New York City Transit Authority
The New York City Transit Authority, doing business as MTA New York City Transit, operates the New York City subway and most of the city's buses. Created in 1953, it joined the state MTA in 1968.
New York City transit fares
New York City transit fares are the prices for MTA subway, bus, and paratransit rides, with the base fare rising from 5 cents in 1904 to $3.00 in 2026.
New York City water supply system
The New York City water supply system is a network of 19 reservoirs and aqueducts delivering about 1 billion gallons of drinking water daily to 9.5 million people.
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3
New York City Water Tunnel No. 3 is a 60-mile drinking water tunnel built beneath New York City since 1970 as a backup for Tunnels No. 1 and No. 2.
New York congestion pricing
New York congestion pricing is a toll on vehicles entering Manhattan south of 60th Street, the first such program in the United States, effective January 5, 2025.
New York Contemporary Five
New York Contemporary Five: early-1960s free jazz collective with Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, and John Tchicai; recorded Consequences (Fontana, 1966) and Sonet's Copenhagen 1963 Montmartre albums before disbanding in 1964.
New York Cosmos (1971–1985)
New York Cosmos (1971–1985), original NASL soccer club of New York, also called the Cosmos. Signed Pelé in 1975, won five NASL titles 1972–1982, averaged 47,856 fans in 1978, and folded in 1985 after the NASL collapsed.
New York Cosmos (2010)
New York Cosmos (2010): the second incarnation of the Cosmos soccer club, revived in 2010, NASL champions 2013, 2015, 2016 with Raúl and Marcos Senna, paused in 2021, returning in 2026 in USL League One at Hinchliffe Stadium, Paterson, NJ.
New York Cosmos (2026)
New York Cosmos (2026) is the third incarnation of the Cosmos, a USL League One club in Paterson, New Jersey, at Hinchliffe Stadium, revived in 2025 by Baye Adofo-Wilson's North Jersey Pro Soccer from Rocco Commisso, debuting March 14, 2026.
New York Court of Appeals
The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court of New York State, established by the 1846 Constitution and organized in July 1847. Seven judges (a Chief Judge and six Associates) review questions of law from the Appellate Division; current Chief Judge is Rowan D. Wilson.
New York Daily News
New York Daily News: American tabloid newspaper founded in New York City in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson, the first successful U.S. tabloid; peak circulation 2.4 million in 1947, now owned by Alden Global Capital and rated left-leaning.
New York divorce law
New York divorce law (Domestic Relations Law) requires residency and one of seven grounds; the seventh, no-fault irretrievable breakdown for six months, was added October 12, 2010, making New York the last state to adopt no-fault divorce.
New York Dolls
New York Dolls: American glam/proto-punk band formed in New York City in 1971, named after the New York Doll Hospital. Albums New York Dolls (1973) and Too Much Too Soon (1974) prefigured punk; members included Johansen, Thunders, Sylvain, Kane, Murcia.
New York Dolls (album)
New York Dolls (1973) is the eponymous debut album by the New York Dolls, produced by Todd Rundgren at the Record Plant for Mercury. A proto-punk landmark that sold poorly at first but shaped punk, glam, and the Sex Pistols.
New York Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week (NYFW), begun as Eleanor Lambert's 1943 Press Week, is the semiannual February and September American runway event opening the Big Four fashion month, organized by the CFDA via the Fashion Calendar since 2014.
New York Film Academy
New York Film Academy (NYFA), founded 1992 by Jerry Sherlock at De Niro's Tribeca Film Center, is a for-profit hands-on film and performing arts school with campuses in New York, Los Angeles, Florence, and Kazakhstan, WSCUC-accredited since 2019.
New York Film Festival
New York Film Festival (NYFF): annual non-competitive film festival in New York City, presented by Film at Lincoln Center since 1963; no prizes, curated Main Slate, Spotlight, Currents, and Revivals sections, New York premieres required.
New York Friars Club
The New York Friars Club, founded in 1904 by Broadway press agents and based at 57 East 55th Street from 1957, was the private show-business club that invented the celebrity roast; it admitted women in 1988, televised roasts via Comedy Central 1998-2002, and closed in 2024.
New York Giants
New York Giants, NFL franchise founded 1925 by Tim Mara for $500; four NFL titles (1927, 1934, 1938, 1956) and four Super Bowls (XXI, XXV, XLII, XLVI); plays at MetLife Stadium; John Harbaugh named 21st head coach in 2026.
New York Hall of Science
The New York Hall of Science, or NYSCI, is a hands-on science museum in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York City, founded as a pavilion for the 1964–1965 World's Fair.
New York Harbor
New York Harbor is the tidal estuary and natural deepwater port at the Hudson River mouth shared by New York and New Jersey. Busiest world harbor by 1865; today hosts NOAA NYOFS/PORTS navigation systems and major oyster and habitat restoration.
New York Harbor 2-1-1 crack
The New York Harbor 2-1-1 crack is a refining-margin benchmark measuring two barrels of WTI crude against one barrel each of NYMEX gasoline and ultra-low sulfur diesel.
New York Heights
New York Heights, WPBL women's professional baseball team named for civil rights leader Dorothy Irene Height; inaugural 2026 season, manager Rocky Henley, captain Denae Benites, based in New York City.