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Large city in the state of New York in the United States.

Known as "The Big Apple." The City of New York is composed of 5 boroughs or counties:

1). Manhattan - New York County, population 1,487,536
2). Bronx - Bronx County, population 1,203,789
3). Brooklyn- Kings County, population 2,300,664
4). Queens? - Queens County, population 1,951,598
5). [Staten Island]? - Richmond County, population 378,977

(Population figures from 1990 [United States Census]?, see http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt)

New York City is amongst the most densely populated places in the United States.

The population of the City of New York is estimated around 7.5 million, with the population of the entire metropolitan area at around 20 million.

A resident of New York City is a New Yorker.

NYC is an acronym for New York City.

NYC has a high crime rate compared to America at large, but a relatively low rate compared to other North American cities. In addition, New York has been growing safer for most of the last decade -- FBI data indicates that the murder rate in 2000 was the lowest since 1967.

The current mayor of New York City is [Rudy Guiliani]?. He has been a very controversial mayor. His bid for New York State Senator was aborted by a serious illness.


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