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Another lawsuit against the plan was filed by the government of Rockland County, New York, at the end of March. [216] Although the congestion toll was intended to reduce vehicular emissions, three of the lawsuits claimed that the plan would violate an environmental rights amendment in the New York State Constitution. [217]
This partial list of city nicknames in New York compiles the aliases, sobriquets, and slogans that cities in the U.S. state of New York are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders, or the cities' tourism boards or chambers of commerce.
District 33 covers three distinct sections of Brooklyn's western shoreline: Greenpoint in the north, Vinegar Hill and parts of Williamsburg in the center, and Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, and some of Downtown Brooklyn in the south. [4] Brooklyn Navy Yard and Brooklyn Bridge Park are also located within the district.
Next month, voters will decide whether to allow cities the option to greatly expand rent control when they vote on Proposition 33.
Real estate interests are leading the opposition to California's Proposition 33 which would allow cities and counties to dramatically expand rent control.
Proposition 33 would allow local governments to dramatically expand rent control. It is drawing suppors from tenant groups and opposition from the real estate industry.
Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of the State of New York: The Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens is Queens County, and Staten Island is Richmond County. All five boroughs of New York came into existence with the creation of modern New York City in 1898, when New York County ...
The City So Nice They Named It Twice – a reference to "New York, New York" as both the city and state, spoken by Jon Hendricks in 1959 on a jazz cover of Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers' song "Manhattan" on George Russell's album New York, N.Y., [16] and popularized by New York-based late night talk show host David Letterman, who also used ...