Their arrival in the United States before other waves of Catholic immigrants meant that ethnic Irish long dominated the Roman Catholic Church in America. The final blow to Little Syria commenced with the construction of the Brooklyn battery tunnel in 1940. Boxing is also a prominent part of the city's sporting scene, with events like the Amateur Boxing Golden Gloves being held at Madison Square Garden each year. On March 27, 2011, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced that the city would file a formal challenge to the Census results, as a result of alleged undercounting in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. The driest year on record is 1965, with 26.09 inches (663 mm) of rainfall. About 1 in every 38 people living in the United States resides in New York City.

[169] Manhattan's population density of 72,033 people per square mile (27,812/km2) in 2015 makes it the highest of any county in the United States and higher than the density of any individual American city.

In 2006 New York City's Dominican population decreased for the first time since the 1980s, dropping by 1.3% from 609,885 in 2006 to 602,093 in 2007. The 1916 Zoning Resolution required setbacks in new buildings and restricted towers to a percentage of the lot size, to allow sunlight to reach the streets below. 3, an integral part of the New York City water supply system, is the largest capital construction project in the city's history,[600] with segments serving Manhattan and the Bronx completed, and with segments serving Brooklyn and Queens planned for construction in 2020. The American Orthodox Catholic Church (initially led by Aftimios Ofiesh) was founded in New York City in 1927. The North Tower became the tallest building ever to be destroyed anywhere then or subsequently. These teams compete in six games of interleague play every regular season that has also come to be called the Subway Series. [402] In October 2014, the Anbang Insurance Group, based in China, purchased the Waldorf Astoria New York for $1.95 billion, making it the world's most expensive hotel ever sold. The major exodus of Colombians from Colombia came in the 1970s and early 1980s when many of Colombia's cities were facing hardships from drug traffickers, crime and lack of employment. [193] A highly influential example of the international style in the United States is the Seagram Building (1957), distinctive for its façade using visible bronze-toned I-beams to evoke the building's structure. Over 3 million of New York City’s residents are foreign-born; over one-quarter arrived in 2000 or later. New York interracial abolitionist activism continued; among its leaders were graduates of the African Free School. New York City has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor–council form of government[607] since its consolidation in 1898. [41]

[124] They are widely considered to constitute the single most important event leading to the gay liberation movement[121][125][126][127] and the modern fight for LGBT rights. [220][221] The driest month on record is June 1949, with 0.02 inches (0.51 mm) of rainfall. One office, at 11 Metrotech Center in Brooklyn, houses Manhattan/Citywide, Brooklyn, and Staten Island Fire Communications; the Bronx and Queens offices are in separate buildings.

The song is the state song of New York. [160], The city's total area is 468.484 square miles (1,213.37 km2); 302.643 sq mi (783.84 km2) of the city is land and 165.841 sq mi (429.53 km2) of this is water. [394] In January 2020, the New York State Department of State issued clarifying guidelines to the reforms that provided for the elimination of decades of broker fees, which have been unique to the NYC housing market in the United States.[395]. [124], The Orthodox community is rapidly growing due to higher birthrates among Orthodox (especially Hasidic) Jews, while the numbers of Conservative and Reform Jews are declining. This phenomenon is especially true of Manhattan, which in 2005 was home to the highest incomes U.S. census tract, with a household income of $188,697, as well as the lowest, where household income was $9,320. [373], Many of the world's largest media conglomerates are also based in the city. Staten Island (Richmond County) is the most suburban in character of the five boroughs. These immigrants often form ethnic enclaves, neighborhoods dominated by one ethnicity. The Filipino median household income in New York City was $81,929 in 2013, and 68% held a bachelor's degree or higher.[88]. [333] Following the assassination of Alexander II of Russia, for which many blamed "the Jews", the 36 years beginning in 1881 experienced the largest wave of Jewish immigration to the United States. New York City Department of City Planning, CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, Forbes Magazine's 400 richest American billionaires, Filipinos in the New York City metropolitan region, Asian Indians in the New York City metropolitan region, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, "The Impact of Recent Immigration on the London Economy", "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places of 50,000 or More, Ranked by July 1, 2014 Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014 - United States -- Places of 50,000+ Population - 2014 Population Estimates", "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2", "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2", "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 Supplemental Table 2", "Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2009 Supplemental Table 2", "New Yorkers, Self-Assured and Opinionated, Defend Their Values", "The World's Most Linguistically Diverse Location? The New York Public Library, which has the largest collection of any public library system in the United States, serves Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island.

[442] Members of the NYPD are frequently referred to by politicians, the media, and their own police cars by the nickname, New York's Finest. [295] The non-Hispanic white population has begun to increase since 2010. I Love New York (stylized I ❤ NY) is both a logo and a song that are the basis of an advertising campaign and have been used since 1977 to promote tourism in New York City,[397] and later to promote New York State as well. About 36% of the city's population is foreign-born,[23] one of the highest among US cities. [389] New York City is home to some of the nation's—and the world's—most valuable real estate. New York has been described as the "Capital of Baseball".