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  2. Puerto Ricans in New York City - Wikipedia

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    By 1953, Puerto Rican migration to New York reached its peak when 75,000 people left the island. [11] Ricky Martin at the annual Puerto Rican parade in New York City. Operation Bootstrap ("Operación Manos a la Obra") is the name given to the ambitious projects which industrialized Puerto Rico in the mid-20th century engineered by Teodoro ...

  3. Herman Badillo - Wikipedia

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    Herman Badillo (/ b ɑː ˈ d iː j oʊ / bah-DEE-yoh, [1] Spanish:; August 21, 1929 – December 3, 2014) [2] was an American lawyer and politician who served as borough president of The Bronx and United States Representative, and ran for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Puerto Rican elected to these posts, and the first Puerto Rican ...

  4. Nuyorican - Wikipedia

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    The Nuyorican Poets Café in Alphabet City, Manhattan. Nuyorican is a portmanteau word blending "New York" (or "Nueva York" in Spanish) and "Puerto Rican," referring to Puerto Ricans located in or around New York City, their culture, or their descendants (especially those raised or currently living in the New York metropolitan area).

  5. Caribbean immigration to New York City - Wikipedia

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    The 2005 National Puerto Rican Parade. New York City has the largest Puerto Rican population outside of Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans, due to the forced change of the citizenship status of the island's residents, can technically be said to have come to the City first as immigrants and subsequently as migrants. The first group of Puerto Ricans ...

  6. New York City ethnic enclaves - Wikipedia

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    The first group of Puerto Ricans immigrated to New York City in the mid-19th century when Puerto Rico was a Spanish colony and its people Spanish subjects and as such they were immigrants. The following wave of Puerto Ricans to move to New York City did so after the Spanish–American War in 1898. [181]

  7. Tony Méndez - Wikipedia

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    Plus, the influx of Puerto Ricans moving to the 14th Assembly District, in which East Harlem is located, replaced the members of the Italian-American Community who preceded them and eventually moved out. [1] Thus, Méndez became the first native-born Puerto Rican to become a district leader of a major political party in New York City.

  8. Bernardo Vega (writer) - Wikipedia

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    Bernardo Vega (1885–1965) was a Puerto Rican immigrant that contributed to the understanding of the Puerto Rican community in New York City. He played a pivotal role in bringing together the Hispanic population by writing for Spanish newspapers and his involvement in politics.

  9. Oscar García Rivera - Wikipedia

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    In 1956, Garcia Rivera became the first Puerto Rican to be nominated as the Republican candidate for Justice of the City Court. Garcia Rivera was an active member of the legal community and served as President and Board Member of the Puerto Rican Bar Association of New York. [3] Garcia Rivera and his wife later moved back to Puerto Rico.