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March 15: all schools in the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) system closed until at least mid-April. [240] March 22: The city goes into a state of lockdown, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. March 30: The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) arrived in New York City to assist in against the COVID-19 pandemic. [241]
The Evolution of an Urban School System: New York City, 1750-1850 (Harvard UP, 1973) online; Kilpatrick, William Heard. The Dutch schools of New Netherland and colonial New York (1912) online; Klepper, Rachel. "School and Community in the All-Day Neighborhood Schools of New York City, 1936-1971." History of Education Quarterly 63.1 (2023): 107 ...
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This in turn led to a surge in culture. New York City became, once again, "the center for all things chic and trendy". [61] Hip-hop and rap music, led by New York City, became the most popular pop genre. Immigration to both the city and state rose. New York City, with a large gay and lesbian community, suffered many deaths from AIDS beginning ...
The great school wars: A history of the New York City public schools (1975), a standard scholarly history online; Ravitch, Diane, and Joseph P. Viteritti, eds. City Schools: Lessons from New York (2000) Ravitch, Diane, ed. NYC schools under Bloomberg and Klein what parents, teachers and policymakers need to know (2009) essays by experts online
New York City Mayor Eric Adams attends an interfaith breakfast event in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., January 30, 2025. 2006 : Adams was elected as state senator and went on to serve four terms.
The earliest surviving map of the area now known as New York City is the Manatus Map, depicting what is now Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and New Jersey in the early days of New Amsterdam. [7] The Dutch colony was mapped by cartographers working for the Dutch Republic. New Netherland had a position of surveyor general.
The city has dozens of other private colleges and universities, including many religious and special-purpose institutions, such as St. Francis College, The Juilliard School and The School of Visual Arts. New York City's public school system, operated by the New York City Department of Education, is the largest in the world. More than 1.1 ...