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The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), a branch of the government of New York City, is the largest public funder of the arts in the United States.DCLA's funding budget is larger than that of the National Endowment for the Arts, the federal government's national arts funding mechanism. [16]
These people were not born or adopted in New York City and raised elsewhere but are well known for living in New York City. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Pages in category "Culture of New York City" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 240 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Nuyorican has a broad meaning; originally it meant Puerto Ricans, both island-born and mainland-born, living in New York, but many island-born Puerto Ricans use the term to describe assimilated Americans of Puerto Rican descent living in any US state, or very assimilated people of Puerto Rican ancestry who may be more culturally aligned with ...
Pages in category "Lists of people from New York City" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Michael Bloomberg (born 1942), 108th Mayor of New York City (2002–2013) Rudy Giuliani (born 1944), 107th Mayor of New York City (1994–2001), mayor during the 9/11 attacks; David Dinkins (1927–2020), 106th Mayor of New York City (1990-1993), first African-American Mayor of New York City; Ed Koch (1924–2013) 105th Mayor of New York City ...
New York City was a prime destination in the early 20th century for Blacks during the Great Migration from the American South, and by 1916, New York City had the largest urban African diaspora in North America. [117] The Harlem Renaissance of literary and cultural life flourished during the era of Prohibition. [118]
New York also had the highest density of millionaires per capita among major U.S. cities in 2014, at 4.6% of residents. [110] New York City is one of the relatively few American cities levying an income tax (about 3%) on its residents. [111] [112] [113] As of 2018, there were 78,676 homeless people in New York City. [114]