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Association For A Better New York
The Association for a Better New York (ABNY) is a real-estate advocacy group in New York City founded in late 1970 by Lewis Rudin, Alton Marshall, and Rexford Thompkins to market New York as business-friendly amid concerns about crime and to lobby for policies friendly to members. It was possibly the first public-private partnership in the United States and hosts notable "power breakfasts" where ABNY members get to speak to prominent figures in business and politics who are paid to give speeches. During the 1970s, the ABNY helped create the Big Apple#Popularity, Big Apple and I Love New York campaigns. The group also helped create the New York City Police Foundation to privately fund police initiatives and created "Operation Interlock", a network of private security in Midtown (Manhattan), Midtown tied into the New York City Police Department's radio system who patrolled the local streets. Background Between 1960 and 1975, the municipal spending on welfare programs had increase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
