New York City Transit Analysis Determinants of impasse MTA thought that they could strong arm the union as they had in the past. In 1999 and 2002 MTA threatened the union with fines and jail time if they did not negotiate. Therefore‚ union leaders accepted terms and contracts that they normally would not have if they had other options. But members of the union were tired of promises by management of better working conditions and wage increases that did not cover the cost of inflation
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New York City New York City is a powerful centre of economic and culture authority. It is classified as a world city. A world city is a large city that has outdone its countrywide urban networks and became part of an international global system. A world city is the focus of world trade and communication. They are the central in all banking and finance headquarters‚ and are the host of entertainment and sporting events. New York is one of the three dominant cities around the world. The other two are
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John Etefia Tomek Research Paper The New York City Draft Riots that took place July 13-16 of 1863 during the Civil War are considered the largest civil insurrection in the American History. The riots started off as a protest against the Conscription Act passed in March of 1863‚ which made all single men age 20-45 and married men up to 35 were subject to the draft lottery. The part of the Conscription Act that really caused an uproar was not only the fact that it forced men to go and fight in
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New York Through the Five Senses New York City is a place that can distinctly appeal to all five of your senses. You can smell‚ hear‚ taste‚ feel‚ and most definitely see New York. It is one of those places that have something interesting to offer for everyone. With its fast-pace‚ something is always going on. It truly is the “City That Never Sleeps”. When you step out onto New York’s streets you hear sirens‚ honking horns‚ garbage trucks‚ cars rushing by‚ the click clacks of heels‚ hundreds
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allow me to make an impact if I pursued it through the business track at New York University. I am interested in studying Business and Political Economy at NYU’s Stern School of Business to further my knowledge on the worldwide impact this field has with the trade of ideas by bringing countries together. I witnessed the melding of cultures by living in three different countries and that is evident in no better place than New York City itself. When I toured NYU‚ I loved the approach to a global education
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instigator. We should be concentrating our efforts on protecting the victim not the problem. In the era of computers and networking‚ we face many new issues that can have very real consequences. We have lost many young lives due to this new technology‚ and even though it may be great to keep up with friends and family‚ not everyone is using this new technology for good. Many kids are getting bullied online in places like Facebook and Myspace‚ and in most of the cases‚ the kids are not of the age
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LOVE to be very significant and cannot imagine a world without it. The 1960s‚ Pop art movement in New York would have not had the same impulse without Robert Indiana’s LOVE and the world would be worse off without it. Abstract Expressionism‚ subconscious creation on large canvases‚ would have still been the only accepted art during this time if LOVE did not influence the American public with this new Pop Art. In 1958 Indiana begun to experimenting with LOVE‚ place the letters just right with the
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Historical Accuracy: Gangs of New York The Movie Gangs of New York‚ released in 2002‚ gives insight into the violence‚ corruption‚ and disarray that occurred in The Five Points of Manhattan during the 19th century‚ and reveals one of the biggest skeletons in New York’s closet. Martin Scorsese’s translation of the events in the film proves to be very intriguing‚ and for the most part accurate. However‚ there are a few aspects of the film he did not correctly portray: the timing of events‚ and
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in New York” by Claude McKay In a three-stanza poem “The Tropics in New York”‚ by Claude McKay presents the feeling of sadness and homesickness of a man who has been living in New York. In the first stanza‚ the author invites us to imagine the tropic in New York. After that‚ in the second stanza he brings us to the man’s old memory. Some techniques the author uses persuade readers to be aware of the man’s nostalgia in the third stanza. The abundant images of fruits that the man sees in New York
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After seeing his father brutally murdered by the leader of the native gang‚ Amsterdam Vallon makes it his mission to avenge his father’s death. He comes back to the Five Points district in New York and joins an old friend‚ Johnny Sirocco‚ to learn the ropes of the area. While doing so‚ Vallon gains the trust of his father’s assassin‚ William “The Butcher” Cutting‚ and is taken under his wing. Young Amsterdam falls in love with the local beauty and pickpocket Jenny Everdeane‚ but in doing so angers
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