New York

New York City, New York 

New York City, also known as the Big Apple, is a city and port in northeastern United States that is formally known as the City of New York. Historically known as New Amsterdam, the City of New York is also home to the Mayor, Alderman, and Commonality. It includes Manhattan and Staten islands, the western half of Long Island, and a tiny portion of the New York state mainland to the north of Manhattan. It is the biggest and most influential metropolis in the United States. In reality, New York City is made up of a variety of neighborhoods, each with its own distinct culture, that are dispersed throughout the city's five boroughs: Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. It may be comparable to traveling from one country to another to move from one city neighborhood to the next. The most populated and multicultural city in the nation is New York. The neighboring regions of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are included in its urban area. New York is both the entrance to the North American continent and its favored exit to the world's oceans because of its location where the Hudson and East rivers meet one of the best harbors in the world. area of 305 miles (790 square km). Pop. (2010): 8,175,133; 2011,576,251; 18,897,109; (2020): 8,804,190; 12,449,348; 20,140,470; New York-White Plains-Wayne Metro Division, 12,449,348; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metro Area, 18,897,109. 

Character of the City 

The most racially and religiously diverse, commercially focused, notoriously crowded, and, in the opinion of many, the most alluring urban center in the nation is New York. No other city has contributed more images to the collective consciousness of Americans than Wall Street, Broadway, Fifth Avenue, Madison Avenue, Greenwich Village, Seventh Avenue, Tammany Hall, and Harlem. Wall Street is associated with finance, Broadway with theater, Fifth Avenue with shopping, Madison Avenue with the advertising industry, Seventh Avenue with fashion, Tammany Hall with machine politics, and Harlem with the Jazz Age, African American aspirations, and slums. Tenement conjures up images of both the hardships of urban living and the ascent of the masses of aspirant immigrants. In comparison to Tel Aviv, New York has more Jews, Irish, Italians, and Puerto Ricans than those cities combined. Its emblem is the Statue of Liberty, but the city itself is a symbol, serving as the setting where Emma Lazarus's "tempest-tost" of individuals from all over the world are changed into Americans and, if they stay in the area, New Yorkers.

New York has been the biggest and richest city in America for the past 200 years. Through its port, which saw more than half of all commodities and people entering the United States, change has become a constant in urban life. New York was always associated with possibility because it was a city on the rise, too busy to care about those who stood in the way of advancement. New York, although being the most American city in the nation, therefore gained a reputation for being both alien and terrifying, a place where chaos, haughtiness, rudeness, and cruelty tested the fortitude of everyone who entered it. Strangers lived in the city, but James Fenimore Cooper noted that they were "basically national in interest, status, and aspirations. The former capital of both its state and the nation, New York has surpassed such position to become a global city in both business and outlook, with the most recognizable skyline on earth. No one thinks of the location as belonging to a particular state but to the United States. Additionally, it became a target for international terrorism, most notably in 2001 when the World Trade Center was destroyed. For thirty years, that landmark had served as the most visible representation of the city's might around the world. However, New York still offers its inhabitants a variety of nearby neighborhoods that expose them to customary foods, cultures, and experiences. New York is possibly the most appropriate representation of a varied and powerful country since it is a metropolis of striking contrasts and profound contradictions. 

The Landscape 

The City Site 

New York's granite bedrock dates back around 100 million years, but the glacial retreat that signaled the end of the Wisconsin Glacial Stage about 10,000 years ago is chiefly responsible for the city's current topography. The glacial moraine that is still there in some areas of the metropolitan region, large erratic rocks in Central Park in Manhattan, deep kettle depressions in Brooklyn, and deep kettle depressions in Queens all serve as silent witnesses to the immense strength of the ice. The streams surrounding the city were also carved out by glacial retreat. The Hudson River is tidal as far north as Troy, and the East and Hudson Rivers, Spuyten Duyvil Creek, and Arthur Kill are actually estuaries of the Atlantic Ocean. The ocean is always battling with Fresh York's shoreline, which is around 600 miles (1,000 km) long, eroding the ground and depositing new sediments in other places. Even though the harbor is continuously dredged, the ship channels are too shallow for more contemporary deep-sea boats and are regularly covered with river silt.

A protected deepwater anchorage with quick access to the Atlantic Ocean is located south of Manhattan's mountainous terrain. First European to enter the harbor, which he named Santa Margarita, was the Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524. He wrote that the hills surrounding the vast expanse of New York Bay appeared to be rich in minerals; in fact, more than 90 species of precious stones and 170 of the world's minerals have been discovered in New York. In 1964, the world's longest suspension bridge was dedicated to span the Narrows at the entrance to Upper New York Bay in honor of Verrazzano's courageous mission.

At the time of the American Revolution, New York was just the third-largest port in the country. However, it progressively gained dominance in trade, and by the middle of the 1800s, it was handling more than half of the nation's oceangoing travelers and commercial goods. The busiest port in the world after 1900 was New York, which it retained until the 1950s. After the 1960s, business moved to the New Jersey side of the river due to cargo containerization, the deterioration of its waterfront piers, and rising labor costs, but at the start of the twenty-first century, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey continued to control the water trade in the northeastern United States. 

The People 

Ethnic and Religious Diversity 

The changing population base of New York continues to be its most dramatic narrative in a city where embracing change is its major tradition. It was asserted that some 200 different national groupings had representatives there at the turn of the 20th century. According to the 2020 census, African Americans made up around 20% of the population, Hispanics/Latinos made up about 28%, and individuals of European origin ("white non-Hispanic") made up about 31%. Asians made up the majority of the population, with their percentage expanding at the quickest rate—from a negligible percentage in 1970 to more than 15%. The majority of foreigners who moved to New York City in the 2010s were from Latin America and Asia (40 percent and 38 percent, respectively, between 2014 and 2018). The Statue of Liberty, more than a century after its dedication in the harbor (1886), continues to be the most potent symbol of New York, as it welcomes newcomers into the city's "golden door." Dominicans made up the largest foreign-born contingent by nationality, followed by Chinese, Mexicans, Jamaicans, Guyanese, and Ecuadorans—people yearning to "make it." 

Each ethnic community has seen its members ascend the acculturation ladder, reach some level of success, and then turn around and criticize the masses who followed them to the promised city. Father (later Saint) Isaac Jogues recorded 18 languages being spoken in New Amsterdam in 1643, and this multicultural milieu persisted even after Dutch rule ended and Britain took over. Before the end of the 17th century, Manhattan was home to Jews, Roman Catholics, and many other ethnic groups, but the entrenched merchant class still held political power. The Van Cortlandts, De Peysters, and Schuylers were notable Dutch families who backed the American Revolution more than their English counterparts. Unexpectedly, many enslaved people—possibly one-fifth of the city's population in 1776—were released as a result of the conflict. A satirical look at the merchant class and the city's Dutch origins was written in 1809 by Diedrich Knickerbocker and was one of the first "history" books of New York (Washington Irving). Until the late 19th century, when prominent members of Manhattan's aristocratic families like the Roosevelts and the Vanderbilts were, spoken Dutch could still be heard on city streets.

The first St. Patrick's Cathedral was dedicated between Mott and Mulberry streets in 1815, indicating the Irish were becoming more and more prominent. More than 80,000 Irish Roman Catholics were serviced by 15 parishes by 1844, and New York was clearly shifting to a largely Irish population even before the Great Famine migrations of 1845–1849. Additionally, there were over 24,000 Germans residing in Manhattan, a population that sharply surged after the 1840s failed revolutions. Irish laborers had to deal with posters that read, "No Irish need apply," and their awful living conditions soon gave rise to the Five Points District, one of New York's most infamous slums. Germans, who were mostly Protestant or Jewish, belonged to the middle class and may have found it easier to adapt; they established the Kleindeutschland neighborhood (also known as "Little Germany") east of the Bowery. The strain of immigration was so intense that Castle Garden, close to the Battery, was transformed into a welcome center, serving in that capacity from 1855 to 1890. Irish, Germans, and various more ethnic groups contributed to the city's population being more than 50% foreign-born by the time of the American Civil War.

After 1880, "new" immigrants from eastern and southern Europe brought about yet another transformation in Manhattan. The Italians, Greeks, Russians, Hungarians, and Poles who were swarming into their city infuriated the Irish and Germans, who by that time controlled a significant amount of political and economic power. In order to handle the extraordinary influx of immigrants, Ellis Island, a new immigrant reception facility, was constructed in 1892. By 1900, the Lower East Side had one of the highest population densities ever recorded. Around 12,000 individuals per day were processed at Ellis Island each day in 1907, when 1.2 million people entered the country through the harbor. Cleanliness is an unknown trait to these folks, according to the somber New York Times. Tuberculosis became the "Jewish" sickness, and New York's police commissioner played the demagogue in 1909 when he claimed that half of all city crime was perpetrated by Russian Jews. They cannot be moved to a higher plane because they do not want to be. However, Jews would revolutionize the city's labor force and educational system, while Italians would overtake them as the dominant race. However, the city was so diverse that every significant group remained just a minority, and tolerance of "the other" became a virtue in New York. 

The Economy 

Early Industries 

The beaver and the grain barrel, which represent the first significant period in Manhattan's economic history, are depicted on the city of New York's seal, which was established in 1686. The Dutch valued New Amsterdam because it gave them access to a continent's very lucrative fur trade. John Jacob Astor, one of the wealthiest men in 19th-century New York, made his money from fur before turning to real estate investing. The city had exclusive rights to grind and package grain after the British invasion in 1664, and it exported its flour to all international markets. As commerce—both legal and illegal—became the lifeblood of New York, merchant salaries rose. William Kidd's transition from privateering to piracy sent him to the gallows (in London) in 1701. Any threat to the economy of the city was ruthlessly dealt with.

Shipping and Transportation 

New York has always been known for its shipping industry. After 1756, the colonial assembly was dominated by its Dutch-English commercial elite, which also controlled the annual salary grant given to the royal governor. The nation's first chamber of commerce was established in 1768 by a group of 20 businessmen at a period when tiny factories producing things like cloth, rope, sails, and timber processing were on the rise. Within a decade of becoming independent, the city quickly overcame years of British occupation during the American Revolution and flooded Caribbean, European, and coastal ports with its ships. In 1784, New Yorkers sent the Empress of China on its important first voyage to East Asia, and by the late 1790s, Manhattan was the nation's top exporter and importer. The Clermont, a riverboat built by inventor Robert Fulton, revolutionized travel when it completed its first voyage to Albany in 32 hours in 1807. With its bustling boatyards, New York built every kind of vessel, from port lighters to inland steamers to transatlantic passenger ships, and started the first scheduled shipping to Europe. The "tall masts" that turned South Street into a forest fascinated Walt Whitman. There were also many of the mythical clipper ships, the fastest sailing vessels in history, built, including the yacht America (1851), the inaugural winner of the competition that would later become known as the America's Cup. New York was the world's busiest port from 1830 until the 1950s.

Banking and Finance 

When the Bank of New York opened for operation in Manhattan in 1784, commercial banking officially got underway. The Manhattan Company (1799), the predecessor of what is today The Chase Manhattan Corporation, and a branch of the First Bank of the United States (1792) soon joined it. The Buttonwood Agreement, which was signed in 1792, is where the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) got its start, albeit the Exchange Board itself wasn't established until 1817. Banking services were even more concentrated in the city following the 1825 opening of the Erie Canal, and when its merchants entered the cotton trade, the entire nation's commerce poured into the port. The city dominated the national money markets despite several financial panics in the 19th century. Most of the money used to finance the industrialization of the United States came from investors and banks in the city. The city's influence was so enormous that the biggest companies in the nation decided it was best to set up shop there, even while their production operations were elsewhere, as was the case with Carnegie Steel, American Tobacco, and Standard Oil.

The Development of Industry and Trade 

New York's worldwide standing was protected by shipping and finance, while industry gave its thronging populace jobs. By the 1850s, Manhattan was home to a large number of small enterprises, and the apparel, furniture, pianos, cigars, and several other goods they produced helped the city's exports. With over 1,000 printing facilities by the middle of the century, New York was the nation's publishing hub; between 1865 to 1885, the number of periodicals published in the city quadrupled to 3,300. An already significant clothing business was developed into a massive one by the influx of skilled Jewish immigrants, who by 1910 employed about half of all city workers. New York was therefore the best location for business due to the interaction of capital, inexpensive labor, access to raw resources, entrepreneurial spirit, and transportation infrastructure. To meet the demands of its expanding manufacturing sector, it created advertising, insurance, and legal services swiftly.

The Centre of Business 

More than two-thirds of the top 100 American firms had their headquarters in New York at the start of the 20th century, and the city's 25,000 factories produced several hundred distinct industrial goods. In terms of total factory employees, the number of factories, capital value, and product value, it was the nation's leader. Up until the 1950s, New York continued to be the industry leader and supported close to one million industrial employments. More than 600,000 of these employments were lost in the city between 1960 and 1975 when the old economy failed, and the information era emerged. Banking and financial services supplanted most of the blue-collar laborers of the past as the new engine of economic growth, helped along by the traditional print and advertising sectors of the economy. In the early 2020s, New York was home to 45 Fortune 500 corporations and had a talent pool of about 330,000 financial professionals. Despite the focus on the relocation of the apparel industry out of New York, the city has more fashion design and retail businesses than any other American metropolis. Furthermore, the industry employed about 180,000 people in the second decade of the twenty-first century, making up about 6% of all city workers.

For New York, the 1970s were a low moment. As the government practically became bankrupt, its standing in the country fell. Even as the city started to rebuild, high rents, traffic, arson, and crime caused businesses and the middle class to leave. In response to the crisis, industrial parks were approved, offering companies lower rents, improved utilities, and safety. Additionally, those enterprises that stayed in the city received significant tax benefits. Even though the NYSE threatened to depart, it decided to stay in Manhattan and build a new facility in the late 1990s. New York has maintained its prosperity while undergoing change by consistently increasing its core economic advantages; its strength lies in its diversity.

The Port of New York and New Jersey excavated deeper channels and converted its piers for containerized cargo since its facilities were outdated and corruption was rampant there. Old piers were demolished or used for various purposes, including amusement parks. Despite losing some of its shipping to other locations, the port is still the busiest on the East Coast and the third busiest in the country. It brings in billions of dollars and supports thousands of employment. There are significant container terminals on Staten Island and in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood. Major passenger ship terminals are also present in Red Hook and Manhattan.

While the ready-made garment sector continues to play a big role in New York, other conventional manufacturers have seen sharp declines. But they have been replaced by an increasing number of innovative manufacturing firms that use cutting-edge technology (such robotic automation and 3D printing) to manufacture a variety of goods in brand-new or renovated and repurposed industrial hubs like the Brooklyn Army Terminal. New York developed into one of the nation's top hubs for technology-based start-up companies (many of them software producers) as the "knowledge economy" took hold in the 21st century, and it has maintained its top spot as a location for creative businesses like advertising, motion picture and video production, sound recording, and all varieties of design. With a number of important academic medical centers, including Weill Cornell Medical College, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and the medical schools of New York and Columbia universities, New York is also one of the nation's top hubs for medical and scientific research.

The 1990s, a decade in which the Dow Jones average doubled and revenues for NYSE members skyrocketed, made clear the city's continued dominance in the financial world. New York promoted its financial know-how throughout the world. Even after the catastrophic financial crisis that led to the Great Recession of 2007-09, New York City remained the epicenter of international finance. Its banks handled the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s as well as the Asian financial meltdown of the late 1990s, and the city thus became the "economic capital of the world." During the economic lockdown imposed to fight the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic, the first cases of which had been reported in China in December 2019, the vast majority of bars, restaurants, hotels, health clubs, and theaters throughout New York that care for and feed the millions of visitors who come to the city every year underwent their own existential crisis. 

The Arts of New York City 

The "Great White Way," or the nation's primary theater district, has been Broadway since the 1890s. In addition to thousands of other performances that only true fans go to see, New York develops, casts, and attends the authentic plays and musical extravaganzas that Americans yearn to see. Variety (1905) is the news publication that updates the globe on the health of theater, New York's "fabulous invalid" that is occasionally on the verge of death and other times revived. Playwrights, actors, dancers, and directors who are interested in experimental theater learn their craft in the city's Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theaters. Major new stages in Times Square, skyscrapers, and a suddenly fashionable 42nd Street all attracted new audiences in the latter decades of the 20th century, and the rising cost of tickets indicated a bigger audience. For those looking for a deal, Manhattan also hosts free Shakespeare in Central Park, and discounted tickets are always available for current shows. Local organizations present more shows in each borough than anyone can attend.

The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, which was finished in the 1960s, is a haven for art lovers. The Metropolitan Opera Association calls it home; Avery Fisher Hall hosts performances by the New York Philharmonic; and the New York State Theater has a number of attractions, including the New York City Ballet, which enjoys the best reputation of any national company. The best concerts are held in Carnegie Hall (1891), which may have provided more joy per dollar than any other philanthropic bequest. Andrew Carnegie donated two million dollars for the building of Carnegie Hall. Alternatives include Town Hall in Manhattan and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, which is the country's oldest performing arts venue. Performance art is always accessible, ranges from amateur free events to outrageously expensive events, and is loved by a wide variety of people.

No other American city is as well-known abroad as New York; both its glitzy nightlife and its seedy neighborhoods are ingrained in the collective memory of the country. City administrations have become more supportive of the practice as film directors prefer to use cities as their sets. Up until World War I, Queens served as the early film industry's hub, and after that, New York was crucial to the creation of independent and documentary movies. In the 1980s, Astoria reclaimed its status as a major studio hub. It is also appropriate that several of the most popular TV shows, including I Love Lucy, All in the Family, Seinfeld, Sex and the City, Mad Men, and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, were filmed in the city that first broadcast television signals. The Museum of the Moving Image (1988) in Queens advances knowledge of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media, while the Paley Center for Media (1975) in Manhattan enables anyone to relive memorable moments from this somewhat fictionalized yet also very real New York.

Recreation 

The demands of New York's average citizens are never disregarded. Parades and festivals have been a part of city life since the colonial era, and the modern Halloween and Thanksgiving Day parades serve as a testament to how strong this tradition still is. In the 19th century, parades also served as a stage for street fights between Roman Catholic and Protestant Irish. In order to entice audiences to more earthy delights, vaudeville and burlesque were created, while Yiddish theater was founded on the Lower East Side. After 1898, the larger city recognized its responsibility to offer people with gardens and zoos in each borough in addition to the huge Central and Prospect parks. New York has hundreds of parks, but it also offers a wide range of other entertainment options, such as a scale model of the city built in the Queens Museum, a restored Staten Island village at Richmondtown, or the Bronx's jewel-like Orchard Beach. The New York Botanical Garden in Bronx Park is one of the nation's top botanical research institutions. No other public beach is as well-known as Coney Island, where thousands of bathers frequently swarm close to the water; in 1988, the Cyclone Roller Coaster there was designated a National Historic Landmark. Nearly as many people discover the same sensation at Queens' Rockaway Beach. For generations of New Yorkers, the amusement parks at both locations offer thrills.

The city is home to many amateur and professional sports, but maybe no sport is more synonymous with New York than baseball. The Highlanders, a professional baseball team, relocated from Baltimore to New York in 1903, and were renamed the Yankees in 1913. Since then, the team has competed in every borough bar Staten Island, won more than two dozen world championships, and established itself as the most successful sports franchise in history. Before the Giants moved to San Francisco in 1957, Manhattan also had a passionate baseball fan base. The Dodgers lived in Brooklyn for "next year," and the New York Mets have called Queens home since 1962. The National Football League's Jets and Giants, who both actually hold their home games in New Jersey, the National Basketball Association's Knicks and Nets, the Women's National Basketball Association's Liberty, the National Hockey League's Rangers, and Major League Soccer's New York City Football Club are just a few of the prominent professional teams that call New York City home. It's possible that Madison Square Garden, currently in its fourth incarnation, is the most legendary indoor stadium in American history. It has hosted countless championship boxing contests, countless other sporting events, musical performances, and political conventions. The quality of cultural activities offered in New York is unmatched, whether it be for watching sports, having a picnic in the park, visiting museums, going to the theater, taking advantage of the city's wide variety of restaurants (from ethnic delis and sidewalk carts to five-star restaurants), or just taking in the city's street life. 

Population 

New York County, New York, is home to the city of New York City. It is the largest city in both New York and the United States as of the year 2020 (8,930,002). In 2020, there were 8,804,190 people living in New York City, according to the most recent census, and the city is now expanding at a rate of 0.71% per year. New York City, which spans over 468 miles, has a population density of 29,729 persons per square mile. New York City has a poverty rate of 17.27% and an average household income of $102,946. The median dwelling value is and the median rental charges in recent years is - per month. In New York City, the median age is 36.7 years; for men, it is 35.4 years, and for women, it is 38.1 years. 

It has maintained that ranking ever since the first US census in 1790 and has more people than Los Angeles, the second-largest city. The population of Chicago, the third-largest metropolis in the US, is just one-third that of New York City. 

The global economy, entertainment, media, education, art, technology, and scientific research continue to be significantly influenced and impacted by New York City. 

Top 2 News Websites 

#1 New York Post 

For breaking news, information about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more, turn to the New York Post. 

#2 The New Yorker 

The New Yorker is a weekly magazine known for its distinctive blend of reporting on politics and society on a national and worldwide scale, humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, and reviews and criticism of literature, film, theater, classical and popular music, television, art, and fashion. 

Current City Mayor 

As an NYPD officer, state senator, Brooklyn borough president, and now as the 110th mayor of the City of New York, Mayor Eric Adams has served the citizens of New York City. In all five boroughs, he gave voice to a diverse coalition of working families, and he is now leading the fight to revive New York City's economy, lessen inequality, enhance public safety, and create a more resilient, prosperous city that benefits all New Yorkers.

Mayor Eric Adams experienced difficulties as a child, but he overcame it, like so many other New Yorkers. 

As one of six children raised in South Jamaica by a single mother who cleaned homes, Eric and his family were never sure if they would return home to an eviction notice or food on the table. Eric was born in Brownsville and reared there. And at the age of 15, Eric experienced a life-altering act of injustice when he was assaulted by police in the basement of a precinct house.

Eric, however, determined to transform the police department from inside rather than letting his resentment consume him. As one of the NYPD's most vocal officers after joining, he exposed prejudice and bias inside the force and pushed for significant changes. In the high-crime 1980s and 1990s, Eric, a founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, would frequently patrol the streets wearing a bulletproof vest one day then march alongside his fellow civil rights activists to oppose terrible police behavior the next. He attained the rank of captain and contributed to the creation of the city's first computerized system for tracking crime, which resulted in historically significant improvements in public safety. Eric's lifelong efforts to better and safeguard New York began with his attempts to alter policing.

He transitioned from the NYPD to the State Senate, where he was elected to represent parts of central and Brownstone Brooklyn. Eric created effective alliances in Albany to advance the principles and objectives of New York City, assisting in the passage of laws to safeguard employees and tenants, fight gun violence, put an end to the NYPD's abuse of stop and frisk, and advance human rights, including marriage equality. Additionally, he became the first person of color to lead the Homeland Security Committee in the Senate.

After assembling a diverse group of Brooklynites, Eric was ultimately chosen Brooklyn Borough President in 2013 to serve as the borough's first Black leader. As the representative of one of the biggest counties in the country, Eric worked diligently to advance the interests of all New Yorkers by promoting sensible legislation, better governance, and investments in the community's schools and economy.

Eric relocated a mattress into his office as the COVID-19 outbreak hit the city and worked nonstop to provide donated food and PPE to disadvantaged New Yorkers and important workers while urging that the government provide more equal aid. After realizing he had Type 2 diabetes, Eric not only continued to advocate for New Yorkers in need and a higher standard of living for all, but he also rose to the position of national authority on public health policy. Eric reversed the disease after learning of his diagnosis by making significant dietary and physical changes, setting out on a personal mission to inform New Yorkers about wellness and preventative treatment. Through collaboration with community organizations and health professionals, his work has already resulted in successful proactive public health initiatives around the city, enhanced education in schools, and outreach to high-risk populations in low-income neighborhoods. 

Lifelong resident of New York, Eric. In addition to graduating from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and New York City Technical College, he also holds a master's degree in public administration from Marist College. He also graduated with honors from Queens' Bayside High School, one of the city's public schools. He has been a resident in Bedford-Stuyvesant for more than 20 years at this time. Jordan, an aspiring filmmaker and American University alumnus, is the proud son of Eric.