CITY FOCUS | NEW YORK

F rank Sinatra wanted to be a part of it , and , more recently , Alicia Keys called it the ‘ concrete jungle where dreams are made ’ - it ’ s the city so nice they named it twice : New York , New York .

Founded by Dutch settlers in 1624 under the name ‘ New Amsterdam ’, the city received its more well-known moniker in 1664 when it was gifted to the Duke of York as an 18th birthday present . Now known as New York , the city had the honour of being the first US capital when the constitution was ratified in 1789 . However , it was soon replaced with Philadelphia , Pennsylvania and then finally Washington D . C . in 1800 . Now home to over 8mn citizens ( one in 38 Americans call it their home ), New York is comprised of five boroughs : Manhattan , the Bronx , Queens , Brooklyn and Staten Island . Demonstrating the sheer scale of New York , either Brooklyn or Queens alone would count as the fourthlargest city in the US if they were designated separate cities .

MARCH 2020

Business Chief US+CAN Magazine March 2020 | Page 78

F rank Sinatra wanted to be a part of it , and , more recently , Alicia Keys called it the ‘ concrete jungle where dreams are made ’ - it ’ s the city so nice they named it twice : New York , New York .