New York City

New York, often called New York City (NYC) to distinguish it from the State of New York, is the most populous city in the United States of America. The city is a center for worldwide banking and finance, and is typically regarded as the headquarters for the U.S. financial industry, metonymously known as Wall Street.

As of 2022, New York City was home to the highest number of billionaires of any city in the world at 107. Media mogul turned politician Michael Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg, is the wealthiest individual in New York City, with a net worth of more than $82 billion. He was also mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013, and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for President of the United States.

The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a large complex of seven buildings, including the Twin Towers, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks.

The Stonewall uprising was a series of spontaneous protests by members of the LGBT+ community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The rebellion erupted after a routine police raid on the Stonewall Inn.