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  2. New York City - Wikipedia

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    New York, often called New York City [b] or simply 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 of which is coextensive with a respective county. New York is a global center of finance [10] and commerce ...

  3. UJA-Federation of New York - Wikipedia

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    UJA-Federation of New York ( United Jewish Appeal ⁣ – ⁣ Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York, Inc.) is the largest local philanthropy in the world. [1] Headquartered in New York City, the organization raises and allocates funds annually to fulfill a mission to “care for Jews everywhere and New Yorkers of all backgrounds ...

  4. Self-service laundry - Wikipedia

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    A self-service laundry, coin laundry, or coin wash, is a facility where clothes are washed and dried without much personalized professional help. They are known in the United Kingdom as launderettes or laundrettes, and in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as laundromats. In Texas and other parts of the south central United ...

  5. New York City Department of Environmental Protection

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    The New York City Department of Environmental Protection ( DEP) is the department of the government of New York City [2] that manages the city's water supply and works to reduce air, noise, and hazardous materials pollution. Under a 1.3 billion dollar budget, it provides more than 1.1 billion US gallons (4,200,000 m 3) of water each day to more ...

  6. Boroughs of New York City - Wikipedia

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    The Boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City. The boroughs are the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Each borough is coextensive with a respective county of the State of New York: The Bronx is Bronx County, Brooklyn is Kings County, Manhattan is New York County, Queens ...

  7. New York City Department of Records and Information Services

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    Website. www .nyc .gov /records. The New York City Department of Records and Information Services ( DoRIS) is the department of the government of New York City [4] that organizes and stores records and information from the City Hall Library and Municipal Archives. [5] It is headquartered in the Surrogate's Courthouse in Civic Center, Manhattan.

  8. Robert Durst - Wikipedia

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    Robert Alan Durst (April 12, 1943 – January 10, 2022) was an American real estate heir and convicted murderer. The eldest son of New York City real estate magnate Seymour Durst, he garnered attention as a suspect in the unsolved 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen McCormack; the 2000 murder of his longtime friend, Susan Berman; and the 2001 killing of his neighbor, Morris Black.

  9. CityTime payroll scandal - Wikipedia

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    CityTime was a New York City contract to build a timekeeping and payroll system for city employees, awarded to SAIC as a no-bid, $63 million contract in 2003. [1] In the following years, the contract ballooned to $700 million, as consultant rates were artificially inflated, and contract terms were adjusted to make the city responsible for "cost ...