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2012 Olympics

True or false: It is greater than 20% at this moment that the 2012 Olympic Games will be held in New York City. 66.32.251.152 23:47, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

No one knows that except the IOC. They may already have made up their minds. I read somewhere that New York was not expected to win because the IOC would be unlikely to have the Summer Olympics and the preceding Winter Olympics in the same continent (the 2010 Winter Games are in Vancouver). Proteus (Talk) 06:38, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

List of communications media

I augmented this new list somewhat, but I'm not sure it's a good idea. There are many magazines based in New York but not having any New York focus. The ones I've added are all definitely local, although some, like the Village Voice, have considerable readership outside the city. New York has something of a local focus though not quite so much as the Voice. The New Yorker, despite its name, is less local, and then there are the publications like Newsweek that are just based here. I'm not sure where we should draw the line. Then, beyond the publications, is there any point to adding lists of the TV and radio stations? JamesMLane 04:47, 28 May 2004 (UTC)

I agree it should just be NY-focussed media--I modelled it after similar sections in Seattle, Boston, and Chicago articles. Niteowlneils 06:38, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

State of emergency

The statement that Mayor Bloomberg declared a state of emergency during the 2003 blackout should be deleted. The statement is incorrect. Governor Pataki declared a state of emergency during the 2003 blackout but the Mayor did not. --BR, July 1, 2004 (I work for the City and have spoken to staff that were involved).

Article name situation

Okay, the placement of the article at "City of New York" was supposed to be temporary, until we worked out what was going on with US city names generally. But there seems to be no will anymore to do anything about city names generally. Can we just moved the damned article to New York City? john k 20:02, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Wait until it starts up again. I kinda wanted to move it back to New York, New York. WhisperToMe 21:49, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, I know...Sigh...it doesn't show any signs of starting up again. I'm not even sure what can be done to start it up again, at this point. I tried, but it just led to a bunch of grumping from my side. What do you think of JRedmond's proposal over on one of those other pages? john k 22:09, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Well, I've moved it...let's see what happens. john k 22:03, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Tennis

The sports is too baseball and (American) football oriented. Isn't NY the venue for the tennis Grand Slam? Please add some more sports to reflect the diversity of the city. The list of stadiums should also be moved to dedicated page. [[User:Nichalp|¶ nichalp | Talk]] 20:30, Jul 31, 2004 (UTC)

New Jersey companies

Should I put New Jersey companies after the list of companies based in the city limits of New York (and label them as such) e.g. Toys R Us in Wayne, and Prudential in Newark? WhisperToMe 05:23, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I think naming them gets too far afield, but it's a good point that they're there. I've added a sentence noting the fact in a general way. JamesMLane 08:16, 16 Aug 2004 (UTC)

contact

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FAO Schwarz

I haven't been to New York City in a long time, but I'm told that FAO Schwarz is no longer operating... anyone able to confirm that? If so, the article should be updated accordingly.

Famous New Yorkers

Many people who are born elsewhere end up in New York City for career purposes. Some are here for a while (Roger Maris); others really settle here and become New Yorkers (Tony Randall). Then, of course, there are people who are born in New York City but who leave fairly early in life and generally aren't associated with the city (Norman Rockwell).

The "Famous New Yorkers" section of this article seems to be turning into a mishmash of all these categories, along with some people who weren't born here and don't currently live here (Phil Collins).

I suggest we break it down into "Native New Yorkers" (anyone born in NYC) and "Other New Yorkers" (anyone born elsewhere who's prominently identified with the city -- obviously Mayor Bloomberg would qualify, but I have my doubts about a transient like Roger Maris). Comments? JamesMLane 17:26, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Missing archive

I just archived the beginning of this talk page, setting it up as Talk:New York City/Archive 2 (title of article). (As it happened, everything in that section related to the question of the title of the article, so I could give it a more descriptive name than just "Archive 2".) In the course of doing so, I noticed that the previous archive is a red link. Archive 2 begins with February 11, 2004, so all the talk before then seems to have gone missing. We could create a new archive from the page history, but before we do so, does anyone know if the Talk:New York City/Archive 1 page is wandering around somewhere under a different name? JamesMLane 17:57, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

A Question

Hi. There's something I didn't quite understand — this may be because I'm not completely familiar with US law concerning administrative divisions. In the cases of the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island, since they are coterminous with their counties and there's no such thing as an independent county administration, how come the counties have different names, i.e. why aren't they called "Brooklyn County" and "Staten Island County", instead of Kings County and Richmond County, respectively? It's a little bewildering and the article gives no explanation as to why this is so (especially since the other boroughs have "matching names", so to speak). I was just wondering... Regards, Redux 23:29, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

This is more than likely due to the fact that Kings County and Richmond County predate "Brooklyn" and "Staten Island." (Kings County was formed in 1683, if I'm not mistaken.) What is now called Brooklyn was once a series of little villages and towns that eventually grew into each other and formed the Brooklyn we know today. Although I am not as familiar with Staten Island, I would assume that it is the same story there. Darkcore 03:48, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)