When I first came to New York and saw Italian families and their displays of affection, I was taken aback a bit because it was uninhibited.

You'll be eating New York pizza tonight,

We want that center, we yearn for it, we need it. It shouldn't look like New York or Paris, it should look like us.

What this data shows is that New York has the greatest gaps between wealth and poverty in the country.

I've had experiences on both sides of the ocean and various classrooms and bedrooms around New York.

I was unloading sides of beef down on the docks when I decided enough was enough. By then, I'd done a lot of reading on my own, so I persuaded New York University to enroll me.