Portal:New_York_City/Did_you_know/3 References

... that Jacob Aaron Westervelt (pictured), the former Mayor of New York City, attempted to uniform the Police of New York, a move seen by some as "un-American"?
... that New York City authorities asked the Museum of Sex not to locate itself within 500 feet of a church or school?"
... that New York Mets mascot Mrs. Met debuted in the 1960s, shortly after Mr. Met, making her one of Major League Baseball's oldest mascots?
... that the National Debt Clock in Manhattan ran out of digits on September 30, 2008, when the United States public debt passed the $10 trillion mark?
... that more than 700 of the caricatures on display at Sardi's restaurant in New York City were drawn by a Russian refugee in exchange for meals at the restaurant?