City_of_New_York

Known as "The Big Apple."

The City of New York is composed of 5 boroughs or counties:

:1). Manhattan - New York County, population 1,487,536

:2). Bronx - Bronx County, population 1,203,789

:3). Brooklyn- Kings County, population 2,300,664

:4). Queens - Queens County, population 1,951,598

:5). Staten Island - Richmond County, population 378,977

(Population figures from 1990 United States Census,

see http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ny190090.txt)

The population of the City of New York is estimated around 7.5 million, with the population of the entire metropolitan area at around 20 million.

The current mayor of New York City is Rudy Guillianni. He has been a very controversial mayor. His bid for New York State Senator was aborted by a serious illness.