1. Education
1.1. Largest public school system in USA
1.2. Highest number of university students among cities in USA
1.3. World renown schools and institutions
1.3.1. Columbia Univerisity
1.3.2. New York University
1.3.3. Juilliard School
1.3.4. Rockefeller University
1.3.5. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1.3.6. Weill Cornell Medical College
1.4. Most number of post-graduate life sciences degrees awarded annually
2. Etc
2.1. Geography
2.1.1. USA: Leading country for last century
2.1.2. Most populous city in USA (~20 million)
2.2. History
2.2.1. USA's largest city since 1790
2.2.2. Capital of USA from 1785 to 1790
2.3. Entertainment
2.3.1. Broadway
2.3.2. Times Square
2.4. Media
2.4.1. New York Times
2.4.2. Time Warner
2.5. Landmark
2.5.1. One Word Trade Center
2.5.2. UN Headquarter
2.5.3. Empire State Building
2.5.4. Statue of Liberty:symbolizing massive emigration
3. Business and Commerce
3.1. 42 Fortune 500 Companies headquartered in NYC
3.1.1. Goldman Sachs
3.1.2. McKinsey and Company
3.1.3. Citi Group
3.1.4. J.P. Morgan Chase
3.1.5. AIG
3.1.6. Pfizer
3.1.7. Time Warner
3.1.8. American Express
3.1.9. McGraw-Hill
3.1.10. MetLife
3.2. Wall Street
3.2.1. NYSE: World's largest stock exchange by market capitalization
3.2.2. NASDAQ: World's second largest
4. Diversity
4.1. Ethnicity
4.1.1. Melting Pot
4.1.2. ~36% of NYC population is foreign born
4.1.2.1. African
4.1.2.2. Puerto Ricans
4.1.2.3. Italians
4.1.2.4. West Indians
4.1.2.5. Dominicans
4.1.2.6. Chinese
4.1.2.7. Irish
4.1.2.8. Russian
4.1.2.9. German
4.1.3. Home to the largest number of Jews outside Israel
4.2. Languages
4.2.1. More than 170 languages spoken (2000 Consensus)