Portal:New York City/Did you know/2


 * ... that the Andrew Freedman Home (pictured) served as a retirement home for "aged and indigent persons of both sexes" who had formerly been of "good circumstances"?
 * ... that Richard Ravitch was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New York on July 8, 2009, in a move that New York's attorney general claimed was unconstitutional?
 * ... that Sid Bernstein helped start the British Invasion by getting The Beatles to play at Carnegie Hall?
 * ... that President Barack Obama has appointed two former Presidents of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to positions in his administration?
 * ... that the Big Apple has "apple green" taxis?