2.  Todays population: 8,1million

3.  Crimes mostly happens where people of different cultures come together (Bronx, Harlem)  Guiliani‘s Law&Order politic decreased the crime rate  Increased numbers of policemen  Stricter laws  NYC is today one of the safest Cities in the USA

4.  Stretches from northern Cetral Park to 155thn Street and from East River to Harlem River  Dutch settlers live there in the 16th century  1800:they built houses and rich people came to lived there  1900:immigrants came and the white population disappeared  1920:just Afro-Americans and other minorities live in H.  1960:the poverty raised  Today:just poor families and no white people  In the 1990´s there were some projects for a better life in Harlem but the people didn´t care about it. Harlem

6.  100 000 people are homeless  38 000 sleep in New York City shelter systems  62 000 live on the streets and parks  More than 1 000 soup-kitchens and food-pantries  90% of the homelss New Yorkers are black or Latinos