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Monthly Archives: February 2015

Today in NYC History: New Amsterdam Recognized as a City (1653)

New Yorkers have been agitators and disrupters from the start, even back when New Amsterdam was just a small settlement on the tip of Manhattan. On this date in 1653, New Amsterdam was officially declared a municipality by the Dutch government. During the 1620s, New Amsterdam was set up as a trading outpost run by…

February 2, 2015 in Today in NYC History.

Today in NYC History: Lawyers Fight Back Against Tammany Hall (1870)

“Bench and bar settle deeper in the mud every year and every month. They must be near the bottom now.” – George Templeton, 1868. Late 1860s New York City was in the firm clutches of the Tammany Hall political machine, run at the time by the notorious Boss Tweed. Tweed operatives were prominently placed throughout…

February 1, 2015 in Articles, Today in NYC History.

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