SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK

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1 SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK WELCOME TO NEW YORK, NEW YORK If you want to wake up in a city that never seeps, in which there is a non-stop food, cuture, and entertainment, then the Big Appe is the pace for you. Ceebrated in songs, iterature, movies, and more, New York has a the right ingredients to capture the imagination, and then over deiver on its promise. New York, the goba superpower, the cutura meting pot, and the most popuous city in the United States, is the premier getaway for every aspect of ife. Contents Cimate and Geography 02 Cost of Living and Transportation 03 Sports and Outdoor Activities 04 Shopping and Dining 05 Schoos and Education 06 GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK 01

2 SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK CLIMATE New York Cimate Graph 120 o F 48.9 o c 6 in mm New York City features a humid subtropica cimate, and is the northernmost major city on the North American continent with this categorization. The suburbs to the immediate north and west ie in the transitiona zone between humid subtropica and humid continenta cimates. The city averages 234 days with at east some sunshine annuay. 100 o F 37.8 o c 80 o F 27.7 o c 60 o F 15.6 o c 40 o F 4.4 o c 5 in mm 4 in mm 3 in mm 2 in mm Winters are cod and damp, and prevaiing wind patterns that bow offshore minimize the moderating effects of the Atantic Ocean; yet the Atantic and the partia shieding from coder air by the Appaachian Mountains keep the city warmer in the winter than inand North American cities at simiar or esser. Spring and autumn are unpredictabe and can range from chiy to warm, athough they are usuay mid with ow humidity. Summers are typicay warm to hot and humid. Nighttime conditions are often exacerbated by the urban heat isand phenomenon. 20 o F -6.7 o c JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC High Temp Low Temp Precipitation Average High/Low Temperatures Low / High January 30 o F / 51 o F Juy 68 o F / 89 o F Average Precipitation Rain 46 in. 1 in mm Snow 25 in. GEOGRAPHY Many peope think of New York City as just the isand of Manhattan with its iconic skyine of towering skyscrapers. However, New York City is comprised of 5 unique boroughs Manhattan, Brookyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Isand. New York City is situated in the Northeastern United States, in southeastern New York State, approximatey hafway between Washington, D.C. and Boston. The ocation at the mouth of the Hudson River, which feeds into a naturay shetered harbor and then into the Atantic Ocean, has heped the city grow in significance as a trading port. Most of New York City is buit on the three isands of Long Isand, Manhattan, and Staten Isand. The Hudson River separates the city from the U.S. state of New Jersey. The East River fows from Long Isand Sound and separates the Bronx and Manhattan from Long Isand. The Harem River separates most of Manhattan from the Bronx. GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK 02

3 SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK COST OF LIVING As with any big city, New York has an assortment of unique neighborhoods that vary in cost of iving. There are some houses in The Bronx on the market for around $350,000, whie the median home price in Manhattan is over $1.7 miion. On average, New York has one of the highest cost of iving indexes in the country. However, many residents justify it due to their easy access to some of the best restaurants, museums, theaters, attractions, schoos, and sports franchises in the word. Prices are aso high because of the eaborate mass transportation systems and proximity to airports and shipyards that make New York a hub of corporate headquarters and economic activity. Key Housing Figures* Median Home Purchase Price $735,000 Median Monthy Rent (1BDRM) $3,029 *Sources: - accessed 08/21/2017, - accessed 08/21/2017 TRANSPORTATION Highways Interstates 87, 95, 278, 495, 678 US Highways 1 State Highways 9, 25, 27 Airports John F. Kennedy Internationa Airport (JFK) La Guardia Internationa Airport (LGA) Bus and Rai Fu-time bus service runs every day from 7 am to 10 pm. Many routes operate onger hours. Each borough has a separate schedue. LIRR, MetroNorth, and PATH have trains that serve commuters and visitors from Long Isand, Upstate New York and Connecticut, and New Jersey, respectivey. Subways The city's famous subway system runs 24/7 to over 460 stations throughout the five boroughs. GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK 03

4 SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK LIFESTYLE & ENTERTAINMENT New York is a word-cass destination for art, entertainment, and adventure. No matter what your mood is, New York has something to satisfy your taste. With a seemingy endess array of restaurants, museums, theaters, and attractions, New Yorkers never run out of things to do - at any hour of the day or night. The arge parks offer a peacefu escape from urban ife and pay host to many free concerts and theatrica performances. New York City has some beautifu beaches aong the Atantic coast and is just a coupe of hours away from great skiing and hiking in the Catski Mountains. There is no greater city for sports fans as the Knicks, Jets, Giants, and Rangers have a won championships. The New York Yankees have more championship wins than any other US pro sports team. SPORTS Major Pro Teams MLB: New York Mets MLB: New York Yankees NBA: Brookyn Nets NBA: New York Knicks NHL: New York Rangers NFL: New York Giants NFL: New York Jets WNBA: New York Liberty Major Venues Barcay's Center Citi Fied Madison Square Garden MetLife Stadium Yankee Stadium OUTDOORS & ADVENTURE Parks and Trais Fun on the Water Great Attractions Discover More Battery Park Coney Isand Bronx Zoo ioveny.com Centra Park Hudson River Centra Park Zoo newyorkpass.com Riverside Park Long Isand Sound Hayden Panetarium nyc.com Van Cortandt Park New York Harbor New York Aquarium nycgo.com Washington Square Park Rockaway Beach Statue of Liberty nytours.com GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK 04

5 SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK SHOPPING & DINING Noshing in New York Top Shopping From word-renowned restaurants ike The Pam and Le Luxury shopping has no better home than New Cirque to dirty water dogs and pretzes served out of York's Fifth Avenue. Top names ike Armani, Bergdorf street carts, New York has an estabishment for every Goodman, Tiffany & Co., Cartier, Gucci, Harry Winston, taste and mood. Enjoy cannois in Litte Itay, dim sum Prada, and more a have massive fagship stores aong in Chinatown, gyros in Astoria, to-die-for pastrami this prestigious street. Just the window dressing at Lord sandwiches in the Lower East Side, and some of the & Tayor attracts so many viewers at Christmas time best steakhouses in the Od Saughterhouse District. that vevet ropes are needed for crowd contro. For Don't forget New York's famous pizza and bages. Many more affordabe and funky items, Greenwich Viage restaurants wi deiver around the cock. has wonderfu, ocay-owned boutiques. ART & CULTURE New York has its unmatched diversity to thank for its widy vibrant arts and cuture scene. The city is host to hundreds of museums and gaeries, as we as the famous Broadway theaters and Lincon Center whose performances garner word-wide attention each year. Museums & Gaeries Theaters American Museum of Natura History Aice Tuy Ha Brookyn Chidren's Museum Apoo Theater Eis Isand Immigration Museum Beacon Theater Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum Broadway Theatre Liberty Science Center David Geffen Ha Metropoitan Museum of Art David H. Koch Theater Museum of Modern Art Hudson Theatre Museum of the City of New York Metropoitan Opera House New York Ha of Science Music Box Theatre Soomon R. Guggenheim Museum Radio City Music Ha The Coisters Roseand Baroom Whitney Museum of Art Winter Garden Theatre GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK 05

6 SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK EDUCATION IN NEW YORK, NY Notabe Coeges & Universities Eementary & High Schoo Coumbia University Fordham University Hunter Coege Juiiard Schoo New York University New York City Department of Education The New York City Department of Education is the argest schoo district in the Unites States and serves more than 1.1 miion students in over 1,800 schoos. New York City has many private schoos, too. New York Educationa Attainment High Schoo Graduates or higher 77% Bacheor s Degree or higher 35% Contact Tweed Courthouse 52 Chambers Street (212) schoos.nyc.gov St. John's University Jamaica, NY CONNECT WITH GMS Founded in 1987, Goba Mobiity Soutions is a goba corporate reocation services company that speciaizes in workforce mobiity. The company s corporate reocation services incude goba assignment management, domestic reocation management, and a range of pre-decision soutions. Goba Mobiity Soutions is a perennia winner of the HRO Today Baker s Dozen customer satisfaction survey, being recognized as a top reocation company in 2014, 2015, 2016, and Onine Resources Phone & Emai LinkedIn: Goba Mobiity Soutions info@gmsmobiity.com Baker s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings RELOCATION 2017 Winner GLOBAL MOBILITY SOLUTIONS SPOTLIGHT ON NEW YORK 06