Is New York City As Rich As Its Claims?

           My topic for this essay is, Is New York City as Rich at Its Claims? The reason I picked this to be my main question it’s because I have notice a lot of injustice in the way the money is being distributed in New York City. The reason I say this is because you go to visit downtown New York all you see is glamorous building and al the healthy styles are in downtown but when you visit uptown or the Bronx, or Brooklyn it almost feel like you’re not in New York anymore, because of the difference in how everything looks. Buildings that are just breaking down the parks are not in good conditions for the kids to play in. Things like this are the reason why I believe the money in New York City it’s not being distributed properly. In this I would be showing three sources that I found that agree with my argument.

            In the documentary Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream by Alex Gibney explain just what I am talking about. According to PBS In the documentary Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream show that, “Park Avenue in New York. 740 Park in Manhattan is currently home to the highest concentration of billionaires in the country. Across the river, less than five miles away, Park Avenue runs through the South Bronx, home to the poorest congressional district in the United States, (Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream)”. In this documentary it shows how wealthy one side of New York City can be right next to could have the poorest areas in New York City.

The other source that supports my topic is an Article in the Daily News. This article talks about also the inequality that there is in New York City. According to James warren, “Of the 30 most populous American cities, New York is tops in the inequality between the rich and poor. Of major cities, New Orleans and Miami come close but don’t surpass New York, according to Adam Bee, an economist in the income statistics branch of the bureau. Poverty persists in New York, (James warren). This shows that it’s a major problem in New York City that we are that separated in wealth. It seems like the places that need the money are not getting it but in a place like downtown where is full of money the government keeps giving to them.   

Works cited

"Park Avenue: Money, Power & the American Dream." PBS. PBS, 1 Nov. 2012. Web. 9 Apr. 2014.

Warren, James. "Annual American Community Survey Shows New York City Has the Largest Gap of Income Inequality in United States." NY Daily News. 19 Sept. 2013. Web. 10 Apr. 2014.