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The New York City Metro is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the fourth most populous in the world (after Tokyo, Seoul, and Mexico City).

The metropolitan area is defined by the United States Census Bureau as the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), with an estimated population (as of 2005) of 18,747,320. The MSA is further subdivided into four metropolitan divisions. The 23-county metropolitan area includes the seven counties that constitute New York City and Long Island, twelve counties in northern New Jersey, three counties north of New York City in New York State, and one county in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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POSSE FOR BX. SNAKE

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

The city's Parks Department yesterday searched for the diamondback rattlesnake that bit a pit bull in a Bronx park, but the potentially lethal snake is still slithering around. The department contac...

MIDTOWN CLASH OVER DALAI

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

Followers of the Dalai Lama's nonviolent teachings lost their cool yesterday - tossing coins and water bottles at Midtown protesters. After the Dalai Lama finished a two-hour speech on human suf...

'INN'SIDE MAN NAILED FOR SHAM HOTEL BIZ

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

Manhattan officials say they've caught their first - but, they swear, not their last - outlaw Internet hotel mogul. Israeli businessman Raziel Ofer, 48, controlled hundreds of units at swanky uptown...

STATE OF NEW PORK

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

Belt-tightening in the Empire State has gotten harder than ever. But that's not because of a slumping economy. New Yorkers are simply getting fatter, a federal government study revealed yesterday. ...

SPITZER HO'S 'WILD' CARD

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

The troubled trollop who brought down Gov. Eliot Spitzer stole a fellow Jersey girl's identity to frolic topless in a now-infamous "Girls Gone Wild" video, according to a federal lawsuit f...

BLUE PIG CAUGHT 'DOUBLE-DIPPING' AT TROUGH

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

The manager of high-end ice cream shop Blue Pig and adjacent eateries catering to Brooklyn Heights parents and hipsters was busted for double-dipping on customers' credit cards, allegedly pocketing $2...

DAMN SON OF A BEACH!

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

Guidos to Belmar's mayor: Hey, shudduppa you face! Furious Staten Islanders think the Jersey Shore pol who recently disrespected them as a bunch of tacky, overtanned loudmouths, should go wash his ...

'CON' MAN SCAM

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

An ex-construction company owner squeezed $700,000 in bogus "finder's fees" out of dry wallers, carpenters and electricians, Manhattan prosecutors said yesterday. Vincent Grimaldi, 58, of ...

LI MOM-STER IN HORROR BUST

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

A Long Island woman kept her four hungry and dirty children in a house of horrors that reeked of urine and was infested with insects and littered with garbage and dog feces, Suffolk County police said...

MODELING $$ BOOST FOR WEINER

Jul 18, 2008 7:33 am

Rep. Anthony Weiner, a mayoral candidate pushing a bill that would make it easier for foreign models to enter the United States, has collected more than $7,000 in campaign contributions from the model...

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F. Y. I.: Slurping at the Zoo

Jul 17, 2008 4:53 am

A question about using straws at the Bronx Zoo.

Bohemia Takes Its Final Bows

Jul 14, 2008 3:27 pm

?Rent? is closing at the end of the summer, but its ragtag New York left the stage many years ago, elbowed out by fusion cuisine and designer labels.

Letters to the Editor: Supermarkets for Ideas, Homes for Artists, Safety for All

Jul 13, 2008 5:50 am

Letters in response to recent articles.

City Hall Park: Green Light for Cyclists Is a Red Flag for Walkers

Jul 13, 2008 5:45 am

Opening the pedestrian path through the northern part of City Hall Park to bicyclists has brought opposition.

New York Up Close: The Left Bank Around the Corner

Jul 13, 2008 5:43 am

As if sprung from seeds blown across the ocean, French bistros grow rampant in New York?s fertile soil.

South Street Seaport: Up in the New Old Hotel

Jul 13, 2008 5:42 am

The Fulton Ferry Hotel, the subject of Joseph Mitchell?s most beloved story, ?Up in the Old Hotel,? is slowly being restored.

Good Eating | Prospect Heights: A Tasty Density

Jul 13, 2008 5:41 am

Prospect Heights is among the city?s smaller neighborhoods, but it is home to numerous attractions and to a vibrant dining scene.

New York Up Close: In Epicurean New York, the Challenge of Africa

Jul 13, 2008 5:39 am

Despite New York?s famed culinary diversity, many people are still unsure about what they might be served under the label ?African food.?

The City Visible: Suddenly, a Sculptor

Jul 13, 2008 5:38 am

Wayne Starks has struggled with drugs, with AIDS, with living on the streets. But when he discovered art, his life began to take shape.

New York Observed: Her Alpine Lover

Jul 13, 2008 5:37 am

Time and illness had taken the shine off her escape from the Bronx to the Continent. With her son contemplating a similar journey, the memories flooded back.

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