Portal:New York City/Did you know/2

... that the Andrew Freedman Home (pictured) served as a retirement home for "aged and indigent persons of both sexes" who had formerly been of "good circumstances"?
... that Richard Ravitch was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New York on July 8, 2009, in a move that New York's attorney general claimed was unconstitutional?
... that Sid Bernstein helped start the British Invasion by getting The Beatles to play at Carnegie Hall?
... that President Barack Obama has appointed two former Presidents of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to positions in his administration?
... that the Big Apple has "apple green" taxis?