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New York was a leader in numerous 19th-century reform groups. Antislavery groups made their headquarters in New York. In 1848 the first women's rights convention in the United States met in Seneca Falls.
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New York City is home to some of the nation's — and the world's — most valuable real estate. 450 Park Avenue was sold on July 2, 2007 for $510 million, about $1,589 per square foot ($17,104/m²), breaking the barely month-old record for an American office building of $1,476 per square foot ($15,887/m²) set in the June 2007 sale of 660 Madison Avenue.[71]
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New York has four distinct seasons every year. Winter lasts from approximately November through February and can see temperatures ranging from several degrees below zero Fahrenheit to averages in the forties and with several inches of snowfall. Spring can arrive in March or as late as May, with temperatures ranging from forty to sixty-five degrees. June, July, and August are the summer months, with temperatures ranging from an average of sixty to ninety degrees. Autumn is particularly spectacular in New York, with colorful foliage that begins turning in late September through mid-October, and sunny days and moderate temperatures in the sixties and seventies.
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The New York Times announced today that beginning on Sunday, Feb. 24, it will publish "Kremlin Rules," a multi-part series that examines democracy in Russia under President Vladimir V. Putin. The first article in the series will be written by Clifford J. Levy, The Times's Moscow bureau chief.
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The New York Times and the International Herald Tribune will hold a gala Hollywood-themed party on Feb. 24, at the Mini Palais restaurant in the Grand Palais, during Paris Fashion Week. The event will be held on one of the film world’s biggest award nights and be co-hosted by Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, Suzy Menkes and Stefano Tonchi. The party celebrates the recent successful launch of International T: Magazine, the T: Magazine Web site and The Moment blog (http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/).
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New York's official flag was adopted in 1901. The flag has a deep blue background. It pictures Liberty (she symbolizes freedom) and Justice (she symbolizes justice before the law). Liberty is holding a pole with a liberty cap, and has a discarded crown at her feet (which represents freedom from Britain after the Revolutionary War). Justice is blindfolded and is holding the scales of justice. A shield between them pictures the sun, hills, and 2 boats sailing on the Hudson River.
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