Given a sentence in German, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in English that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

Example input: Die NBA-Saison 1975 - 76 war die 30. Saison der National Basketball Association.
Example output: The 1975 -- 76 season of the National Basketball Association was the 30th season of the NBA .
Example explanation: This is a correct and accurate translation from German to English because the translated paraphrase retains the main message that between the years 1975-1976, the 30th NBA season occurred.
Q: Er wurde 1949 in die New Yorker Anwaltskammer aufgenommen und begann seine Praxis in New York City.
A:
In 1949 , he was admitted to the New York City Bar Association and began practice in New York .