Given two noun phrases (arguments) and relationship between them, form a sentence that expresses theses arguments with the given relationship.
Q: Relationship: 'occupy', Argument/Subject 1: 'british', Argument/Subject 2: 'new york'
A: 
The " Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York " stopped there in April 1776 , when Jonathan Odell was the proprietor , on their way out of New York City when the British occupied it , and discussed General Washington 's defeat at the Battle of Long Island .