Sometimes gang members talk to each other using just symbols. This is known as 'stacking'. And in other cases a word may have more than one slang translation, such as gun. A generic gun becomes a 'biscuit', or a 'gat'. If you're talking about a 9-mm handgun it's a 'nine', or a 'pump' for a shotguns.
The U.S. Census Bureau has estimated New York Cityâs population at 8,537,673, as of July 2016. This represented an increase of 362,500 residents (or 4.4 percent) over the April 2010 decennial census count of 8,175,133. The city has not witnessed such a robust pace of growth in over a half-century.
The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2016 population of 8,537,673 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.