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 is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of the state of New York. The city of New York is the most densely populated in the US with a population of about 8.55 million spread over an area of 305 square miles. The city is considered as the financial capital of the world. In 1998, five boroughs were merged to form the city of New York; they are Staten Island, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan.