New York City the city is home to the world's two largest stock exchanges by total market capitalization, the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. In 1664, the city was named in honor of the Duke of York, who would become King James II of England. James's older brother, King Charles II, had appointed the Duke proprietor of the former territory of New Netherland, including the city of New Amsterdam, which England had recently seized from the Dutch. During the Wisconsinan glaciation, 75,000 to 11,000 years ago, the New York City region was situated at the edge of a large ice sheet over
City Club of New York often attended by the current New York City mayor. Recipients included: The City Club Distinguished New Yorker award is not related to the Real Estate Board of New York's Harry B. Helmsley Distinguished New Yorker Award, which was established in 1992. City Club of New York The City Club of New York is a New York City-based independent, not-for-profit organization. In 1950, "The New York Times" called the City Club of New York "a social club with a civic purpose" whose members "fought for adequate water supply, the extension of rapid transit lines, lower costs of foreclosure in private homes,