New York, New York (On the Town) Johnny Depp's Ichabod Crane utters "The Bronx is up and the Battery's down" to his traveling party in the final scene. Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman sing the chorus of the song in "" The song was parodied in an episode of The Critic. The song was performed by the bells on Disney's Sing Along video: "Let's Go to the Circus". During "Wheel of Fortune"'s first road trip to New York in 1988, the song was played over an image montage of the city, and the lyrics were altered from "It's a helluva town" to "It's a wonderful town". New
New York State Council on the Arts New York State Council on the Arts The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell (1905–1996), with backing from Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and began its work in 1961. It awards more than 1,900 grants each year to arts, culture, and heritage non-profits and artists throughout the state. Its headquarters are in Manhattan, New York City. As stated on its website, the council "is dedicated to preserving