New York, New York (On the Town) New York, New York (On the Town) "New York, New York" is a song from the 1944 musical "On the Town" and the 1949 MGM musical film of the same name. The music was written by Leonard Bernstein and the lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. A well known line of this song is, "New York, New York, a helluva town. The Bronx is up but the Battery's down." For the film version, the word "helluva" was changed to "wonderful" to appease the Production Code offices. In 2004 the film version finished at #41 in AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs
Borough (New Jersey) at-large. The borough system has a weak mayor and the council performs most legislative and executive functions. This form of local government is used by 39% of the municipalities in New Jersey. Borough (New Jersey) A borough (also spelled boro), in the context of local government in the U.S. state of New Jersey, refers to one of five "types" and one of eleven "forms" of municipal government (in addition to those established under a Special Charter). Though it is now the most common form of government in New Jersey, by 1875 only 17 boroughs had been created, all by special