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Majority-minority counties in New York

  • BrooklynIn 1646, Dutch settlers established a small village named Breuckelen on the eastern shore of Long Island. This settlement grew from a marshy patch of land…
  • The BronxIn the spring of 1639, a Swedish sea captain named Jonas Bronck arrived in New Netherland. He established the first European settlement on the mainland that…