Romani people in New York City

Race and ethnicity in New York City
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Romani people have lived and travelled throughout the state of New York.^[1] Muslim Romani people from southern Yugoslavia settled in the Bronx. An increase in attacks on Romani people in eastern Europe brought growing numbers of Romani refugees to New York City during the 1990s. Roma in Greater New York are mainly descended from liberated slaves and are known as the Vlax Roma, during the first four decades of the twentieth century. The majority of Vlax Roma in Manhattan belonged to the Kalderash subgroup. The Machvaya who came from Serbia settled in Brooklyn but they moved after World War II to Manhattan in increasing numbers. The Lovari, from Hungary, settled in Newark, New Jersey.^[2]

References

^ Eisenstadt, P. (2005). The Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 682. ISBN 978-0-8156-0808-0.
^ Jackson, Kenneth T.; Keller, Lisa; Flood, Nancy (December 2010). The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-18257-6.

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Ancestries	Arabs Syrians African Americans Black Jews Brazilians Asians Chinese Filipinos Indians Japanese Koreans Taiwanese Europeans Albanians Belarusians Dutch Germans Irish Italians Russians Ukrainians Caribbeans and Hispanics Puerto Ricans Dominicans Mexicans Salvadorans Jews Black Jews Native Americans Romani
Ethnic enclaves	8th Avenue/Lapskaus Blvd. Astoria Arthur Avenue Bay Ridge Bed–Stuy Bensonhurst Borough Park Brighton Beach Chinatowns Brooklyn Queens Manhattan Crown Heights Curry Hill Dyker Heights Elmhurst Flatbush Harlem Hell's Kitchen Howard Beach Italian Harlem Jackson Heights Jamaica Koreatowns Manhattan Queens Le Petit Senegal Little Brazil Little Egypt Little Fuzhou Little Germany Little Italy Little Manila Little Poland Little Saigon Little Spain Little Syria Loisaida Morris Park Ozone Park Spanish Harlem Sunset Park Washington Heights Williamsburg Yorkville
Institutions	African Burial Ground National Monument Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society El Museo del Barrio Hispanic Society of America Indo-American Arts Council Irish Repertory Theatre New York Asian Film Festival New York Filipino Film Festival Wales Week in New York
Cultural events	Brazilian Day Dominican Day Parade Feast of San Gennaro German-American Steuben Parade Korean Day Parade NY Persian Parade Philippine Independence Day Parade Puerto Rican Day Parade Pulaski Day Parade
Historical events	New York Slave Revolt of 1712 New York Conspiracy of 1741 New York City teachers' strike of 1968 Crown Heights riots of 1991
Movements	Harlem Renaissance Nuyorican Movement
Media	Asahi Shimbun China Daily El Diario La Prensa The Forward Freie Arbeiter Stimme Il Progresso Italo-Americano India Abroad Irish Voice Little India Korea Times New Yorker Staats-Zeitung Nowy Dziennik Proletar Sing Tao Daily The Daily Star Epoch Times The Irish Echo World Journal
Other topics	Undocumented immigrants

Romani diaspora

Settlements

Subgroups

Uncontested	Arlije Bergitka Roma Boyash Burgenland Roma Cascarots English Romanichal Erromintxela Finnish Kale Kalderash Kawliya Lovari Machvaya Manouche Muslim Roma Zargari Polska Roma Ruska Roma Scandinavian Travellers (Tavinger, Romanisæl) Scottish Travellers Sepečides Servitka Roma Sinti Ursari Welsh Kale
Contested	Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians Dom Garachi Nawar Bosha/Lom Lori Lyuli