2000 in New York
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The following is a list of events of the year 2000 in New York.
State government
Events
January
- January 4 – Bill Belichick resigns as head coach of the New York Jets after just one day to accept a head coaching job for the Patriots.[1]
- January 11 – The New York v. Hill case was decided that a trial date outside the IAD's statutory time frame constituted a waiver of the defendant's right to dismissal on speedy-trial grounds.[2]
- January 23 – The WWE Royal Rumble was hosted at Madison Square Garden.[3]
February
- February 15 – Unit 2 of the Indian Point Energy Center experienced a Steam Generator Tube Rupture, which allowed primary water to leak into the secondary system through one of the steam generators.[4] All four steam generators were subsequently replaced.[5]
- February 19 – The Rose Center for Earth and Space reopened after it closed and got demolished in 1997.[6]
March
- March 8–14 – The New York Underground Film Festival was held.[7]
May
- May 24 – A mass murder that took place in a Wendy's. Seven employees were shot in the head and five of them died.[8]
- May 25 – The Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict and the Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography took place in New York City.[9][10]
June
- June 4 – The 54th Annual Tony Awards was held at Radio City Music Hall and broadcast by CBS.[11]
- June 11 – Over fifty women reported being harassed or assaulted at the Puerto Rican Day Parade.[12]
- June 20 – Amanda Milan was murdered in the street near the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City.[13]
August
- August 5 – Nearly 85,000 unionized Verizon workers went on strike to protest Verizon's plan to shut down their factory and move to non-union areas.[14]
- August 28–31 – The Millennium Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders was held in New York City.[15]
September
- September 7 – The 2000 MTV Video Music Awards was hosted by Marlon and Shawn Wayans at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.[16][17]
- September 6–8 – The Millennium Summit, which was the largest modern meeting among world leaders was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.[18][19]
- September 17 – The WCW Fall Brawl took place from the HSBC Arena in Buffalo.[20]
October
- October 8 – Two molotov cocktails were thrown, but did not ignite, at the door of the Conservative Synagogue Adath Israel of Riverdale.[21]
- October 21–26 – For the first time since 1956, the Yankees and the Mets faced off in the World Series with the Yankees winning 4 to 1.[22]
- October 22 – An event by the WWF took place at the Pepsi Arena in Albany.[23]
November
- November 7:
- Al Gore won the electoral votes of the state in the 2000 United States presidential election in New York.[24]
- Hillary Clinton defeated Rick Lazio in the 2000 United States Senate election in New York.[25]
- All 31 seats were up for reelection in the 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in New York.[26]
December
- December 12 – The Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children was signed in New York City.[27][28]
- December 13 – The 66th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2000, were announced.[29]
- December 27 – A significant winter storm impacted the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions, causing heavy snowfall and flight cancellations.[30]
See also
References
- ↑ McEntegart, Pete (July 28, 2006). "The 10 spot". SI.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ James J. Tomkovicz, The Right to the Assistance of Counsel: A Reference Guide (2002), p. 77-78.
- ↑ "WWF Royal Rumble PPV Results History". TWNP. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "The Steam Generator Tube Rupture at Indian Point". December 24, 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ Chen, David W. (2000-08-10). "Con Ed to Replace All Generators at Indian Point 2 Plant". The New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ Goldberger, Paul (2000-01-17). "Stairway to the Stars". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Select by day for program times and descriptions. Over 140 films!". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ "2 Wendy's Suspects held Ex-Employee Busted on L.I. Sets Cops on Pal". New York Daily News. 2019-01-11 [27 May 2000]. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Signatories & Dates of Ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in armed conflict". UN. Archived from the original on 25 April 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography". United Nations Treaty Collection. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Putting It Together For PBS: How the First Tony Hour Is Created". PlayBill. 2 June 2000. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Chivers, C. J.; Kevin Flynn (June 13, 2000). "35 Scary Minutes: Women Tell Police Of Assaults in Park". The New York Times. p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ Siegal, Nina (2000-07-24). "Watershed of Mourning At the Border of Gender: Slain Prostitute was Damon and Amanda". The New York Times. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Verizon strike, day three". CNN Money. 8 August 2000. Archived from the original on 20 March 2005. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Hubbard, Benjamin (2002). "The United Nations Initiative in Engaging Religion in Peace-building". Hsi Lai Journal of Humanistic Buddhism. 3: 78–85.
- ↑ "MTV covers the spectrum". Akron Beacon Journal. July 27, 2000. Retrieved January 20, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Mancini, Rob (July 25, 2000). "Eminem, *NSYNC lead Video Music Awards nominees". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 23, 2022. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "General Assembly Session 55, Meeting 3". 6 September 2000. Archived from the original on 10 July 2007.
- ↑ "General Assembly Session 55, Meeting 8". 8 September 2000. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007.
- ↑ "WCW September Calendar". web.archive.org. Archived from the original on September 19, 2000. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Hate-Crime Law Cited in Synagogue Attack". The New York Times. 2000-10-19. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "2000 World Series". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "No Mercy 2000 results". World Wrestling Entertainment. October 22, 2000. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2000 - New York". Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. June 21, 2001. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Federal Elections 2000: Election Results for the U.S. President, U.S. Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. June 2001. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime". 15 November 2000. Archived from the original on 15 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ "UNODC – Signatories to the CTOC Trafficking Protocol". United Nations. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ Shirkani, K.D.; Bing, Jonathan (12 December 2000). "Stuck on 'Traffic' (N.Y. Crix Pix)". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Winter Storm Summary for December 30, 2000" (PDF). 30 December 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
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