Many of the earliest laws in New York City—back when it was New Amsterdam, in the Dutch colony ... as a window in the city founded in 1624 by the Dutch West India Company.

settling along the Hudson River in 1624. They established the colony of New Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan. When the British took control of the area in 1664, they renamed it New York ...

it was New Amsterdam: a Dutch settlement named for the canal-filled city back home. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the settlement, which was established in Manhattan in 1624. Dutch ...