What type of people are or was New York famous for?

Answer 1

Sterotypical New Yorkers:Probably too numerous to mention:

1. The Business Tycoon.
2. The Ziegefeld Girls.
3. The Yellow Journalists.
4. The Harlem Image.
5. The Amityville Ghosts,
6. The New York Mobsters.
7. The Great Caruso.
8. The Great Houdini.
9. The Great Bambino.
10. The Home Alone Movies.
11. The Best Street Musicians.
12. The Great Stars of Opera.
13. The Radio City Music Hall
14. The New York Labor Bosses.
15. The New York Political Bosses.
16. The Famous List of NY Mayors.
17. The Infamous List of NY Mayors.
18. The Great Subway Musicians.
19. The Hassadic Diamond Dealer.
20. The Great Stars of Broadway.
21. The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes.
22. The Italian Immigrant street vendor.
23. The 'You Dirty Rat" character of James Cagney.
24. The Always Smiling Irishman needing dentures.
25. The Jewish Immigrant delicatessen operator.
26. The Street Vendor peddeling knock-off Rolexes.
27. The Corrupt New York City Police Officer.
28. The New York Bag-Ladys and Panhandling Vietnam Vets.
29. The Dapper or Velcrose Don's'.
30. The small time numbers dealers.
31. The residents of Reikers Island.
32. The street prostitute and corner drug dealer.
33. The Graduate, Mrs. Robinson and Joe DiMaggio.
34. The Puerto Rican student image of the Jets and the Sharks of West Side Story.
35. The Grifters portrayed in the Sting.
36. The everwise, always kind and faithful Saint Nicholas.

All are a part of the mosaic viewed today as New Yorkers.Some have been portrayed with uncanny accuracy while others may or should have been the subject to defamation lawsuits. I like positive images like the 911 first responders.