New York State withholding 8.82% New York City withholding 3.876% Yonkers withholding 1.477% The New York Gaming Commission is required by law to withhold Federal and New York State income taxes from taxable prizes over $5,000, regardless of the winner's place of residence.
A Brief History of Bananas. A Brief History. Bananas were originally found in South East Asia, mainly in India. They were brought west by Arab conquerors in 327 B.C. and moved from Asia Minor to Africa and finally carried to the New World by the first explorers and missionaries to the Caribbean. The mass production of bananas started in 1834 and really started exploding in the late 1880âs. 1 Before the 1870âs most of the land that bananas were grown on in the Caribbean had been previously used to grow sugar.
Full Answer. Yams and other tubers entered America during the Portuguese slave trade with Africa in the 1500s. The Americanized term for the plant comes from the African word nyami. These tubers became an important food staple in Caribbean countries once African slaves brought them to the new world. Yams are around the same size as normal potatoes. These ancient plants were first known to humans around 50,000 B.C.