Edwin M. Lamboy is an Associate Professor with the School of Education at The City University of New York (CUNY). He is the Secondary Spanish Education Program Director.

• 1. Introduction  2. Spanish in the United States  3. Methodology  4. Results: A Sociolinguistic Profile of Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans Living in the New York City Area  5. Results: Retention of Dialectal Phonetic Features Among First- and Second-Generation Cubans, Dominicans and Puerto Ricans in the New York City Area  6. Disclusion and Conclusions.  References.  Appendix A: Questionnaire (Spanish).  Appendix B: Questionnaire (English).