Weather: Once again, a chance of rain and thunderstorms, with a high in the low to mid-70s. Alternate-side parking: In effect until July 4. ImageCreditChang W. Lee/The New York Times New York’s public transportation system loses $240 million a year because of fare evasion on the subway and buses, according to Governor Cuomo. He has […]
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Graffiti artists learn early not to get too attached. Ephemera is as central to their medium as spray paint. Some works last months, others don’t make it through the night. Even the most famous pieces are not guaranteed to last. Many of the defining works of the late 1960s and 1970s in New York City—“DONDI” […]
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In 1991, the year Richard Brown began a nearly 28-year tenure as Queens district attorney, crack had turned New York neighborhoods into battlegrounds and 2,154 people were murdered in the city. Mr. Brown and other law enforcement officials responded with, among other tactics, aggressive prosecutions that filled prisons and devastated generations of black and Hispanic […]
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at her swearing-in ceremony May 20, 2019Photo: Scott Olson (Getty) Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation’s third-most-populous city, says Donald Trump is a major threat to LGBTQ civil rights and that that should compel people to go to the polls and […]
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Photo: Paul Hawthorne (Getty Images) Since the release of Netflix’s haunting masterpiece When They See Us, karma has been working overtime to derail the lives and careers of former prosecutor Linda Fairstein and attorney Elizabeth Lederer—two of the biggest beneficiaries of the Exonerated Five’s 1990 convictions. When Karma Has GPS: Linda Fairstein Dropped By Literary […]
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Weather: The forecast for the last days of spring is looking dreary. Today, expect thunderstorms, heavy rain and wind gusts, with a high in the low 70s. Alternate-side parking: In effect until July 4. ImageCreditBryan Anselm for The New York Times Imagine riding an electric scooter to your rent-stabilized apartment, where you enjoy legal marijuana. […]
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A common type of viral news story in our age of American decline involves school lunch debt. School employees have seized lunches from students whose parents fall behind on their bills and thrown them in the trash. Kids who owe lunch fees have been branded with stamps and markers and served inferior cold meals. Recently, […]
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Image Chicken in the Park Dear Diary: It was spring 1975. My father had come to visit from Seattle. I was starting my career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet. On Monday, my day off, we rented bikes and proceeded to check out the blossoming trees in Riverside Park. All was going […]
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At Middle School 88 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, there is a security guard at the entrance, long hallways plastered with art, and students, slouching on a sofa, staring into their phones. It is a pretty typical scene. Except for Room 128. For most of this school year, the room has contained the makings for a […]
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If the 50 years since Stonewall has ultimately been about social and legal progress for L.G.B.T.Q. people, it has also been about one of the most devastating and, at first, mysterious medical events of modern times: The AIDS epidemic. While history now tells us that H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, probably made its move […]
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[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Monday. Where is New York’s biggest gay pride flag? It may be on Roosevelt Island, according to The Daily News. Weather: A high in the upper 70s, with a chance of rain in the afternoon. Brace yourself for more wet days ahead. Alternate-side […]
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[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Patrice Joseph believed she was singled out when she complained about cigarette smoke and plumbing problems at the homeless shelter where she and her teenage son and daughter lived in Jamaica, Queens. Within days last month, the family was […]
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The behind-the-scenes competition for Wall Street money in the 2020 presidential race is reaching a fevered peak this week as no less than nine Democrats are holding New York fund-raisers in a span of nine days, racing ahead of a June 30 filing deadline when they must disclose their latest financial hauls. With millions of […]
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At Hunter College High School in Manhattan, the rite of passage comes in 10th grade. Students choose a day to take home one of 12 RealCare Baby 3 robots after school, then return it the next morning. The robots record whether the students provided a bottle or fresh diaper, hit or shook the baby, neglected […]
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[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Five years ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the parameters of his first New York City budget, weighing in at $75 billion. With each successive budget, Mr. de Blasio and City Council leaders have spent more taxpayer money, hiring […]
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[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] ALBANY — New York lawmakers on Friday passed a sweeping package of rent laws designed to dramatically enhance tenant protections and reshape the state’s housing landscape, after a monthslong battle that galvanized tenant activists and dealt a blow to […]
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[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] New York City will spend $250,000 to help poor women who travel from other states to obtain abortions here, inserting itself into the increasingly contentious debate over access to the procedure. While the amount of money is relatively small, […]
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On a Sunday afternoon in May, in a rented theater on the Brooklyn waterfront, a group of 12 women in black sequin cocktail dresses stood in a confused clump at the center of the stage, awaiting instruction. After eight months of preparation, this was the last dress rehearsal for the beauty pageant that night. It […]
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Weather: Expect a bright day, with a high near 75. Wind gusts may be as high as 15 miles per hour. Alternate-side parking: In effect until July 4. ImageCreditJohn Taggart for The New York Times New York is the epicenter of the country’s measles outbreak. The outbreak has mostly affected ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn […]
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Weather: Grab an umbrella! Rain all day, easing in the afternoon. High in the low to mid-60s. Alternate-side parking: In effect until July 4. ImageThe rapper Lil’ Kim speaking at the ceremony announcing Christopher “Notorious B.I.G.” Wallace Way in Brooklyn.CreditShannon Stapleton/Reuters This week, Mr. Wallace, who was killed in 1997, got another honor: Fulton Street […]
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