The policemen crept through the remarkably realistic school hallway, ears trained for imitation gun shots. Sidestepping a child-size dummy, they advanced on the classroom where an actor was screaming. “Shots fired,” the instructor called, urging the officers toward what would in real life be gunfire. “What do we gotta do?” Officers — many of whom […]
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A curious thing happened last weekend when Representative Lee Zeldin brought his Republican campaign for governor of New York into Hasidic Brooklyn. Mr. Zeldin, a pronounced underdog, was greeted like a rock star. Crowds chanted in approval. Yiddish-language campaign posters littered the streets. “Mister Lee Zeldin, you got my vote,” a paramedic yelled out of […]
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The New York attorney general’s fraud lawsuit that was filed on Wednesday against former President Donald J. Trump seeks to recover $250 million from his company and essentially run him out of business in the state. Next month, Mr. Trump’s company will go on trial in Manhattan on criminal tax charges in a separate case […]
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In May, New York passed a law giving adult sexual assault victims a one-time opportunity to file civil lawsuits, even if the statutes of limitations have long expired. Now, a writer who says former President Donald J. Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s plans to use the law to […]
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Elected officials have known about this crisis for years and have not stopped it. Parents, former students and teachers have outlined a systematic denial of education, which they say is intended to prevent them from succeeding outside the Hasidic community. In 2015, more than 50 parents, former students and teachers sent a letter to several […]
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The New York attorney general’s office has rebuffed an offer from Donald J. Trump’s lawyers to settle a contentious civil investigation into the former president and his family real estate business, setting the stage for a lawsuit that would accuse Mr. Trump of fraud, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The attorney […]
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In his uphill battle to become New York’s next governor, Representative Lee M. Zeldin, the Trump-supporting conservative Republican from Long Island, has turned to an unlikely weapon: Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City. In recent weeks, and despite Mr. Adams’s protestations, Mr. Zeldin has repeatedly aligned himself with Mr. Adams, a first-term Democrat, […]
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Top New York officials voiced grave concerns about the quality of education in Hasidic Jewish private schools on Monday, a day after The New York Times revealed that many of the schools taught only rudimentary English and math and virtually no science or history. Two Democratic congressmen — Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House […]
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מר. הערשקאוויטש האט געזאגט אז ער האט פארלאזט די חסידישע וועלט און זיך גענומען צו דראגס, און האט עווענטועל איינגענומען א מסוכנ’דיג הויכע מאס פון קאקעין. יעצט, ביי די 25 יאר, בויט ער צוריק אויף זיין לעבן. אין די לעצטע עטליכע יאר האבן געוויסע חסידישע מוסדות געבעטן די מלמדים צו פארמינערן מיט די הארבע שטראפונגען […]
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The Hasidic Jewish community has long operated one of New York’s largest private schools on its own terms, resisting any outside scrutiny of how its students are faring. But in 2019, the school, the Central United Talmudical Academy, agreed to give state standardized tests in reading and math to more than 1,000 students. Every one […]
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Like an old, well-loved couch, crumbling infrastructure is a fixture of life in New York City. Finally, that’s about to change. Over the next several years, the city is set to receive billions for its aging railways, tunnels and bridges, including funds from the federal spending package approved in Washington late last year, which will […]
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Ms. Hochul will also have some outside help. The carpenters union has pledged to spend $1 million for New York Democrats, according to The Albany Times Union. And allies of Mayor Eric Adams, including the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council and Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union, are also raising funds for a […]
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Adam Alkindi was behind a deli counter near the intersection of 48th Street and Ninth Avenue on Tuesday when he confronted an unexpected question: Did he consider his workplace a part of Times Square? Mr. Alkindi, 21, who was raised just a block away, was firm. “This is not Times Square,” he said. “No way. […]
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By the time the Niagara County Courthouse opened on Wednesday morning, 150 people were lined up to apply for permits that would let them carry concealed handguns. Nearly 100 had camped out overnight, with some staying awake in folding chairs, taking walks at intervals to keep warm. The permitting office at the county courthouse, located […]
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Trade groups representing convenience and grocery stores blamed “an endless cycle of confusion” on a lack of communication between state officials and the businesses, Mike Durant, the president of the Food Industry Alliance of New York State, said. Mr. Durant said the group had advised its retailers, which include the supermarket chains Wegmans, Stop & […]
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For decades, the students at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York have walked beneath a panel of three bronze plaques mounted at the entrance of Bartlett Hall Science Center that includes an image of a hooded figure and the words “Ku Klux Klan” written below it, according to findings in a […]
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ALBANY, N.Y. — On the road to building one of the largest campaign war chests the state of New York has ever seen, Gov. Kathy Hochul has been taking money from appointees of the governor — despite an executive order designed to prevent it. In her first year in office, Ms. Hochul has accepted more […]
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In a bid to reshape Midtown Manhattan, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York State officials are pushing ahead with one of the largest real estate development projects in American history: 10 towers of mostly offices around Penn Station, the busiest transit center in the country. The buildings would help pay for the renovation of the […]
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California has laid out an audacious goal: In 13 years, it should no longer be possible to buy a new car anywhere in the state that runs purely on gasoline. Yet it remains to be seen whether California can turn that vision into a reality. The state’s plan to ban sales of new internal-combustion engine […]
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Frank Bruni, a contributing Opinion writer, hosted an online conversation with Molly Jong-Fast, the writer of the “Wait, What?” newsletter for The Atlantic, and Doug Sosnik, a former senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, to discuss whether the Democrats have shifted the narrative of the midterm elections. FRANK BRUNI: Doug, Molly, an apology — because […]
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When New York State awarded the first of 10 licenses to grow and sell medical marijuana in 2015, the winning bidders rejoiced at the opportunity to control a lucrative, untapped market — but they knew that greater spoils lay ahead. If New York were to legalize recreational cannabis, the medical marijuana companies would be well […]
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The results of the Democratic congressional primary in New York City on Tuesday give us a hint of just how far the working-class liberalism once associated with city politics has declined. The winners of two races in particular, Jerrold Nadler and Daniel Goldman, who will almost surely represent much of Manhattan (and a bit of […]
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At the beginning of this year’s midterm campaign, analysts and political operatives had every reason to expect a strong Republican showing this November. President Biden’s approval rating was in the low 40s, and the president’s party has a long history of struggling in midterm elections. But as the start of the general election campaign nears, […]
Read More At the beginning of this year’s midterm campaign, analysts and political operatives had every reason to expect a strong Republican showing this November. President Biden’s approval rating was in the low 40s, and the president’s party has a long history of struggling in midterm elections. But as the start of the general election campaign nears, […]
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Representative Jerrold Nadler, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, handily defeated his longtime congressional neighbor, Carolyn B. Maloney, in a bruising three-way primary battle on Tuesday that was preordained to end one of the powerful Democrats’ political careers. The star-crossed skirmish in the heart of Manhattan was unlike any New York City — or […]
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Florida and New York are on the clock: A series of primaries on Tuesday, some fiercely competitive, are posing the latest test of each state’s efficiency at counting votes and reporting timely results. New York is holding its first primaries since it streamlined its process for counting mail-in ballots, which election experts say should reduce […]
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New Yorkers are voting for a second time this summer, in an August election that will decide not only primary candidates for Congress and the State Senate races but also the winner of a key special election. Given that it’s August, many New Yorkers enjoying the final weeks of summer have opted to vote absentee, […]
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For the second time in two months, New Yorkers are voting in primary races, this time for Congress and the State Senate. There are several competitive congressional primaries and special elections, but there’s concern that a rare August primary, when many New Yorkers are distracted or away, will drive low turnout even lower than it […]
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A race to take on Ron DeSantis. A battle of House committee chairs. A special election that will test the political power of abortion rights. A series of high-profile races will unfold on Tuesday in New York and Florida as the 2022 midterm primaries arrive in two of the nation’s most populous states. Late-August elections […]
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One of the most acrimonious congressional primary seasons New York has seen in living memory will move into the hands of voters on Tuesday. The results could shake the foundations of power in Washington. The man Democrats chose to protect their House majority faces a spirited left-wing challenger. A pair of titanic committee chairs from […]
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The case of a young adult paralyzed by polio in New York is not simply unexpected. It’s shocking. The last time polio was diagnosed in New York State was in 1990. And yet the virus has now also been found in wastewater samples in Rockland County, Orange County and New York City. As surveillance continues, […]
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