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NYRegionU.S. Rabbis React to Deadly Hanukkah Attack in Sydney
Dec 14, 2025 06:26 PM EDT
After gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, rabbis across the United States reflected on how to protect their congregations during their own events.
His Job Is to Make the Subway Accessible. His Own Life Fuels His Work.
Dec 14, 2025 02:48 PM EDT
Quemuel Arroyo, the New York transit system’s chief accessibility officer, has used a wheelchair for half his life. He understands how difficult it is to navigate the subway.
Officials Target Youth Immigration Program, Speeding Up Deportations
Dec 14, 2025 04:57 PM EDT
The Trump administration is dissolving long-established protections meant to help undocumented children stay in the country.
How the ‘Pasta Heiress’ Spends Her Day
Dec 13, 2025 03:00 AM EDT
Sarah Raffetto, the fourth-generation owner of Raffetto’s, spends her days cutting pasta and her nights singing her heart out.
Eric Adams Swaggered Into City Hall, and Now He’s Swaggering Out
Dec 13, 2025 06:52 AM EDT
Interviewed as he prepares to leave office, Mayor Eric Adams said that he hadn’t gotten the credit he deserved and that certain forces had always been arrayed against him.
Up All Night in New York, Selling Christmas Trees
Dec 13, 2025 02:37 PM EDT
Before Santa comes to town, the tree sellers do, packing themselves into trailers and vans across New York City to claim a slice of the competitive tree market.
‘Watching the Twinkling Subway Cars Chug By’
Dec 14, 2025 03:00 AM EDT
Hooked on Broadway at a young age, an unlikely dog walker and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Soon He’ll Be Mayor Mamdani. To His Soccer Teammates, He Was Just Z.
Dec 12, 2025 10:59 AM EDT
Zohran Mamdani isn’t just a superfan. Until recently, he was a key player on the Talking Headers, a rec-league team in Brooklyn.
Trump Commuted David Gentile’s Sentence. His Victims Are Seething.
Dec 12, 2025 12:43 PM EDT
David Gentile spent just days in prison for his conviction in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
With Prices Soaring, Can New York Survive as a Mecca for the Arts?
Dec 15, 2025 03:00 AM EDT
The number of artists living in the city has declined after growing sharply between 2004 and 2019. Almost 50 arts venues have closed in the past five years.
New York City Gets Its First Big Snowfall of the Season
Dec 14, 2025 02:19 PM EDT
The city has not seen this much snow this early in the season since 2018, the National Weather Service said.
Tom Hanks on the Electrifying (and Terrifying) Experience of Writing a Play
Dec 14, 2025 05:01 AM EDT
The actor also stars in the Off Broadway production of “This World of Tomorrow,” a yearslong project at the Shed through Dec. 21.
NYC Forecast Warns of First Big Snow This Weekend as Advisories Are Issued
Dec 13, 2025 03:42 PM EDT
Up to five inches of snow is expected in the city, and as much as six inches on Long Island, from late Saturday into Sunday morning.
In Trump’s Justice Dept., Failing in Court Might Be Better Than Bucking the Boss
Dec 13, 2025 09:46 AM EDT
This week demonstrated an emerging reality for President Trump: Commanding the Justice Department is not the same as controlling the justice system.
Arthur L. Carter, 93, Dies; Investment Banker Founded a Cheeky Newspaper
Dec 14, 2025 06:00 PM EDT
After making a fortune on Wall Street, he bought The Nation magazine and founded The New York Observer, which one writer called a “maypole of Manhattan gossip and intrigue.”
Broadway’s ‘Little Bear Ridge Road,’ With Laurie Metcalf, to Close Early
Dec 12, 2025 11:00 AM EDT
The lauded play by Samuel D. Hunter is the first production of Scott Rudin’s comeback season. Despite positive reviews, sales have been soft.
Everyone Hates SantaCon. He Made a Movie About It.
Dec 13, 2025 04:48 PM EDT
Seth Porges shows the event in all its raucousness, but he is also sympathetic to its origins.
Fleece, Love and Vomit: New Yorkers’ Best (and Worst) SantaCon Stories
Dec 12, 2025 10:05 PM EDT
The bar crawl and charity fund-raiser has been eliciting strong reactions in the city for more than 25 years. Readers shared theirs.
U.S. Says Ex-C.E.O. of Abercrombie Is Fit for Trial, Despite Diagnosis
Dec 12, 2025 10:02 AM EDT
The former chief executive, Michael S. Jeffries, was charged with running an international sex-trafficking ring. An earlier ruling found that he could not be tried because he had Alzheimer’s.
A Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Reindict Letitia James
Dec 12, 2025 09:46 AM EDT
It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.