A winner on Tuesday night is unlikely, but not impossible. Ranked-choice voting will play a big role in the outcome. Here’s what else you should look for as votes are counted.
Whatever the temperature is in Central Park, it’s hotter alongside Newtown Creek, the toxic and industrial waterway separating Brooklyn from Queens.
Housing affordability and quality-of-life concerns are pushing longtime Black New Yorkers out of the city, underscoring Democrats’ challenges with their base ahead of the mayoral election.
There is concern over how city leaders are trying to push the proposal forward using a special state process that limits public input and circumvents the typical local vetting.
Entrepreneurs in Brooklyn are opening laundromats that double as coffee shops, bars and hangout spots.
In Brooklyn, a reporter witnessed the sport of sumo wrestling in action.
There’s nothing quite like swimming with dozens of strangers — a joy that takes its purest form in New York City’s public swimming pools.
Limits on travel and visa appointments have delayed or prevented foreign doctors from entering the country for jobs set to begin in weeks.
The transformation of Gowanus tells a story we need to hear.
After a gunman killed a lawmaker and wounded another, officials scrambled in what they called the largest manhunt in Minnesota’s history. The suspect was arrested in a rural field on Sunday.
A manhunt is underway for a man suspected in the killing on Saturday of a state lawmaker and her husband and in the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife. Here is how the events unfolded.
A punishing housing market has conditioned some people to have low expectations, but others aren’t afraid to be demanding.
Un hombre armado vestido de policía mató a Melissa Hortman, representante estatal demócrata, y a su marido en su domicilio, dijo el gobernador Tim Walz. Un senador estatal y su esposa resultaron heridos en otro ataque.
Headway, a team at The New York Times that reports on progress and possibility, is gathering stories and experiences from people who live or spend time near the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge.
For Josefina Londono, a career move after reconnecting with her family’s furniture business also called for a move to a new Brooklyn apartment.
Hand-forged armor. Prehistoric bones. Music that’s never been digitized. This isn’t retail — it’s an invitation-only obsession.
Nicole Daedone and Rachel Cherwitz were charged with engaging in a forced labor conspiracy related to the sexual wellness company OneTaste.
“I believe that Black people should be able to experience the joy and the pleasure and the normalcy of walking into a museum and seeing art and feeling uplifted.”
But with her memory suddenly starting to fail, she faces a difficult decision.
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch in Grand Army Plaza, at the entrance to Prospect Park, had not been renovated in decades.
The worker, a 43-year-old man, was trapped under the fallen roof in an extension behind a former restaurant in Brooklyn, the Buildings Department said.
Prosecutors say Sanford Solny preyed on homeowners who were struggling financially. He now faces up to seven years in prison.
He was the pied piper of a loose community of DIY artists homesteading on New York City’s waterways, which he used as his canvas and stage.
“She is one of the masters of playing with materials in our moment,” a curator said of Moyer, who has made glass look like brick and fabric look like rock.
In the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, a pastor is devoting his time to building affordable housing for his congregation.
Cuando llega el calor, hay cientos de formas de pasarla bien en la ciudad sin gastar dinero. He aquí algunas de nuestras favoritas.
At a bodega in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, the price of the breakfast staple (on a roll) recently rose to $5, up from $4.50.
After three years of work, the New York Sumo Club held its first tournament for amateur students of the ancient combat sport.
This week’s properties are Chelsea, Carnegie Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
The plan, approved by the City Council, focuses on boosting residential development and job growth in a 21-block area along Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Neighbors say the in-your-face design of the building made it a target for criticism, leading someone to tag it with a museum-style plaque that commented on New York City’s affordable housing crisis.
When the weather gets warm, there are hundreds of ways to have a good time in the city without laying down any cash. Here are some of our favorites.
A photographer covered protests in the city after George Floyd was murdered. Five years later, he is still working on the story of a city.
Joseph Neumeyer, 28, is also accused of threatening President Trump. He appeared in federal court in Brooklyn on Sunday.
The Trump administration is trying to unravel one of our greatest national achievements.
Thousands died in nursing homes at the outset of the pandemic. Will a campaign for accountability stall Andrew Cuomo’s progress in the mayor’s race?
Stuck to lampposts and floorboards, reminders of Covid’s darkest days are everywhere.
In the latest leadership shake-up, Gina Duncan will leave when her contract expires in June, after three years in the job.
New York’s retail landscape is changing. But it’s not cheese shops or butchers that are taking over those vacant neighborhood storefronts.
Under new outdoor dining rules, inspectors are ticketing some restaurants and coffeehouses that have a few chairs or tables outside but no formal structures.
The chancellor said the “school system is more than prepared.” But when it was time to log on, many students could not.
Officials said some services would be transferred from University Hospital at Downstate to nearby facilities, and others, including primary care, could be expanded.
The humble cotton button-down helps power New York City, through its presence in practically every office in town. But few people understand the shirt’s transformation from dirty to clean, which at Kingbridge Cleaners & Tailors will run you $6.
The pandemic upended everything at the Red Hook Lobster Pound. By mid-2022, the co-founder felt she had no choice but to raise the price of her signature item, a lobster roll and fries.
Fallkill Falls has long been officially off limits. That’s changing, but parkgoers may have to wait until winter to see actual water falling.
Small businesses outside Manhattan helped fuel the city’s recovery from the pandemic. Their rents have soared, and people of color are bearing the brunt of the increases.
Big oaks and sweetgums have been moved into a former sugar factory, to make it a more inviting space for prospective tenants and their employees.
For decades, smaller “safety net” hospitals like Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, in Brooklyn, have been losing money and are under pressure to close. But the pandemic has shown just how needed they are.
Representative Lee Zeldin painted a bleak portrait of New York, while Gov. Kathy Hochul stressed her rival’s anti-abortion stance and his support for Donald Trump.
More bars and restaurants are closing their doors at earlier hours, and more New Yorkers are grabbing dinner earlier in the evening. One of our reporters set off to find out why.
“I feel like it’s 50-50,” said the owner of a Brooklyn coffee shop who is finding it hard to rebound from the pandemic.
Anthony Almojera reports to Station 40 in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where he cooks a family meal for his 12-member crew.
Young violists and sax players in Brooklyn get reacquainted with their instruments, and with one another: “You have to play in harmony.”
Young violists and sax players in Brooklyn get reacquainted with their instruments, and with one another: “You have to play in harmony.”
My fourth grader thinks about every event she’s missed, and I can’t pretend it doesn’t hurt.
As workers return to the office, some companies have relocated to ease the commute.
The subway is at a critical moment as transit officials struggle to bring back riders, to shore up the system’s finances and to address fears over safety.
As the United States marks one million Covid-19 deaths, Times journalists reflect on the one story or moment from the pandemic that will stay with them forever.
From “anti-monuments” to ephemeral sand portraits, four art exhibitions encourage viewers to slow down and take stock of our pandemic losses.