A social worker turned preservationist, she directed the Museum of Chinese in America. “Sometimes it was literally dumpster-diving,” she said of rescuing artifacts.
Lawyers for the president said a subpoena seeking eight years of tax returns amounted to illegal “harassment.”
Tom Rauffenbart had resolved to create a tribute to his partner, the artist David Wojnarowicz. A sewing circle of women took up the cause for both men, stitching through lockdown.
Several Black City Council members have lashed out at progressives, comparing calls to defund the police to “colonization” and “political gentrification.”
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is allowing New York schools to reopen, but it's unclear what teachers and parents will do.
Newly emboldened, many New Yorkers want to repurpose streets for walking, biking, dining and schools, even as traffic returns.
These front-line medical workers are struggling with what comes next.
People like Vivian Lin, who quit her job at an architecture firm to start a composting business, have helped fill the void after the city suspended curbside organic waste collection.
She founded the East Harlem music school Manna House Workshops because, she said, “I wanted the people in the community to have a better feeling of self-worth.”
A street scene at the end of the day, carrying a gift on a packed train and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Transmission, even in New York City, is well below thresholds experts say are safe, but issues like adequate ventilation to combat aerosol spread of the virus remain.
A helicopter and dozens of officers, some in tactical gear, were deployed for an arrest at a Manhattan apartment but withdrew after protesters arrived.
In a long-awaited announcement, the governor says schools can welcome back students if the rate of infection in their communities remains low.
When Kwame Owusu-Kesse is not helping families and schools navigate the pandemic, he is trying to wean his toddler off “Baby Shark.”
Power outages early Friday morning hit large areas of New York, including the Upper West Side, Harlem and Queens, as about 180,000 customers lost electricity.
About 180,000 customers lost electricity in an outage that Con Edison said was caused by issues with its “transmission system.”
Central Park will soon unveil its first sculpture depicting nonfictional female figures. “The fact that nobody even noticed that women were missing in Central Park — what does that say about the invisibility of women?”
Why being Black and giving birth in New York during the pandemic is so dangerous.
Earth is overheating. This year is poised to be one of the hottest ever. Millions are already feeling the pain, but the agony of extreme heat is profoundly unequal across the globe.
Two new books look at World War II from the perspectives of outsiders on the fringes of conflict.
This week’s properties are in Randall Manor, on the Upper West Side and in Prospect Lefferts Gardens.
This week’s properties are in Randall Manor, on the Upper West Side and in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.
Tropical Storm Isaias tore across the region on Tuesday. Two days later, many households and businesses are still without power.
A critic’s tour deciphers the signs and symbols of the street art adorning boarded-up storefronts. What it tells us about our shared political realities and the ways our stories are connected.
For their first place together, a young couple scanned the Upper West Side in the midst of the pandemic. Which of these homes would you have chosen?
After Bernie Sanders fell to Joe Biden, the young left mourned what could have been. Now, after a series of victories in congressional races, it’s hopeful again.
The mayor is sending the sheriff to city bridges and tunnels to try to ward off a second wave of the coronavirus.
Openings at Mr. Powers’s Spiral Gallery on Vanderbilt Avenue were rollicking festivals of art and jazz featuring emerging artists from the neighborhood and beyond.
The term’s racist and sexist undertones lead New York’s real estate community and others to rethink outdated industry jargon.
Galleries and museums are getting creative about presenting work online during the pandemic. Some are open for in-person visits. Here are shows worth viewing either way.
Galleries and museums are getting creative about presenting work online during the pandemic. Some are open for in-person visits. Here are shows worth viewing either way.
Utilities in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut raced to restore power, but officials said it might take several days, in some cases.
Yankee Stadium was the site of a salt marsh. Concourse Plaza was a valley. Our critic walks with Eric W. Sanderson, a conservation ecologist.
The city’s low infection rate has raised hopes that students can return to classrooms next month. But many obstacles remain.
How much freedom should front-line clinicians have in treating Covid-19 patients with unproven drugs? The question opened up a civil war in some hospitals.
When my husband’s cousin tested positive, all of the months of pandemic headlines converged.
I’m desperate to find pockets of joy wherever I can. Some people bake bread. I started street-casting on West 12th.
Dr. Oxiris Barbot resigned her post after clashes between health officials and the mayor over the city's response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The neighborhood around the Green-Wood Cemetery is known for being ‘spacious and airy’ — an appealing quality in the age of coronavirus.
The neighborhood around the Green-Wood Cemetery is known for being ‘spacious and airy’ — an appealing quality in the age of coronavirus.
The neighborhood around the Green-Wood Cemetery is known for being ‘spacious and airy’ — an appealing quality in the age of coronavirus.
Representative Carolyn Maloney and Councilman Ritchie Torres won in New York City after a Democratic primary that raised concerns about mail-in voting.
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.
The resignation of Dr. Oxiris Barbot, the commissioner since 2018, came after Mayor Bill de Blasio stripped her agency of a key virus-tracing program.
The storm that tore through New York City on Tuesday was second only to Hurricane Sandy in knocking out service to Con Edison customers.
MSG Entertainment, which owns Radio City Music Hall and manages the Rockettes, cited the uncertainty of the coronavirus.
The firm says its role is consistent with its commitment to stakeholder capitalism. Also: Transgender service members; a paucity of conversation; second-home owners.
A Williamsburg spot from the team behind Eight Mile Creek, a milk tea cafe in Greenwich Village, and more restaurant news.
At least two people were killed after a tornado touched down in Bertie County, N.C., and two others in the United States were killed by falling trees.
Mr. de Blasio has pointed to court delays and bail reform to explain the surge in gun violence. But the N.Y.P.D.’s own numbers tell a different story.
The storm could bring two to four inches of rain across the region, with coastal flooding and strong wind likely throughout Tuesday.
Getting medication long meant seeing a licensed provider. Now a strategy for evading Covid-19 makes treatment available via the web.
The West Village store also ships nationwide.
Despite the pandemic, the social media giant leased all the office space in the former main post office at Penn Station in Midtown.
The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new court filing arguing Mr. Trump’s accountants should turn over his tax returns.
Restaurants in the Manhattan neighborhood suffered early in the pandemic. Some are just now experimenting with outdoor service.
The police commissioner’s pointed criticism — and the fact that he still has his job — speaks to the mayor’s fraught relationship with the Police Department.
Nearly six weeks later, two congressional races remain undecided, and officials are trading blame over the mishandling of tens of thousands of mail-in ballots.
Small-business owners said they have exhausted federal and local assistance and see no end in sight after months of sharp revenue drops. Now, many are closing their shops and restaurants for good.
In major global cities where the pandemic has ebbed, it appears that public transportation may not be as risky as nervous New Yorkers believe.
With social distancing required, two new roommates discovered, it’s a little like marrying someone before you meet.
It was yet another symbol of reckless socializing during the pandemic: The Liberty Belle was dinged for violating distancing rules, and its owners were accused of running an unlicensed bar, the authorities said.
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.
Giving directions, a noisy Chinatown dining room and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
As more schools abandon plans for in-person classes, one that opened in Indiana this week had to quarantine students within hours.
The Upper East Side restaurant was accused of serving eight people inside, violating New York’s orders.
Senators Sherrod Brown and Elizabeth Warren criticized a Fed-backed effort to slip a change into the next coronavirus relief package
On a quest for sunlight and soil, Christina Clum approached Brooklyn residents about growing flowers in their yards. It worked.
Over the past month, New Yorkers have been urged to limit air-conditioning use in an effort to prevent blackouts and brownouts.
Vulnerable children need creative solutions, educators say: “The entire system has missed something if they don’t rethink what the fall semester looks like.”
With around 100 schools closed because of students or teachers with COVID-19, Australia has lessons for other countries aiming to reopen.
Animal Haven was always rescuing animals. Now the shelter is doing it on the front lines.
How can you get your cultural fix when many arts institutions remain closed? Our writers offer suggestions for what to listen to and watch.
Long lines are still forming at Famous Fish Market, a Black-owned business that’s been in the same family for nearly 50 years.
A Columbia grad student, new to the city, lost his lease. So he organized the perfect send-off.
This week’s properties are on in Cobble Hill, Greenwich Village and on the Grand Concourse.
This week’s properties are on in Greenwich Village, Cobble Hill and on the Grand Concourse.
Farm dining, a Parisian floral gallery, Ruth Asawa stamps — and more.
Seth DuCharme returns to Brooklyn as U.S. attorney after serving a Justice Department that faced criticism of increased politicization.
Two newlyweds leave their tiny rental for something affordable in Hell’s Kitchen — maybe even a one-bedroom. Which of these options would you choose?
Eyewitnesses and social media users drew a parallel with tactics used in Portland, Ore., and city and state officials voiced criticism.
A group of parents takes one big step together.
New York and other states sued the Trump administration over new limits on the “public charge” rule, which critics said would discourage immigrants from seeking medical treatment during the pandemic.
A bittersweet family tradition has become an exercise in risk assessment, logistics and trying to understand ever-changing rules.
The contact tracers said the program was confusing and disorganized in its first six weeks, leaving them fearful that their work would not have an impact on the virus.
The app's electric-blue rental vehicles have become popular, but crashes, resulting in two deaths this month, have added to safety concerns.
Supporters praise the community’s young, culturally diverse population and its (relatively) affordable housing. And then there are the views.
The video of the woman’s arrest, shared widely on social media, was met with calls for an explanation from the police.
He treated celebrities like Celine Dion and Foxy Brown before he was undone by malpractice suits and a prison sentence for insurance fraud.
The condo, at the pinnacle of the limestone tower, is the year’s most expensive sale. It was one of three big purchases there during July.
The latest from the Little Tong team, Uighur food in Lower Manhattan, and more restaurant news.
The new additions are from the series that is on display on the museum’s Fifth Avenue facade.
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.
Ms. Wiley, who once led the city’s police oversight board, would enter a mayoral race that has been reshaped by Black Lives Matter protests.
The company said that it would “review and strengthen” its safety measures, but that it planned to restart operations “in the near future.”
In “The Apocalypse Factory,” Steve Olson tells the story of Hanford, a small rural town in Washington State that played an outsize role in America’s nuclear ambitions.
In five incidents, people have thrown paint on the bright-yellow street display on Fifth Avenue. Each time, city workers have restored the lettering.
During the pandemic, people are venturing deeper into the city’s forests, wetlands and grasslands, just as budget cuts threaten the spaces’ upkeep.
The president mounted his most forceful and detailed legal attack yet on the subpoena for his tax returns from the Manhattan district attorney.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said it was worth examining if the seal, which dates to 1914, “makes sense for the 21st century.”
The chocolatier MarieBelle New York has a new collection featuring landmarks from the city.
The spate of shootings on Sunday came as the city wrestles with a spike unlike anything it has seen in decades.
An investigation into hospitals during the peak of the city’s coronavirus outbreak exposed significant disparities in health care.
The pandemic has wiped out the longstanding anchors of New York neighborhoods.
Midtown Manhattan faces an economic catastrophe, a cascade of loss upon loss in the city's corporate heart that threatens to alter its identity.
As train and bus operators served a city under siege, their ranks were battered. Now, as riders trickle back to public transit, workers are alarmed by the prospect of a second wave as they continue to cope with the trauma from the initial outbreak...
Readers criticize leaders who view mandatory mask-wearing as an infringement on rights. Also: President Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell; online voting for New York City; age and the pandemic.
Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.
7,500 workers are missing from a famous building. A food cart sells 10 hot dogs a day. The virus’s effect on one block could be an omen for the city’s future.
A face in the crowd, how to carry a rocking chair and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Some neighborhoods where wealthy residents skipped town during the pandemic have among the lowest response rates in the city.
School administrators confront what one called “the greatest challenge of my career.”
School administrators confront what one called “the greatest challenge of my career.”
Although the city and state have broad requirements in place, apartment buildings are enacting their own rules for residents. The key is to make sure you know what they are.
Here are eight cultural dances that you can learn at home through online tutorials or mobile dance apps.
Tailors across New York City are expanding waistlines and moving buttons to accommodate the “Quarantine 15.”
At one of the eight pools to reopen, a swimmer almost forgot to remove his mask before making a cannonball jump. So, he placed it on his flip-flops and then — splash.
The Upper West Side mainstay, which served Chino Latino dishes like fried rice with plantains, opened in 1968.
The sprawling apartment, owned by Mary Wells Lawrence, a pioneering woman in advertising, is being listed for $27.95 million.
A sprawling apartment being sold by Mary Wells Lawrence, a pioneering woman in advertising.
John Roney has worked at J.G. Melon since the 1980s, but he’s not averse to change: the outdoors suit him just fine.
Interviews with those who are risking the unknown — taking the train, commingling with strangers — to grab some fresh air and space.
Donald Trump — a lifelong New Yorker — declares war on urban America.
Frustrating efforts to avoid a second wave of the outbreak, the median wait time at some clinics is nine days as labs become overwhelmed.
He has survived H.I.V. and a heart attack, and while the influential gay novelist acknowledges that he is “hyper-vulnerable,” he intends to make it through this pandemic as well.
Business leaders are trying to devise plans to revive an industry that brought in $45 billion annually and supported 300,000 jobs.
“Honestly, I don’t even really see the point in getting tested,” said one New Yorker who has waited nearly two weeks, with still no results.
Zoos are beginning to open, but digital experiences allow visitors to see ecosystems from a different perspective.
Coronavirus shutdowns led to “the longest and most coherent global seismic noise reduction in recorded history,” scientists report.
Olmsted, like many of its New York City peers, is trying to make the most of a strange season by serving up fun and games along with the distancing.
Federal prosecutors said the homes were where Mr. Epstein operated a vast sex-trafficking scheme and assaulted underage girls.
Governors Island had a charming teaching farm that was a field trip destination. Now it’s producing hundreds of pounds of fresh produce every week.
This weeks’ properties are in Cobble Hill, Harlem and Forest Hills.
This weeks’ properties are in Cobble Hill, Harlem and Forest Hills.
Looking for a modern apartment with easy access to public transport, two renters weigh what they’re willing to compromise on. Which of these homes would you choose?
After a pre-dawn raid with officers in riot gear, tarps were torn down and graffiti was scrubbed off, shutting down a monthlong protest.
The execution-style slaying was retribution for an earlier attack on the Hells Angels clubhouse in the Bronx, the police said.
Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, said he was returned to prison as retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir about President Trump.
La Monte Young, the composer who quietly shaped much of contemporary Western music, reaches his last act.
Several countries have found ways to reopen schools safely. But can the United States?
A recent number of pro-police rallies have led to fights and arrests as civilian New Yorkers turn on one another over their view of the N.Y.P.D.
The suspect in an attack at the home of Judge Esther Salas had challenged the male-only military draft and ladies’ nights at nightclubs.
The fashion designer’s potent personal profile obscured the fact that her company, DVF, had been losing money for years. The coronavirus crisis changed all that.
With people who have been cooped up flocking to personal watercraft, the deaths highlight concerns about boating safety.
Readers discuss using race, geography, age and other factors. Also: Working parents; subway riders in the pandemic; the disappearance of a Thai activist.
Ms. Sanger, a feminist icon and reproductive-rights pioneer, supported a discredited belief in improving the human race through selective breeding.
Recent commercial real estate transactions in New York.
Red tape and turf battles marked the race to create temporary hospitals for the coronavirus onslaught in New York.
The transit agency will announce budget cuts on Wednesday. Officials are hoping federal assistance will help ease the crisis that the pandemic has created.
The city is mired in an economic crisis, and the return of visitors looks distant. That's devastating news for these three tourist destinations.