Roughly 8,400 businesses closed in the second quarter of 2025, according to the most recent city data, creating the largest net decline in business activity since before the pandemic.
Chains from the East Asian nation are popping up across New York City, bringing with them excellent hot pot, dumplings and mapo tofu.
Some Black and Latino leaders worry they are being denied access to power under Mayor Zohran Mamdani and that they may lose the ground they had gained under former Mayor Eric Adams.
The veteran congresswoman said she would like Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president, to replace her after she retires. She also said the mayor should stay out of political races.
When a pastor learned his childhood home might undergo a glow-up, he saw his beloved Brooklyn further receding — and took to a different kind of pulpit.
“I want to be very public that there’s a new cop on the beat,” said Samuel Levine, the new commissioner of New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection.
The city’s 68 horse carriages continue to operate despite pressure from activists — and the Central Park Conservancy — to ban them.
This week’s properties are in Dumbo, the Upper East Side and Chelsea.
The artist isn’t known for her drawings, but in a new show these cryptic, sometimes unsettling works speak volumes.
Homeowners in the Bronx and Queens owned their homes the longest before selling in 2025.
Come wintertime, it could be said that the coat, not the clothes, makes a man.
Small business advocates in New York are excited that Mayor Zohran Mamdani is tackling the issue of excessive fees and fines, but they’ve heard similar promises before.
James Luckey-Lange, 28, was released this week with several other U.S. citizens from the country’s notorious prison system after going missing in December, his family said.
In 1970, he founded London’s Young Vic, an adventurous “people’s theater” — the Who took the stage at one point — before shaking up the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Hospital administrators and union officials appear to be digging in for an extended battle over staffing levels and pay.
A new kind of tap-in, tap-out system at gyms has some New Yorkers flustered.
Neko Health, backed by the Spotify founder Daniel Ek, plans to open in New York this spring.
Kamar Samuels, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s choice to run the school system, has favored integration and academic rigor.
Some renters are constantly left without heat or hot water during the winter, leading them to bundle up in layers of clothing or risk fires by using space heaters.
Erik Duran, who fatally struck the man, Eric Duprey, as he fled on a motorbike in 2023, faces charges of manslaughter, assault and criminally negligent homicide.
The parent company of Saks, Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman struggled with debt, designers and customers in recent years.
Midori Valdivia would head the Taxi and Limousine Commission, overseeing more than 115,000 for-hire vehicles. The mayor said drivers deserved a “forceful champion.”
Officials tied to the venture insisted no money had been stolen, but the withdrawal caused the coin’s value to plunge.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City returned to the State Capitol for the first time since taking office, underscoring the shifting political winds since his victory.
Anthony Herbert is accused of bribing a funeral director and applying for a fraudulent loan to keep a nonexistent baked-goods business afloat during the pandemic.
The horse bolted through traffic and its carriage sideswiped a taxi, reigniting questions over the safety of carriage horses in Central Park.
Workers at the popular New York City chain Breads Bakery, who are trying to unionize, included the demand in a list alongside higher wages and special overtime pay.
Nearly 15,000 nurses went on strike Monday at some of New York City’s top hospitals, with workers demanding more robust staffing and higher pay.
The new wine bar, also in the West Village, focuses on France and Greece; an Australian pub opens on the Lower East Side; and more restaurant news.
The top suggestions include spending more of the city’s budget on parks and libraries and fixing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
After over three years of construction, the museum will open its new building on March 21 with an ambitious show exploring how technologies have changed what it means to be human.
Gov. Kathy Hochul will reveal her priorities on Tuesday in her State of the State Message. She may take a stand against ICE after the killing of Renee Nicole Good.
The governor and the mayor need each other, and that offers a chance for synthesis at a time when the center and left are often at odds.
City officials said the employee, a data analyst from Venezuela, had legal authorization to work and remain in the United States until October.
Two weeks ago, Eric Adams was in Times Square to lead the New Year’s Eve ball drop as his last act as mayor. He returned on Monday to promote a new business interest.
Rafael Espinal, the current head of the Freelancers Union, will serve as the new director of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment.
Nearly 15,000 nurses at major New York City hospitals went on strike on Monday, demanding more robust staffing levels, higher pay and better safety precautions.
Workers are demanding more robust staffing levels and higher pay. The strike comes three years after a smaller job action won significant gains.
More than 11,000 drawings made 125 years ago were stashed away for years. They have been meticulously restored, and some will be shown at the Met Museum.
In his first week on the job, Kamar H. Samuels started to sketch out his priorities for leading America’s largest school system.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, have begun moving their belongings from their Queens apartment to the official mayor’s residence in Manhattan.
Thousands of protesters, prompted by the fatal shooting of a woman in Minneapolis by a federal immigration agent, gathered near Central Park and marched through Manhattan.
The government will have to navigate difficult legal issues and use testimony about incidents clouded by time. But conspiracy laws are powerful tools for prosecutors.
Maksud Agadjani wound up hospitalized after he had a profane altercation with a rival, all of it captured on video. Business has never been better.
In his first week as mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani tried to bridge the political theater of his campaign with the much harder work of governing.
Witnessing the power of coconut cream pie, time for a new car and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
The city has over eight million residents and only around 1,000 public bathrooms. The new mayor said he was committed to creating more, though he did not say when they would be available.
Some members of the group are awaiting trial; some are serving short sentences. In the meantime, with little else to do, they have intense discussions about literature.
Summit Properties USA won an auction on Friday to buy more than 5,000 apartments out of bankruptcy from the Pinnacle Group despite City Hall’s efforts to intervene.
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators hurled threats at each other outside an event promoting real estate sales in Jerusalem. The mayor said those actions had “no place in our city.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not call the shootings justified, but said New York Police officers were placed in “incredibly difficult and dangerous circumstances.”
The mayor said a new initiative by the Under the Radar festival exemplified an arts affordability agenda that he intends to pursue.
The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project was one of five winners of grants from a Brooklyn-based nonprofit.
Officers shot the driver of a BMW that had been involved in a motor vehicle incident after he drew an imitation firearm, the police said.
After the Hanukkah massacre in Australia, the rabbi and the Muslim hero who saved lives made a visit to New York that was part religious pilgrimage, part media outreach.
Moving Nicolás Maduro, the former leader of Venezuela, will require intricate planning to keep him safe as he travels from a Brooklyn lockup to a Manhattan court.
The legislative session that began this week poses a significant test of the most closely watched collaboration in state and city politics.
The man had cut and then barricaded himself in a blood-spattered room with a patient and a security guard at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, the police said.
Zohran Mamdani, the new mayor of New York, made a private visit to the billionaire film director’s Central Park West apartment this week.
Preliminary data suggests that bouts of the viral illness have already peaked, but the city’s health commissioner urged caution.
“Witnessing Humanity” at the Met, with more than 100 artworks, and a gaze both inward and outward, is the artist’s first New York survey.
He documented the punk and post-punk music scene in the East Village, leading an independent film movement that was proudly unprofessional.
The New York City college had been accused of tolerating discrimination against those who believe in Zionism following a pro-Palestinian protest that trapped students inside a library.
Because the only true cure for the winter blues is dinner by candlelight.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a plan on Thursday to vastly expand free and low-cost child care for families across the state in the coming years and add programs for 2-year-olds.
Harvey Weinstein said he felt like he was on “a slow march to my death” as prosecutors continued to pursue the case after an aspiring actress accused him of raping her in 2013.
Governor Kathy Hochul will appear with Mayor Zohran Mamdani to lay out a plan to expand free and subsidized child care in New York, which had been a central focus of his campaign.
Claire Valdez, a New York assemblywoman, will face the Brooklyn borough president in a Democratic primary race to replace Representative Nydia Velázquez.
This week’s properties are in Midtown, Murray Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
They live on Billionaires’ Row, but they’re not billionaires. And now the residents of a 57th Street building could face a leap of more than 100 percent in their maintenance costs.
“Carving Out History” offers the career highlights of Emma Stebbins, from the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park— a powerful symbol of hope and healing in “Angels in America” —to a standout sculpture of the woman she loved.
At a members-only club in Manhattan, a new generation rejects alcohol but isn’t quite ready to give up the party.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is eyeing Jersey City, N.J., for ideas as he looks to address New York’s housing crisis. For residents, the surge in development has been a mixed blessing.
A friendly summit at New York’s City Hall with digital content creators and social media stars symbolized the new mayor’s attitude toward the changing news media.
Chen Zhi faces an indictment in federal court in Brooklyn on charges of swindling millions of dollars from Americans as part of a global cryptocurrency scam.
Christine Clarke, who will lead the Commission on Human Rights, has worked on discrimination lawsuits against the city’s public housing authority and Police Department.
He helped build the ad agency BBDO International into a powerhouse before channeling his passion for opera into managing the Met and revitalizing Lincoln Center.
Ms. Menin, a centrist Democrat, said she would investigate bad actors in business and city agencies and played down areas of difference with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Charles Edwards painted his interpretations of canvases by Anthony van Dyck for the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “I Puritani.” Then he visited the Met Museum to see the original.
A court dispute over the lines of the 11th Congressional District represents one of New York Democrats’ few hopes of drawing maps in their favor for the 2026 midterms.
The Trump administration said it was placing a hold on $10 billion in subsidies across five states, including New York.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed city agencies to make plans to comply with rules governing health and safety at the facilities, and said they must work to end solitary confinement.
The small but symbolic gesture, at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge, signals more ambitious street redesign plans from the new mayor.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch and Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the numbers on Tuesday. Officials attributed the rise in rapes in part to a change in the state definition of sexual assault.
The Trump administration has made no secret that it covets Venezuela’s oil reserves. What happens next could have serious implications for the planet.
Feast on tamales and dosas in the first week of 2026.
Buyers paying in cash accounted for 64 percent of co-op and condo sales last year, edging out hopeful buyers needing mortgages.
A business improvement district in Manhattan will pay tribute to the television personality Andy Cohen in an unusual way.
Mr. Goldman, a Democrat from New York City, faces a stiff primary battle that could turn on Gaza and how to fight President Trump.
Beth Morrison has shepherded dozens of new works into existence over the past 20 years. And her footprint continues to grow.
The former conservative has moved from the Washington suburbs to Manhattan and will run for an open House seat in a heavily Democratic district.
Easily accessible archives can turn up stories both humorous and hair-raising, and they all connect us to something bigger.
Lei, a warmly welcoming wine bar in Manhattan, manages to both honor tradition and bend it.
Companies like Kairos Energy are building new types of reactors with the encouragement of the Trump administration, but their success is far from assured.
Many celebrated the seizure of Nicolás Maduro. Others were clouded by uncertainty. And some wondered if they might find a path back to their homeland.
A demonstration outside the building where Nicolás Maduro was arraigned was a ritual of New York public protest, but one that sprang from personal wounds inflicted a continent away.
Anna Bahr, who leads communications for the Vermont senator and worked on his presidential campaign, is the latest appointee to a high-profile role in the Mamdani administration.
The tolling program, which charges motorists to enter Manhattan’s busiest streets, had a largely successful first year after a delayed start.
More housing and public toilets. Fewer trucks. We canvassed dozens of experts on ideas for making the built city more livable. What do you think?
After Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York scrapped two executive orders on antisemitism and boycotts, the Israeli Foreign Ministry issued an aggressive response to what it saw as an aggressive act.
At just 32, Ralph Fitzgerald, a raffish Brit with the look of a Guy Ritchie character, has become the tailor to movie stars, financial executives and Marc Jacobs.
How life has changed in the New York area, according to data on traffic, transit and the responses of 600 readers.
The M.T.A. makes changes as Mayor Mamdani makes it clear that the subway and buses are crucial to New York’s future.
He helped create the Off Off Broadway theater scene, wrote and acted in Andy Warhol’s films, and made his apartment into a singular exhibit of Americana.
A champion of the story ballet, he built a tightly knit community in New York around his classes at Ballet Academy East and his company, Dances Patrelle.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani named a housing commissioner and announced that the city would hold public hearings where frustrated renters could voice their complaints.
The Metropolitan Detention Center, known as the M.D.C., is one of the United States’ most notorious federal lockups.
The self-described socialist leader tried to tie the Latin American fight against imperialism with the struggle of Black Americans against racism.
Mr. Mamdani, a staunch critic of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians, knew he would not extend the orders, but he had to decide how and when he would rescind them.
New York City’s newly elected mayor planned to spend Saturday announcing a pedestrian safety plan. Then President Trump brought a captured foreign leader to his doorstep.
Fares will also increase on the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad, as will tolls at several of the city’s bridges and tunnels.
Self-service on a lazy day, fair fruit trade on the Upper West Side and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, could stand trial in Federal District Court in New York City, the site of other high-profile court proceedings.
The bike-lane project, a source of corruption charges during the Adams administration, will be finished as planned in Greenpoint, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
Jenelle Manzi started a nutrition company while performing with New York City Ballet. Now she’s doing her makeup in cabs and taking Zoom meetings as she sews pointe shoes.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York said he hoped to reach communities that had been left out of the process.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced two appointments at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn on his second day as mayor of New York City, including the creation of an Office of Mass Engagement.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York canceled executive orders issued by his predecessor that had barred city agencies from boycotting Israel and defined some criticism of Israel as antisemitic.
Readers share their hopes and anxieties as New York’s new mayor takes office. Also: Unsubscribing from the Kennedy Center; protesting Trump.
Democratic Socialists gathered at a Bushwick dance club to celebrate as one of their members began to govern New York City.
Seemingly overnight, T-shirts with the likeness of the new mayor have become common in New York City.
Bryan Reisberg built a social media following in the millions by carrying his corgi, Maxine, in a backpack. Now, he carries shelter dogs.
La anexión de Canadá a Estados Unidos, las noticias presentadas en pantallas y los aviones personales fueron algunas de las muchas predicciones sobre las que informó el Times hace un siglo.
The mayor’s résumé looks like the broad coalition he built when he swept to victory in November.
New York Times journalists chronicled the first year of President Trump’s anti-immigration campaign in words and photos, from New York to Texas.
Former Mayor Eric Adams and some conservative-leaning Jewish leaders criticized the revocation of his executive orders, one of which he signed just last month.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was inaugurated as the mayor of New York City on Thursday in a ceremony attended by thousands outside City Hall. Flanked by progressive stars of the Democratic Party, he told New Yorkers his administration would “govern without shame and insecurity, making no apology for what we believe.”
A communal spectacle, spilling out of City Hall into the streets of Broadway, conveyed how many New Yorkers see the promise in a Zohran Mamdani mayoralty.
Mr. Mamdani reaffirmed that he would govern New York City as a democratic socialist and assured even those who had not voted for him: “I am your mayor.”
Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a flurry of executive orders on his first day as mayor of New York City. They were aimed at protecting tenants and revoking some of ex-Mayor Eric Adams’s past orders.
Thousands of New Yorkers packed the plaza ouside City Hall and the streets of Lower Manhattan to see Mayor Zohran Mamdani take office.
In his inaugural address, Mayor Zohran Mamdani invoked the cuisines of New York as metaphors for the city’s diversity, ambitions and promise.
Zohran Mamdani gave his first public speech as mayor of New York City, after a public inauguration that drew tens of thousands of people.
Mr. Williams, New York City’s public advocate, teared up as he addressed a portion of his remarks to his younger self, captivating the crowd.
New York’s new mayor challenged his supporters and his opponents to make the city better, and to hold him to account.
With her chocolate-brown princess-line coat, New York’s new first lady looked a little funky, a little vintage, a little Tolstoy, entirely proper and unlike anyone else on the stage.
From her student days, she stubbornly refused to follow popular artistic trends. Instead, she spent decades exploring the effects of light on glass.
The Grammy-winning singer, part of the supergroup boygenius, followed a performance by Mandy Patinkin, who sang “Over the Rainbow.”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, speaking at Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration, said that his election represented New Yorkers’ choosing “prosperity for the many over spoils for the few.”
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will deliver opening remarks and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont will administer the oath of office.
New York City’s new mayor was officially sworn in just after midnight on Thursday. A second public event will take place this afternoon.
Zohran Mamdani has stocked his administration with seasoned officials, in part to allay concerns about his inexperience and left-wing stances.
A couple moved up from Asheville, N.C., to be closer to their children and grandchild. On the checklist: a newer building and fun things to do.
This week’s properties are on the Upper West Side, in Carnegie Hill and Cobble Hill.
Welcome to a new year. It promises Ian McKellen, fresh jazz, free exhibitions, restored films and comedy with latkes.
As commissioner of New York City’s Department of Transportation, Michael Flynn will seek to implement one of the new mayor’s central campaign planks.
The new mayor is an entirely familiar type of New York politician.