At a gala concert, musicians were supported by star-studded hosts including Whoopi Goldberg and Bill Murray — on cowbell.
Klaus Janson, known for his work on Daredevil and Batman, said he hoped his new solo show could give people “a growing appreciation of what comics can do.”
Ahead of Harry Styles’s Madison Square Garden residency, fans are preparing to sublet their couches and spare rooms to concertgoers.
An exhibit at the New York Historical sheds light on an organization that began by serving sailors, women and factory workers.
A major casino planned in Queens has people worried about how it could affect a key park and nearby neighborhoods. Anna Kodé, our reporter covering design and culture, visits the site and examines its history and possible future.
Social workers are scrambling to alert recipients and help them find jobs before their aid is eliminated under President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy law.
This week in Newly Reviewed, Seph Rodney covers Deborah Roberts’s collages, Ursula von Rydingsvard’s wood outcroppings and Noel W Anderson’s superstars.
She was an adviser to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mayor John V. Lindsay and Representative Bella S. Abzug before serving on the New York City Council from 1989 to 2001.
Indonesian bites in a mini mart, seafood cocteles in a smoke shop and Vietnamese specialties in an old pizzeria.
The 30th Street Shelter on the site of Bellevue’s former psychiatric hospital has been in disrepair for years.
An unusual outbreak of wildfires in city parks gave scientists a chance to study these rare events. Now they’re coming to different conclusions.
For an unmoored time, 56 artists and teams present an inspired discourse shaped by crisis, craft and community. Look up, and listen.
A man who has done voice-overs for the M.T.A. for years is now speaking to riders of the Roosevelt Island Tram.
This week’s properties are in West Chelsea, Lenox Hill and Williamsburg.
A dispute between the nonprofit Housing Works and the owner of a cannabis dispensary shows the risks for businesses in an industry that is locked out of traditional financing and resources.
Asif Merchant testified in his own defense, saying he participated in the plot to protect his family in Iran. Prosecutors reject his account of his motives.
A well-known conservative radio host in New York called Mayor Zohran Mamdani a cockroach, resurfacing anti-Muslim sentiments that the mayor said were all too common.
With his acclaimed interpretations of Delta Blues standards, he was a fixture on the Greenwich Village music scene for decades.
The city has been absent from the list of school districts around the nation that are using A.I. in the classroom. That could change.
Andrea Fraser had long felt that she was to blame for the years her mother, Carmen de Monteflores, was overlooked. Now Carmen is 92. Can the Whitney Biennial make amends?
Un profesor del Hunter College, en Nueva York, ha creado una de las colecciones especiales de literatura rusa de contrabando más grandes del mundo.
Public housing vacancies in the city doubled to over 6,700 between January 2022 and May 2025, according to the Department of Investigation, posing safety risks to residents.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had taken over Hamilton Hall in 2024 faced expulsions, suspensions and the revocation of their degrees.
The victory removes a major threat to the New York City tolling program, which still faces other lawsuits.
Eddie Huang’s Baohaus makes a return, Da Toscano moves into the Iroquois Hotel and more restaurant news.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pledged to create a free, universal child care system during his tenure. On Tuesday, he announced where first wave of seats would become available for 2-year-olds.
Sotheby’s, now in the former Whitney Museum on the Upper East Side, is auctioning off Scottie Pippen’s basketball memorabilia.
David Novros has spent years finessing and repainting site-specific artworks in his SoHo space.
Sari Botton started a Substack about getting older after finding employers were reluctant to hire her, a middle-aged woman. With more than 70,000 subscribers, she has clearly struck a nerve.
New outreach teams from New York City’s public hospital system include a clinical professional to evaluate the needs of homeless New Yorkers.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Parks Department plans to become New York City’s “agency of affordability,” though the mayor has not increased the agency’s funding.
The Basque-inspired Eel Bar hosted a pintxos-forward reunion for friends and fellow business owners.
NYU Langone Health had stopped providing puberty-blocking medication and hormone treatments after the federal government threatened to pull its funding.
The charges in federal court are the latest against Dan Sohail, who is accused of ramming his car into the Brooklyn headquarters of the Jewish movement.
The prosecution said it plans to drop two charges against the three men. Defense attorneys are expected to start their case this week.
The largest settlements, more than $24 million combined, went to two men wrongfully convicted of killing a French tourist in Midtown in 1987, an analysis by the Legal Aid Society found.
In 1916, two suffragists drove from New York to California and back to push for the right to vote. Now, the same type of car will make the same trip to promote the Equal Rights Amendment.
An encounter between a troubled man and a crime-fearing man left one of them dead.
This could be a pivotal year in shaping what role artificial intelligence plays in American schools. Some families want Mayor Mamdani to hit the brakes.
As Mayor Zohran Mamdani assailed what he called a “catastrophic escalation” in Iran, some Iranian Americans worried about what comes next, while others celebrated.
Officers in the Police Department’s international liaison unit, including at outposts abroad, are gathering information about potential threats to New York City.
This month offers St. Patrick’s Day and the Oscars, vampires and Mapplethorpe, as well as free ice skating and a final bow from Jonathan Groff.
For many New York City parents, the quest to find an affordable, convenient summer camp amounts to an unpleasant annual hazing ritual.
A waiter’s training takes an unlikely turn, panic on a crowded bus and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
As the blizzard surged, a garden of snow sculptures arose in a Brooklyn park — a testament to New York creativity.
Jeffrey Epstein joined Mr. Cavett’s wife in an effort to create a PBS documentary on the talk-show legend. But then the producers did a background check on the financier.
When Mahmoud Khalil was detained by immigration agents last year, the university’s response was restrained. It was different with Elmina Aghayeva this week.
Sara Robinson left Brooklyn for Staten Island to afford an apartment where she could live by herself, but she still has to keep a tight budget.
He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.
On Friday, the state approved a settlement that included a $3,000 fine but no acknowledgment of guilt for a tree poisoning that riled people in scenic Rockport, Maine.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Trump was receptive to partnering on a project to build some 12,000 homes in Queens. Many hurdles still await.
Nikki Ogunnaike took cues from a model for her hair, but the rest of her style is all her.
A federal judge must decide whether she will approve the request. Prosecutors cited a pattern of intimidation against witnesses as a reason for dropping some of the charges in the sex-trafficking trial.
Our aim should be to make permanent housing, not shelters, the default.
At a gala in New York, the orchestra recognized two of his daughters, who are underwriting a scholarship to its academy.
For 60 years, Charles FitzGerald has helped make the East Village an emblem of New York City’s counterculture.
For Lena Hall, a musical actress, and Charlene Kaye, a “musician comedian,” Labiahead is more than a side hustle. It offers a space for female rockers to connect.
One of the men recorded a live-streamed video as the other made racist and sexual comments during the incident in Manhattan, the police said.
Sin Tung Chan was a member of a prominent hometown association in the city, one of hundreds of social clubs that often maintain close ties with the Chinese government.
Over 4,800 parents waited at least a year for a decision from the state after challenging their listing on a database for people who have mistreated or abused children from 2020 through mid-2025.
Three New York City banyas where you can squeeze in a great meal with a great sweat.
He was behind the scenes with Wu-Tang Clan, the New York rap group, since its founding and helped expand its reach with a fashion line.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and others respond to a Nicholas Kristof column. Also: Reagan’s warning about nuclear weapons; aging doctors.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s trip to the White House on Thursday was unannounced. The topics he planned to discuss with President Trump were not immediately clear.
Days after taking office, the mayor announced the hearings, an opportunity to hear tenants’ complaints about abusive landlords and poor housing conditions.
Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said that the federal officials had misrepresented themselves to gain access.
The incident, which began as a playful event, shifted in tone when the police appeared. Mayor Zohran Mamdani has said it did not appear to be a crime, while other officials called for arrests.
Seeking to put down roots in their community, a pair of newlyweds searched the co-ops of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst. Here’s what they found.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been given a bevy of nicknames by New York City’s tabloid newspapers and political class. Which will stick?
This harsh winter, some New Yorkers found refuge at Sauna Fest in Domino Park in Brooklyn, with curated sweat sessions led by towel-swinging sauna masters.
This week’s properties are in Gramercy Park, Morningside Heights and on City Island.
In two recent incidents, teenagers drove trains briefly, and in one case drove a G train into another train. A 14-year-old was arrested in that episode.
Inspectors found several instances in which child care staff members were working in classrooms even though they had not completed all of the required background checks.
The professor, speaking on a hot mic, said, “They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school” when a student objected to the possible closure of a middle school. The remark was assailed as racist.
Busloads of New Yorkers flooded the State Capitol to press state leaders to raise taxes on corporations and high earners to help fund various initiatives.
The New York transportation authority said it would sue the Trump administration if it did not release more than $58 million in already-awarded funding by next week.
Community groups are opposing proposals to expand the decades-old Cross Bronx Expressway in favor of more limited fixes and improvements to local streets.
Maurene Comey is joining Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. She was abruptly fired by the Trump administration last year after a career as a top federal prosecutor.
When the snow melts, it brings a new hassle as the pavement freezes and expands. The Sanitation Department will be on pothole patrol in the spring.
Indigenous peoples, interspecies friendships, space travel and a history-making young paleontologist are on the bill for this annual event.
As the forecast rapidly worsened, Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged his staff to implement new policies and emphasized the need to communicate aggressively about the snow.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani selected Erin Dalton, a public official in the Pittsburgh area, to head New York City’s Department of Social Services.
When Malibu Diner in Chelsea shut down on Sunday night, it ended a unique breakfast program for older people in the city.
Dozens of people gathered in Washington Square Park in New York City on Monday for a snowball fight. The event turned chaotic when the police, who were called to control the crowd, arrived at the scene and were pelted with snowballs.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said officers had been attacked at Washington Square Park. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the episode looked like a snowball fight, not a crime.
Lumo Ombro takes the all-day route, the Eighth serves cocktails in a plush lounge and more restaurant news.
Joseph Lynskey was determined to overcome his fear and reclaim his life as a New Yorker who enjoys the city in full. On Tuesday, he filed a lawsuit against the city and the M.T.A.
At the storm’s peak, well over half a million homes and businesses in the Northeast were without power.
New Yorkers shoveled, plowed, played and hunkered down as snow piled up across the city.
Public schools and Broadway shows will be open, but transit and flight disruptions could linger.
Many of New York City’s wealthy and well-connected power players find themselves in an unfamiliar place: the wilderness.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York had lobbied for his preferred candidate, Claire Valdez. But the party backed Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president.
Some service in and around New York City may remain suspended on Tuesday, and most trains and buses that are running will be subject to delays or limited schedules.
Record-breaking amounts of snow fell in many parts of the region, blanketing the area with snow in the second large storm of the year.
On Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani banned nearly all traffic from the streets. Among the exceptions were emergency vehicles and electric delivery bikes.
Despite the snowstorm battering the New York area, workers whose jobs require them to show up in person found ways to attend to their duties.
There’s a huge political opportunity for the party that can stand up for human beings in the face of A.I.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Monday that his administration had taken lessons from the city’s last storm, when at least 20 people died after exposure to the cold.
Across the five boroughs, New Yorkers sledded and frolicked, but the best moments were when the city stood still.
The Mamdani administration is enforcing rules that require food and yard scraps to be separated, with fines ranging from $25 to $300.
Satellite images show the wide footprint of this storm, and explain why the snow fell where it did.
The department has 2,600 workers tasked to snow duty in 12-hour shifts. New Yorkers can track plowing progress on an app.
Subways, trains and buses are canceled or severely delayed from New Jersey to Massachusetts as the blizzard makes its way across the East Coast.
The need to push back against a core Democratic Party constituency.
The expected blizzard has shut down schools, libraries and courthouses, and led to restrictions on public transportation and the use of roads.
His “Baile Inolvidable” has sparked a surge of interest in salsa dancing and brought in a younger generation. “It’s been positively contagious,” a teacher said.
The storm is moving across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Parts of New England and the New York City region could receive up to 18 inches.
A professor at Hunter College has built one of the largest special collections of contraband Russian literature in the world.
By styling himself after mobsters and blaxploitation characters early in his career, Mr. Colón, the legend of salsa music who died on Saturday, crafted an everlasting image.
The storm in late January was bad enough. This one is bringing true blizzard conditions, and the city has stepped up its response.
A student objected to the potential closure of her New York City middle school. The professor, speaking on a hot mic, said, “They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school.” The comment was assailed as racist.
Other transit agencies, including the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North, were adjusting their schedules starting Sunday evening because of the winter storm.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that no remote classes would be held. The last official snow day in the city’s schools was in March 2019.
This week’s storm, which is expected to bring 12 to 20 inches of snow to the city, has prompted the first blizzard warning issued for the city since 2017.
“A lot of interesting things happening in the city involve how people get around,” said Stefanos Chen, a Metro reporter and lifelong bus aficionado.
The storm was expected to hit much of the Northeast and coastal Mid-Atlantic region on Sunday, and could bring at least 12 to 20 inches of snow to the city, according to the National Weather Service.
A rough first take in SoHo, a triple bill at the Fillmore East and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
Trombonista, cantante, director de orquesta, compositor y arreglista, colaboró con Rubén Blades en “Siembra”, un disco que se convirtió en uno de los álbumes de salsa más vendidos de todos los tiempos.
Workers at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital voted for a contract with raises and layoff protections, meaning more than 4,000 nurses will return.
A trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and arranger, he collaborated with Rubén Blades on “Siembra,” a 1978 release that became one of the top-selling salsa albums of all time.
The blizzard warnings are the first since 2017 for New York City, which is expected to get up to 18 inches of snow, or more.
Rama Duwaji tiene que representarse a sí misma y sus valores como artista, y al mismo tiempo los valores del gobierno y de la ciudad. ¿Eso es posible?
The Pan-Asian landscape is rich with tradition. In Honolulu, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans and New York, communities blend old and new customs to make the holiday their own.
Ahead of a new worker protection law taking effect, Mayor Zohran Mamdani introduced the additional measures his administration will take to ensure employees get the time off they are owed.
Charles and Marian Wade splurge on theater and music, but save on groceries by comparison shopping at three nearby supermarkets.
Five Colombian citizens were charged with bilking people facing immigration proceedings by staging fake versions of those proceedings.
Did you notice a dip in the air quality the last few days? It’s winter’s fault.
Manhattan prosecutors say that Officers Michael Caligiuri and Ryan McLoughlin hid another officer’s crash in 2024. Dozens of their colleagues appeared in court on Friday to support them.
As melting snow reveals weeks’ worth of uncollected dog waste, frustration at the state of the sidewalks has boiled over.
Projects that used to take as much as seven months to get approved can now move forward in as little as 90 days. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking advantage.
The agreement with NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital will still need to be ratified by rank-and-file members.
It’s time to end the era of colorblind casting.
A New York restaurant’s Lunar New Year merchandise has become a coveted collector’s item.
Teachers are required to report cases of possible “educational neglect” to child protective services, but there is a growing movement to change that policy.
If you want to catch them all, there are many places to see them in the five boroughs.
As the Trump administration cracks down on climate change activism, members of environmental groups like Extinction Rebellion fear they are being targeted.
Thomas G. Donlon had claimed he was fired for exposing corruption within the Police Department and City Hall. He briefly served as interim commissioner under Mayor Eric Adams in 2024.
For a decade, Clémence Polès Farhang asked women on city streets if she could take their picture. This week, the photographs had their first exhibition.
Becky Hughes is back to answer our “Where to Eat” reader’s increasingly specific restaurant questions.
Randy Rodriguez Santos attacked five homeless men in New York City in 2019, killing four of them in a span of minutes.
In many ways, the parents whose adolescents had been receiving treatment at NYU Langone Health had been expecting this call. Still, they were stunned.
After checking into a Manhattan hotel for one night, Mickey Barreto exploited an obscure New York City housing law to stay there for years.
City Hall officials familiar with the plan said the mayor was moving closer to establishing a civilian corps that would respond to mental health emergencies.
The “Sinners” actress, the youngest daughter of the Kirke family of artists, returned to New York for a combination concert-and-book tour.
Gov. Kathy Hochul had proposed expanding the programs beyond New York City, but they do not have enough support, her office said.
This week’s properties are in Gramercy, Yorkville and Downtown Brooklyn.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died this week, ran for president twice, leading more Black voters to register. The year after his second run, a Black mayor, David Dinkins, won in New York.
The new first lady of New York City takes her place at New York Fashion Week — and in the spotlight.
Lawyers build cases around these laws because the statutes are broad and use language that can encompass a variety of crimes, according to experts.