The cause of death was not immediately clear. Four other people have died this year in city jails or just after being released from custody.
What Ricardo Scofidio really wanted to do in designing a park that transformed its Manhattan neighborhood.
A long-awaited pedestrian path appeared to be finished this month. A ribbon-cutting was scheduled. A news release was prepared. Then City Hall hit the brakes.
Varun Kataria owns various nightlife venues in Bushwick, Brooklyn. His Sundays usually begin with creative projects and end with his dog, Mushroom.
The 150-year-old firm has employed many Democrats, including Manhattan’s former U.S. attorney. Its revenue was more than $2.6 billion last year.
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
A quarter-century ago, the university was looking to expand. It considered, and rejected, property owned by Donald Trump. He did not forget it.
At the New York Philharmonic, the piece “Amériques” called for some unusual instruments, like sleigh bells and air raid sirens.
The Cobble Hill home, owned by the film editor Oliver Lief and the crime novelist Katia Lief, can also be fully converted into a residence. The asking price is $9.75 million.
A Republican Board of Elections employee was charged with taking kickbacks in exchange for jobs working the polls in the Bronx. Other employees say it did not end with her.
Randy Mastro, who withdrew his nomination for corporation counsel after the City Council strongly objected, will try to help calm the turmoil in Mayor Eric Adams’s administration.
The convictions brought some measure of resolution to what U.S. officials have described as an unrelenting retaliation effort against Masih Alinejad.
Karaage and comedy, shrimp cocktail and a revolving restaurant and more.
The Court of Appeals upheld a lower-court ruling that had declared unconstitutional the city’s bid to allow noncitizens to vote.
A demand for the university’s administration to place the Middle Eastern studies department under receivership could signal a broader crackdown across the United States.
Rafael Caro Quintero, quien enfrenta un juicio en Brooklyn, y al menos otras cuatro figuras de cárteles podrían enfrentar la pena de muerte, pues fueron trasladados desde México y no extraditados.
With a budget of up to $900,000, a deaf couple toured several Manhattan neighborhoods in search of a one-bedroom or two-bedroom near parks and subways. Here’s what they found.
This week’s properties are in the West Village, Central Harlem and Boerum Hill.
Sean Duffy, secretary of transportation, demanded information about crime in the subway system. But transit watchers saw a different agenda.
In Brandon Flynn and the writer Jordan Tannahill’s 750-square-foot East Village apartment, a bold palette is filtered through a minimalist lens.
The restored building in Bedford-Stuyvesant was once home to the College of St. John the Baptist, which later became St. John’s University.
New York was defiant in the face of the Trump administration’s demand that the tolling program end by Friday. Now, Washington is willing to wait a month.
Rafael Caro Quintero, who faces trial in Brooklyn, and at least four other drug cartel figures are vulnerable to the death penalty because they were expelled from Mexico rather than extradited.
Winston Nguyen, who taught math at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, was sentenced to seven years in prison after pressuring students from several private schools to send him lewd images.
Lisa Schiff diverted millions of dollars from art collectors to fund her own luxe lifestyle.
The transition to the new tap-and-go system for New York City subway and bus riders is expected to save the agency at least $20 million annually, it said.
Masih Alinejad started rattling Iran’s rulers as a teenager. Now, men whom prosecutors say arranged for an assassin to kill her in New York are on trial in Manhattan.
A lawsuit against the New York City Department of Education alleges that not providing free products amounts to discrimination.
Starting April 1, buildings that don’t separate compostable waste from trash will face fines.
Among international tourists, only the British visit New York City more than Canadians, who spent $600 million there last year.
The jail is “decrepit, dysfunctional, and violent,” according to a report from a commission convened by the City Council speaker, Adrienne Adams.
Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, demanded a long list of details about crime in the subway and on buses in New York.
Mayor Eric Adams’s meager fund-raising total is a strong signal of his campaign’s dormancy.
The restaurant, from alums of Roberta’s, focuses on aged seafood and meat, Howoo brings another barbecue take to Midtown and more restaurant news.
Ms. Louise would prefer to not to talk about Ginger, her breathy sitcom character from the 1960s. Luckily, to the children she tutors, she’s just Ms. Tina.
When Lucy’s, a homey New York tavern, closed down and underwent a renovation, some longtime patrons feared the worst.
The Justice Department is pushing to drop corruption charges against Eric Adams in Manhattan while federal authorities in Brooklyn have been investigating his top fund-raisers.
Andrew Cuomo’s ideas for fighting subway crime aren’t new, but that doesn’t matter.
The two imposing buildings no longer serve their original purpose. The city is seeking to adapt them.
His artwork paid tribute to its surroundings, in New York City and elsewhere, rendering nature at an oversized scale that made it unmissable.
His lounges in Manhattan settings like Grand Central Terminal and the Empire State Building conjured the elegance of a bygone era.
Bodegas need cats to catch mice, but strictly speaking food businesses are not supposed to have animals in residence.
A new cultural hub spurs curiosity and cultivates transformation in a place designed for transactions — the mall at the World Trade Center.
Workshops at the 92nd Street Y and other New York institutions are helping performers of all ages connect with the art of storytelling through song.
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, a progressive state lawmaker from Queens, are leading the mayoral candidates in fund-raising.
Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, chairwoman of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, had been one of the mayor’s staunchest supporters.
La exposición busca conciliar el estilo de líneas limpias y superficies mínimas del arquitecto mexicano Luis Barragán con el vistoso esplendor de una de las plantas más cultivadas del mundo.
Seeing stars on the Upper East Side, a spare pen to the rescue and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
A gang with roots in a Venezuelan prison, the criminal group was at the center of President Trump’s order invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
The museum, based in Henry Clay Frick’s 1914 Fifth Avenue mansion, reopens with a deft expansion worthy of a New York treasure.
Mayor Eric Adams’s charm campaign involved phone calls to the Trumps and a meeting with Steve Bannon. Mr. Trump showed sympathy for the mayor, as his administration moved to drop charges against Mr. Adams.
New York’s Real Property Law outlines ways that the percentage of common interest can be calculated for each unit.
The ghost of George Washington Carver hangs over the studio of Amanda Williams, where hues are inspired by the Alabama soil Black farmers worked.
The parade on Monday will kick off at 11 a.m. and proceed north along Fifth Avenue in its usual fashion.
Justine Doiron, who is better known as Justine Snacks, is the early bird at the farmer’s market, then spends her day trying new recipes, cleaning and checking out new books.
She was so prolific — reimagining things as varied as toys, typewriters, umbrellas and ice-cream makers — that she earned the nickname Lady Edison.
The rejection of one bar’s sidewalk seating permit may be a sign of what’s to come.
An editor from the heyday of glossy magazines dishes about Anna Wintour and recounts his long-running feud with Donald Trump.
Zohran Mamdani, Zellnor Myrie and Jessica Ramos are ping-ponging between New York City and Albany as they divide their time between legislating and campaigning.
On Sunday, the runners will go over the Brooklyn Bridge for the first time because of construction in Lower Manhattan.
In her new book, “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” the comedian dishes on life lessons, breakups and being denied a tryst with Andrew Cuomo.
The president wants to punish schools like Columbia University for allowing campus protest. College megadonors don’t seem to mind.
While crime remains rare in the New York City subway, a surge in unpredictable attacks, not motivated by theft, signals a worrisome shift.
Thomas John Sfraga appropriated the name from a scheming “Seinfeld” character as he bilked friends and neighbors. He was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Thursday.
A letter outlining “immediate next steps” arrived less than a week after the administration said it was canceling $400 million in grants and contracts.
It’s not too late to embrace the bitter and the sweet of chicories and citrus.
The organization in New York has selected Denise Markonish, the chief curator of Mass MoCA, to lead its next chapter.
New York City was on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis. It has largely recovered, but has transformed into a place of greater extremes.
The 33-foot Corsair, on loan from Florida, had to be “rigged up on skates” to get to the Intrepid’s hangar deck.
This week’s properties are in Lincoln Square, Lenox Hill and Annadale.
This year’s show pays elegant, effusively colorful tribute to the Mexican architect Luis Barragán and his signature palette of orange and creamy pink.
Fewer people leaving the city and more foreign newcomers have helped erase pandemic losses, new census data shows.
In the lowest moment of Selwyn Bernardez’s life, he attacked a stranger with a sword. It was another transit horror story, but with a different ending.
Prosecutors asked for a list of names of “aliens” living at a Manhattan hotel. The city houses about 43,000 migrants in shelters, including dozens of converted hotels.
There were protests, arrests, the departure of the school’s president. Then, a new administration arrived in Washington.
Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident who the Trump administration has claimed is a national security threat, is in immigration detention in Louisiana.
Todd Shapiro, who owns a restaurant where the corned beef sandwich is named for Grover Cleveland, is fighting to protect a steak’s New York name.
Stuck to lampposts and floorboards, reminders of Covid’s darkest days are everywhere.
Mike Repole, who loved the homegrown team of his youth, has helped assemble a juggernaut enabled by compensation rules that one critic says created “the wild West.”
Hundreds of demonstrators marched downtown while a spokeswoman for President Trump said the president had the authority to detain Mahmoud Khalil.
Prosecutors say figures in Tehran hired two men to kill Masih Alinejad, a journalist who had criticized Iran’s head scarf laws.
The government is trying to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident and defender of the Palestinian cause, accusing him of siding with terrorists.
Ha’s Snack Bar plans to scale up in size and ambition, but it’s already turning heads with its freewheeling takes on French and Vietnamese flavors.
Tashkent Supermarket opens a branch in Greenwich Village, Silver Moon Bakery to close and more news.
Five years after Covid-19 hit New York, we are still trying to comprehend the impact it had on the city and the losses we suffered.
Mason Gray, with 158 apartments ranging from studios to three-bedrooms, makes its debut in the Crown Heights historic district.
Some organizations applauded the move. But the raid chilled other American Jews, even some who consider themselves supporters of Israel.
With few signs of progress on a proposed redevelopment project, one group is hoping to move the famous arena.
The deal will be scrutinized by New York’s other Off Broadway theaters, which the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has been working to unionize.
The child’s death is one of several in recent months. The medical examiner is seeking a cause as investigators look for the man and woman who left him.
Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident of the United States, was arrested in his Manhattan apartment and sent to Louisiana. His detention sets up a fight over free speech.
Julie Averbach has written a book celebrating the displays, the murals and the installations at the grocery store chain.
A hidden bar has taken hold in the netherworld of a subway station in Chelsea.
Elon Green’s telling of the life and death of the artist Michael Stewart is filled with heartbreaking echoes of the present.
It’s not easy, but here’s how Mark Krotov, the publisher of the literary magazine n+1, attempts it, often with his 6-year-old daughter along for the ride.
Prosecutors say the men helped direct a murder-for-hire scheme aimed at Masih Alinejad. The trial is expected to show Iran’s efforts to punish those who criticize it, no matter where they are.
Three mayoral candidates have been accused of sexual misconduct. They deny wrongdoing. Will it be a deciding issue for Democratic voters?
She was legally blind and used a motorized wheelchair, but she managed to capture what she called the “ironic reality” of New York City on film.
The utility that serves New York City and Westchester County has filed a request to raise its rates to help pay for the shift to cleaner energy, sparking dismay among residents.
Seats up close for a Broadway show, a friendly question on the 7 and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
What do fluctuating egg prices and ultraluxury restaurants have in common? They both fall under one Metro reporter’s beat.
Una nueva exposición en el Center for Book Arts de Nueva York presenta una serie de objetos —radios de transistores, linternas, encendedores de cigarros y otros— diseñados para parecer libros.
The New York City Council speaker, who officially launched her mayoral campaign on Saturday, would be the first woman to lead City Hall.
The seamless, poreless, sanitized effigy of a capitalist titan was a startling piece of marketing for Skims.
My decision to leave the U.S. seemed crazy. I believed then that America was exceptional, the only nation capable of caring for its people.
He promised law and order. Instead, his scandal-ridden mayoralty became a symbol — and engine — of the city’s chaos.
Members-only clubs and private restaurants have become powerhouses for socializing and networking. But there are some spaces you can’t buy your way into.
In a court filing, two top officials released prosecutors’ internal messages in a further attempt to discredit the case against the mayor of New York.
Paul D. Clement also said a judge should not allow the Trump administration to use the court’s authority to compel Mr. Adams’s support in the White House’s mass deportation efforts.
The four deputies announced their resignations last month in a show of opposition to the mayor’s cooperation with the Trump administration’s deportation agenda.
The prosecutors, Celia Cohen and Andrew Rohrbach, had held high-ranking positions in the U.S. attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York.
The group was one of several initiatives that Mr. Cuomo rolled out after resigning as governor. They helped pave the way for his return from the political wilderness, and now a mayoral bid.
Mekas’s diaristic film clips, left behind when he died, fuel a new documentary that renders an intimate portrait of a man who often trafficked in the abstract.
This weekend, Daylight Saving Time begins. Some clocks require special care.
Artificial intelligence has made trip planning and research much easier and faster, but drill down and double-check everything before you go.
New York City’s involuntary removal policy was supposed to make it easier to help mentally ill homeless people get the care they need. In practice, it has raised impossible questions.
A New York City resident who had recently traveled abroad became the latest known person in the region to contract measles. Experts recommend vaccines as the best defense against the viral illness.
With Diller Scofidio + Renfro, he brought a conceptual-art sensibility to cultural landmarks like Lincoln Center and to innovative public spaces like Manhattan’s High Line.
Set your alarms and prepare to get in line.
This week in Newly Reviewed, Max Lakin covers Enzo Shalom’s ghostly naturalism and two group shows drenched in nostalgia.
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has taken few concrete steps to launch a serious re-election campaign, even as he faces a growing field of prominent challengers.
The government wants to drop the charges, a move that critics call a deal to secure the mayor’s help in deportations. A lawyer appointed by a judge is scheduled to weigh in.
Peter Som invited friends over to try his favorite recipes from his debut cookbook.
For the first time in 50 years, a team that takes pride in a clean-cut look will allow players to grow beards.
With about $400,000 to spend, a Cincinnati transplant hit Manhattan looking to immerse herself in everything New York had to offer.
At Gagosian, the precociously successful Tyler Mitchell evokes images of slavery against the backdrop of his native landscape.
Four writers talk about the ex-governor’s mayoral run and what it means that voters are now so willing to accept tarnished figures they previously rejected.
This week’s properties are in Central Harlem, Sutton Place and Howard Beach.
The city’s “rat czar” says trash containerization is having an impact on the rodent population.
The idea that every student should aim for a four-year college motivated a bipartisan movement for decades. Now even enthusiastic promoters of the idea are reconsidering it.
Mr. Myrie, a Democratic state senator, would offer free seats to public school students from 3-K to 12th grade in a plan to make New York City more affordable for families.
“Rebel With a Clause” celebrates the improbable cross-country journey of a woman who gently imparts grammar rules to strangers.
Ms. Adams, the New York City Council speaker, is trying to position herself as a principled alternative to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Eric Adams.
Just 20 percent of New York City voters surveyed in a Quinnipiac University poll approved of Mayor Eric Adams’s job performance.
Republicans accused the mayors of New York, Chicago, Denver and Boston of providing sanctuary to criminals, while Democrats pointed to falling crime rates and defended helping the needy.
Officials are investigating whether drugs played a role in the death of the boy, who was treated with overdose-reversing medication.
Democratic lawmakers grilled Mayor Eric Adams of New York City over the circumstances behind the Justice Department’s move to dismiss his criminal case.
Family quarters were built in dozens of New York City branches for custodians with the grueling job of stoking the coal-fired furnaces.
Two people stand accused of taking hundreds of tickets from StubHub to redirect them to others who resold them, prosecutors said.
New York officials have released a health advisory about the disease as cases surge in Texas. They advise checking your vaccination record.
As some people age, they begin to think more seriously about building equity in their homes and having something to leave to their heirs.
The city didn’t actually spread more salt than usual. But it may have seemed that way, according to the Sanitation Department, because there was less snow and rain.
Senate Democrats asked a New York legal disciplinary panel to consider whether Emil Bove III abused his power in seeking the dismissal of the federal corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.
The Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee asked a New York State legal committee to investigate Emil Bove III, a Justice Department official who is seeking to end the prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams of New York City.
In her final State of the City address, Speaker Adrienne Adams, who is considering a run for mayor, proposed ideas that she said could be “scaled for greater impact.”
A kimchi tasting menu at Raon, Ernie O’Malley’s hides an Irish speakeasy and more restaurant news.
Fewer overweight trucks are heading toward Queens, the Department of Transportation found, thanks to hidden sensors.