As Poverty Rises in New York City, 1 in 4 Can’t Afford Essentials
The share of New Yorkers in poverty is nearly double the national average, according to a report from Columbia University and an anti-poverty group.
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CreditSpencer Platt/Getty Images How a Plan for Reparations Became a Debt Trap for Marijuana Retailers
New York persisted with a plan to build flagship dispensaries for people the state once prosecuted for weed offenses, even as it failed to meet its goals.
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CreditJosé A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times Detective Did Jobs for the Mafia on the Side, Prosecutors Say
Hector Rosario, a Nassau County detective, raided a gambling operation that competed with the Bonanno crime family, according to federal charges.
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CreditJefferson Siegel for The New York Times 16 Are Hospitalized After Smoke Fills an Upper Manhattan Subway Station
Investigators believe the smoke was caused by a moving train striking an object on the tracks, officials said.
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A Second ‘Central Park Five’ Member Will Run for Office in New York
Raymond Santana was wrongly imprisoned. Now, he wants to join Yusef Salaam, also wrongfully accused in the rape of a Central Park jogger, on the City Council.
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The deaths were the first in 2025 to be connected to the Rikers Island jail complex, which may be taken over by a court-appointed receiver.
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CreditJosé A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times They’ll Dine Like the Passengers on the Titanic
To mark an exhibit in New Jersey, a crowd will eat a meal modeled on the last one served to the ship’s first-class passengers.
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CreditAssociated Press New York TodayAndrew Cuomo Is Said to Be Nearing a Run for Mayor
The former governor, who resigned in disgrace, has not officially entered the New York City mayoral race. But he has spent months laying the groundwork.
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CreditAnna Rose Layden for The New York Times In the Trump Era, Crafting a State Budget Becomes More Complicated
With funding from Washington uncertain, New Jersey, like other states, is budgeting cautiously.
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Dockworkers Vote to Accept New Labor Contract
Workers at East and Gulf Coast ports who went on strike briefly in October ratified a deal that includes a 62 percent raise over six years.
By Peter Eavis
This Lavish Park Avenue Restaurant Is Out to Seduce You
At Four Twenty Five, two top-tier chefs, Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Jonathan Benno, dazzle with a surprising and sumptuous menu.
By Melissa Clark
Justice Dept.’s No. 2 Targets Old Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor
The forceful approach that Emil Bove III has taken toward the Southern District of New York underscores his own fraught relationship with the office that gave him the expertise to do so.
By Adam Goldman, Glenn Thrush, Benjamin Weiser, Maggie Haberman and Michael S. Schmidt
New York TodayI Tried Using an App to Unlock Cabinets at Drugstores
The CVS app is in use at three locations in Manhattan. It’s a mixed bag so far.
By James Barron
4 Black Women Who Mixed Fine Dining, Fashion and Art in New York
The dining rooms created by these restaurateurs weren’t just eye-catching; they were stages for their owners’ personal stories.
By Korsha Wilson
After Public Clash Over Tolls, Hochul Tries to Persuade Trump Privately
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said that she and President Trump discussed congestion pricing, which Mr. Trump has moved to kill, in an unscheduled meeting on Friday.
By Benjamin Oreskes
Coast Guard Suspends Rescue Efforts After Boat Capsizes Near Queens
Six passengers had been aboard the small boat that overturned in the Ambrose Channel on Sunday. At least three of them died, officials said, and one man could not be found.
By Shayla Colon and Ellen Yan
DoorDash to Pay $16.8 Million to Workers for Pocketing Their Tips
The payments, part of a settlement with the New York attorney general’s office over a practice that ended in 2019, will return as much as $14,000 to some workers.
By Andy Newman
Manhattan Hotel Shelter That Became Symbol of Migrant Crisis Will Close
Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday that the hotel will stop housing migrants by June, calling the closure a milestone in New York City’s response to the crisis.
By Luis Ferré-Sadurní
New York TodayA Historic Black Newspaper Gets a Museum
The New York Amsterdam News, which was founded 115 years ago and has published civil rights leaders, will convert most of its Harlem building into a museum and community space.
By James Barron
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