When Sahra Nguyen is not teaching Americans about Robusta beans, she’s shopping and enjoying cocktails, or maybe a game of pool. Source: New York Times
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Adams Delays Appointment of Ex-Police Official Amid Ethics Concerns
By Gotham Rex on December 24, 2021
Philip Banks III, who left the Police Department while under federal investigation, was expected to become deputy mayor for public safety. Source: New York Times
In One Queens Building, the Third Apartment Is the Charm (for Now)
By Gotham Rex on December 20, 2021
When they needed more space, and then enough room to work at home, they graduated to ever-larger apartments in the same Astoria building. But what comes next? Source: New York Times
He’s Prosecuted Pirates and Arms Dealers. Now He’ll Advise Eric Adams.
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2021
Brendan McGuire, a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan who ran an anti-corruption unit, will be Mr. Adams’s chief counsel. Source: New York Times
How a World War II Bomber Pilot Became 'the King of Artificial Trees'
By Gotham Rex on December 17, 2021
Si Spiegel, a bomber pilot, can claim a dual legacy: as a war hero and as a father of the artificial tree. Source: New York Times
Dick Gottfried, Champion of Liberal Causes, to Retire After 52 Years
By Gotham Rex on December 13, 2021
Assemblyman Dick Gottfried, the longest-serving state lawmaker in New York’s history, pushed progressive proposals decades before they won momentum in Albany. Source: New York Times
Eric Adams Returns From Ghana, His Spirit Cleansed and To-Do List Full
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2021
Mr. Adams, the mayor-elect of New York City, embarked on a weeklong spiritual journey to Ghana, less than a month before assuming office. Source: New York Times
It’s Never Too Late to Go to College and Rewrite Your Story
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2021
Devon Simmons served 15 years in prison for crimes he committed as a teenager. Since then, he’s been on a mission to remake not just his own life, but the legal system itself. Source: New York Times
Meet the Sheriff Who Wants to Put Andrew Cuomo Behind Bars
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2021
Craig D. Apple Sr. is known among some fellow Democrats as the “Teflon sheriff” for his ability to persevere, even thrive, through trouble that might tarnish less adept politicians. Source: New York Times
John Wilson Is Making the Least Predictable Show on TV
By Gotham Rex on December 7, 2021
In the second season of “How To With John Wilson,” the documentary filmmaker shows off his penchant for mutating the mundane into the vivid and extraordinary. Source: New York Times
Christmas Tree Questions? Ask the Mayor of Rockefeller Center.
By Gotham Rex on December 4, 2021
For two decades, Correll Jones has been the man to ask about New York’s most famous tree — and where to find the public bathrooms. Source: New York Times
Edward Durr Jr.: The Trump Republican Who’s Riding High in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2021
“If anything, my election showed nobody’s untouchable,” said Edward Durr Jr., who pulled off a stunning victory to win a New Jersey State Senate seat. Source: New York Times
Natalie Mendoza Is Back on Broadway in 'Moulin Rouge!'
By Gotham Rex on November 24, 2021
“I didn’t think I’d ever perform on Broadway again,” Natalie Mendoza said. Source: New York Times
What New Documents Reveal About Jeffrey Epstein's Final Days
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2021
Newly released records show the disgraced financier living a mundane existence in jail before his suicide, while also spinning deceptions until the very end. Source: New York Times
Enslaved to a U.S. Founding Father, She Sought Freedom in France
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2021
Brought from America to Paris by John Jay, an enslaved woman named Abigail died there trying to win her liberty as the statesman negotiated the freedom of the new nation. Source: New York Times