Posts published in “New York City”

This Is Alexander Wang’s America The New York designer broke free of fashion week with a collection inspired by “immigrant Americana.”

New York Today: New York Today: Inside the Greenhouse That Grows the City’s Flowers Monday: The back story on blooms in city parks, tastes of Times Square, and World Cup advice.

As Calls for Action Crescendo, de Blasio Takes On Segregated Schools With his re-election behind him, Mayor Bill de Blasio has called for changes to some of the city’s most prestigious and fiercely guarded schools.

Search Suspended in Plane Crash That Killed ‘Contractor to the Stars’ The prominent builder Ben Krupinski, his wife, grandson and the pilot were aboard the small aircraft that crashed Saturday off East Hampton, N.Y.

Metropolitan Diary: The Louis Armstrong Memorial Dishwasher A battered appliance gets a nickname.

A New Principal Pushes for Change. Then the Investigations Start. Asked to revive troubled New York City schools, administrators have faced a flood of investigations that derail their efforts and, often, their careers.

4 Years After Eric Garner’s Death, Secrecy Law on Police Discipline Remains Unchanged Despite promises from City Hall to Albany for the Civil Rights statute to be revised, the disciplinary history of police officers still cannot be disclosed.

Grace Notes: Speaking, Not Sexually, With Dr. Ruth at 90 After countless radio and television appearances and not one but two autobiographies, the sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, who turns 90 on June 4, takes stock of her long career

Protesters Demand Audit of Hurricane Maria Death Toll in Puerto Rico They gathered near the United Nations days after a Harvard study estimated the Hurricane Maria death toll may be more than 4,600 people, not 64 as the Puerto Rican…

Irving Sandler, Art Historian Who Was Close to Artists, Dies at 92 Mr. Sandler drew on his relationships with artists in the New York City scene of the 1950s and ′60s in compiling authoritative histories.

De Blasio Proposes Changes to New York’s Elite High Schools The city will reserve 20 percent of seats at specialized schools for certain poor students and ask the state to eliminate the admissions test.

Ask Real Estate: Can a Co-op Take Photos of Your Visitors? Some New York City co-ops take and store pictures of all visitors. Is this a good security practice, even if it makes guests feel unwelcome?

New York Spent Million to Build a Film Hub. It Just Sold for . When he announced the film studio in 2014, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said “Hollywood comes to Onondaga.” But it never came.

After Years of Disinvestment, City Public Housing Is Poised to Get U.S. Oversight New York City’s public housing system, the nation’s oldest and largest, stood out for its stability and good management. Now it is expected to get a federal…