Posts published in “New York City”

In Jersey City, It’s Kushner vs. Kushner in a Race to Develop Charles and Murray Kushner, famously estranged brothers, are each betting they can transform a gritty neighborhood. Can both win?

Metropolitan Diary: Confusion on the Q A train switches onto a different line. Or maybe not.

Voices From the Bronx’s First Book Festival While it might be tempting to proclaim that the borough is back, last weekend’s literary celebration proved it never really left.

Cultured Traveler: You Have Airport Stories. Now, an Airport Will Write a Story for You. As part of a showcase for artists at La Guardia in New York, writers will create fictional tales for fliers — and finish them before…

Mario Batali Said to Face Second Sexual Assault Investigation “60 Minutes” reported a sexual assault claim against the chef; the New York police are also looking into another allegation.

New York Today: New York Today: Smelling Your Way to Work Monday: Mapping the city’s smells, kicking off pop music festival season, and remembering Tom Wolfe.

Opioid Crisis Compels New York to Look North for Answers Supervised injection sites for heroin users have prevented overdose deaths in Canada. But is New York City ready for the scenes that come with them?

Lanternflies Eat Everything in Sight. The U.S. Is Looking Delicious. The invasive insects turned up in Pennsylvania in 2014. Now the state has placed 3,000 square miles under quarantine, and scientists worry the pest will spread.

Maduro Wins Venezuela Election Amid Widespread Disillusionment Nicolás Maduro won a second term as president of Venezuela, in a contest that critics said was heavily rigged in his favor and which many voters shunned.

He’s ‘Old School’ — and Has the Dunce Chair to Prove It A retired teacher turned his Manhattan apartment into a shrine to his school years. Now he’s expanding his collection citywide, to showcase his love for all things vintage…

Metropolitan Diary: Working From Home An exchange in an elevator.

Why He’s Holding Out in East Harlem, Despite the Demolition Even as his landlord tears down the East Harlem building he lives in, Ray Tirado has stayed put in his apartment. “Harassment by construction” is a critical part of how…

Out of Prison, Back to Congress? Michael Grimm Is Trying on Staten Island After pleading guilty to tax fraud, Mr. Grimm gave up his seat in 2014. Now he’s running to reclaim his Staten Island House seat.

K2 Eyed as Culprit After 14 People Overdose in Brooklyn Investigators were trying to determine the source of a drug that caused the victims to faint and vomit.