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  1. the city politic
    Some Advice to Eric Adams on Handling EmergenciesBe there when necessary. Use the media smartly. And always tell the truth.
    By Errol Louis
  2. the city
    The Candy SellersThe lives and livelihoods of some of the city’s newest migrant children.
    By Jordan Salama
  3. the city
    Jordan Williams on Why He Fatally Stabbed Devictor Ouedraogo on the J Train“My instinct was just to injure.”
    By Shawn McCreesh
  4. the city
    The Scramble to House Our Busloads of MigrantsNew York’s shelter system was already at a breaking point. Officials are scrambling to find beds for asylum seekers.
    By David Freedlander
  5. the city
    All the Dogs, Raccoons, and Turkeys Delaying Your Morning CommuteIt’s not just signal problems and sick passengers that slow the subway.
    By Jose Martinez
  6. the city
    Layleen Polanco’s Death Haunts a Prideful CelebrationJust weeks before the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, Polanco, a transgender woman, died in a solitary confinement cell at Riker’s.
    By Rosa Goldensohn, Reuven Blau, and Savannah Jacobson
  7. the city
    High-Flying Cy: How Manhattan DA Vance Spent $250K on Travel and FoodThe prosecutor has tapped a little-scrutinized fund for pricey work trips to London, Paris, and elsewhere over the past five years, records show.
    By Reuven Blau
  8. the city
    Congestion Digestion: What You Need to Know About the MTA Budget BoostersAlbany’s deal will wring funds from motorists, pricey properties, and online transactions—but it’s still not enough to save ailing subways and buses.
    By Josefa Velasquez
  9. the city
    Barging In: City Suit Seeks to Sink Sailing SignageA new lawsuit from the de Blasio administration aims to ground a Florida company that has been floating billboards in New York waters since last fall.
    By Jose Martinez
  10. the city
    No Fare: 1 in 5 Bus Riders Don’t PayNearly 370,000 passengers sneak on daily — marking a big jump since 2013 and helping drive $225 million in annual fare-evasion losses, MTA stats show.
    By Jose Martinez
  11. the city
    SPECIAL REPORT: NYPD’s Mental-Illness Response BreakdownAs 911 calls reporting emotionally disturbed people double in a decade, training lags and a key response team is shut out of the emergency system.
    By Greg B. Smith
  12. the city
    City Seeks to Move Mentally Ill Inmates to HospitalsOfficials are exploring creating “therapeutic” units for inmates with complex medical needs. But who will run the units is being closely watched.
    By Reuven Blau and Rosa Goldensohn
  13. the city
    A Taste of Justice for Food Vendors Whose Carts Were Trashed by CityHundreds cited for selling without permits will receive compensation for seized wares as officials promise reforms. Still, fear — and fines — persist.
    By Christine Chung
  14. the city
    As Hudson Yards Rises, Broken Subway Escalators Make for Steep ClimbsThe $2.4 billion 34th Street–Hudson Yards station is plagued by three of the ten most failure-prone subway escalators in Manhattan, records show.
    By Jose Martinez
  15. the city
    Sprint to Eliminate Cash Bail Raises Tough ChoicesLawmakers and DAs are at odds over who can be held in jail before trial, as Governor Cuomo presses to pass a bill by April 1.
    By Josefa Velasquez
  16. the city
    Chirlane McCray’s Program Struggles to Recruit and Retain Key StaffThe First Lady’s ThriveNYC has seen scores of social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists leave its largest program before their commitment’s up.
    By Yoav Gonen
  17. the city
    City Jails Sued Over Brooklyn Man’s Untreated Health WoesLloyd Haynes says he was ignored as he suffered from rare intestinal condition while in the Tombs and Rikers. He’s seeking $90 million in damages.
    By Reuven Blau
  18. the city
    New NYCHA Monitor Bart Schwartz Clashed With the SECThe man tapped by the Feds to oversee public housing quit a receivership job in 2017 amid concerns over fees and a potential conflict of interest.
    By Greg B. Smith
  19. the city
    New NYCHA Monitor’s Strange Political BedfellowsFederal officials’ pick to oversee public housing has links to Andrew Cuomo, Rudy Giuliani — and controversial activist Lenora Fulani.
    By Greg B. Smith
  20. the city
    Interview With the Amazon SlayerThe nomination of State Senator Mike Gianaris to a powerful post was the beginning of the end for HQ2. His next target: vast corporate tax breaks.
    By Christine Chung and Josefa Velasquez
  21. the city
    Shafted: NYCHA Elevator Chief SuspendedPosters went up barring Ivo Nikolic from NYCHA properties in an ongoing probe into elevator maintenance in the city’s sprawling public housing system.
    By Greg B. Smith
  22. the city
    20 Years After NYPD Killing of Amadou Diallo, What’s Changed?The 1999 Bronx shooting of the unarmed African immigrant sparked protests and lawsuits. But has there been progress over the past two decades?
    By Ese Olumhense
  23. urban design
    Hunter’s Point South: NYC’s Newest Park Redeems a WastelandHunter’s Point South furnishes us huddled masses with a romantic, poetic landscape, full of choreographed surprises.
    By Justin Davidson
  24. the city
    The New Ferry Fleet Will Be Delightful, and Is Also a Huge MistakeSix hundred million dollars is way too much for such a tiny number of riders.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  25. the city
    Think Manhattan’s DA Goes Easy on the Rich? Look at How He Prosecutes the Poor.Cyrus Vance Jr., who styles himself a progressive reformer, is actually far more punitive toward poor and minority defendants than his counterparts.
    By Tom Robbins
  26. the city
    Superhuman City: A Walk Through Hudson YardsHudson Yards, a mega-neighborhood built from scratch, comes into view.
    By Justin Davidson
  27. the city
    What New York Should Learn From the Park Slope Crash That Killed Two ChildrenMost of these not-really-accidental events are preventable by steps more powerful than telling people to “be careful.”
    By Christopher Bonanos
  28. the city
    What Is a City Street? And What Will It Become?Fewer cars, some of them driverless, and more space for everything else.
    By Justin Davidson
  29. Governor Cuomo Saved the Hudson River Floating ParkCanceled last month, plans for the park are back on.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  30. parks and recreation
    That Plan for a Floating Park on the Hudson River? It’s DeadMedia mogul Barry Diller has withdrawn his support after years of litigation that tied up Pier55, effectively killing the project.
    By Jen Kirby
  31. The Megatowers Are Coming to East MidtownA proposed zoning change to the area near Grand Central is set to remake the neighborhood for decades. But at what cost?
    By Justin Davidson
  32. the city
    How an Overlooked Urban Design Feature Helped Stop the Times Square DriverIt’s time to start thinking more aggressively about protecting people on foot in cities.
    By Justin Davidson
  33. New York City Has Another Record-Low Crime MonthMurders are down about 13 percent compared to this time last year.
    By Jen Kirby
  34. Five Big NYC Parks Are Getting $30 Million Each for UpgradesOne in each of the boroughs.
    By Jen Kirby
  35. street car named de blasio
    The Mayor’s Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Plan Gets a CzarAn ex-Canadian politician and brief Toronto mayoral candidate will lead the unfunded fantasy project.
    By Justin Davidson
  36. the city
    New York’s New Streetlights Are Robbing Nighttime of Its RomanceThe firelight yellow of sodium-vapor streetlights is giving way to the clinical pallor of light-emitting diodes.
    By Justin Davidson
  37. Gay Synagogue Gets a New HomeCongregation Beit Simchat Torah’s new home crams so much meaning into a modest space.
    By Justin Davidson
  38. hack the city
    Welcome to the Age of Shadowless Skyscrapers New building designs cast soft, glare-free pools of light instead of patches of darkness.
    By Justin Davidson
  39. photography
    See New York City Through the Eyes of a Tabloid MasterImages from Andrew Savulich’s new collection The City, just out from Steidl.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  40. the outer boroughs
    What Is the Bronx, Anyway?New York’s most elusive borough lags far behind in the city’s identity sweepstakes. But why?
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  41. the city
    In Queens, City’s New I.D. Card Offers Promise, and a Few ProblemsWhat the end of the first application day looked like at the Flushing Branch of the Queens Library.
    By Jen Kirby
  42. the city
    Civil-Rights Attorney Sanford Rubenstein Won’t Be Charged in Rape CaseThe Manhattan district attorney is declining to prosecute.
    By Jen Kirby
  43. crimes and misdemeanors
    Shootings Are Up, But NYC Still on Pace to Have Lowest Murder Rate EverGood news and bad.
    By Jen Kirby
  44. de blasio’s new york
    Mayor De Blasio Doubles Down on Taxing the RichHis first State of the City made it clear that remained his overriding goal.
    By Chris Smith
  45. gossipmonger
    Bethenny Frankel and Alex Rodriguez Spotted on Another Date!This is very possibly a good or great thing for either him or her.
    By Katie Goldsmith
  46. early and awesome
    Newsweek Made a FunnyTheir knockoff of MTV’s ‘The City,’ starring Barack Obama, is surprisingly on point.
    By Chris Rovzar
  47. intel
    Olivia Palermo: What I Do on The City Is Not ActingHow can it be? She has no idea what’s going to happen next!
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. gossipmonger
    Olivia Palermo Wants to Be a Serious ActressPlus, Kanye West has a weird new name for himself. In the gossip roundup.
    By Tim Murphy
  49. social heights
    Olivia Palermo Doesn’t Know What She Does at Work All Day But don’t worry about her — she’s on the up and up!
    By Chris Rovzar
  50. crazytown
    Olivia Palermo: Everything You Need to KnowJust discovering MTV’s new girl? We’ve known her for years.
    By Chris Rovzar