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I Want a City, Not a Museum
Some years ago, as my mother and I were walking on New York City’s Upper West Side, she pointed out…
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In a City Defined by History, Chinatown’s Champions Fear New Arena for 76ers
Deborah Wei first wore a “No Stadium in Chinatown” T-shirt emblazoned with red English letters and Chinese characters in 2000,…
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Adams’s Effort to Control Migrant Buses Faces Instant Obstacles
A move by Mayor Eric Adams meant to slow the surge of new arrivals being sent to New York from…
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In Bid to Slow Migrant Surge, Adams Restricts Bus Arrivals Into New York
In an executive order, Mayor Eric Adams required bus companies to provide advance notice of trips or face criminal charges.
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Board Game Cafe Workers Went on a Quest for a Union and Won
“There is not a group of people better at organizing than a bunch of nerds,” said a worker at one…
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New York City Aims to Build Affordable Housing in Wealthier Neighborhoods
A new program would allow the city to direct money to new construction after a tax incentive favorable to developers…
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Billionaire-Built Cities Would Be Better Than Nothing
A company backed by Silicon Valley’s most powerful investors, including the LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and the venture capitalist Marc…
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The First Step to Get Off the Streets? A Room of His Own.
For years, Theron Truluck was living in desperate conditions in New York City, mostly on the Q train. Now he’s…
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I Am Gaza City’s Mayor. Our Lives and Culture Are in Rubble.
As a teenager in the 1980s, I watched the construction of the intricately designed Rashad al-Shawa Cultural Center in Gaza…
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Irwin Cohen, Who Turned a Factory Into Chelsea Market, Dies at 90
He and his daughter transformed an abandoned Nabisco plant into a Manhattan destination for people who liked to cook, to…