87% of N.Y.C. Bars and Restaurants Fell Short on Rent
ImageCredit…Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times From afar, New York City’s outdoor dining program has looked like a hit. Seemingly overnight, restaurant rows sprang up on...
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N.Y.C. Schools Reopen for a First Day Unlike Any Other
ImageCredit…Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Early on Monday morning, Tiyanna Jackson, who had quit her job in the spring to care for her 4-year-old...
The Nation Lost a Titan. Brooklyn Lost a Native Daughter.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a child of Brooklyn long before she was Notorious — daughter of Jewish immigrants, graduate of P.S. 238 and James Madison...
Small Businesses Need Rent Breaks. But Landlords Are in Crisis, Too.
After a laundromat in Manhattan said it could not pay its monthly rent in April and May, the manager of the property, Aaron Weber, asked...
Cynthia Nixon: The Coronavirus Has Laid Bare New York’s Public School Inequities
This summer, I participated in two back-to-back phone calls about resuming some semblance of normal life in New York City — which for me means...
NYC to Allow Indoor Dining in Restaurants at 25 Percent Capacity
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Wednesday that the prohibition on indoor dining in New York City would be lifted on Sept. 30, a boost...
Tax the Ultrarich? Cuomo Resists, Even With a $14 Billion Budget Gap
For years, progressive Democrats in Albany have been pushing a three-word solution to many of New York’s problems: Tax the rich. Yet year after year,...
Is Taxing the Rich the Answer to N.Y.’s Budget Deficit?
ImageCredit…Spencer Platt/Getty Images A $14.5 billion budget deficit looms, as tax revenue takes a hit from the pandemic’s economic fallout. Public services vital to many...
Less Music, More Trash: Cities and States Line Up Billions in Cuts
Alaska chopped resources for public broadcasting. New York City gutted a nascent composting program that could have kept tons of food waste out of landfills....
College Students, Told to Report Covid Parties, Ask: To Snitch or Not to Snitch?
It looked to be a typical college party: a small group of students crammed in a kitchenette, cheering on as a shirtless guy arm-wrestled a...