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The Woodbridge, N.J., location of SeaQuest, an interactive aquarium and animal attraction that promotes encounters between people and wildlife, was raided by New Jersey state officials on Thursday, after regulators said a lengthy investigation showed it had repeatedly violated animal protection laws. In a statement, the Fish and Wildlife Division of the state’s Department of … Read more

Squeezed In Dear Diary: It was June 2016, and I was on my way to my first 9-to-5 job in Midtown. I boarded a crowded 1 train at 135th and Broadway and then gingerly made my way onto an even more crowded express at 96th Street. It was clear that no one really wanted to … Read more

The taco joint just around the corner from Corona Plaza, the beating heart of one of New York City’s largest Latin American neighborhoods, fell quiet in the days after President Trump was inaugurated. The restaurant’s Mexican waitress, who is undocumented, witnessed federal immigration authorities arrest someone a few blocks from the plaza, and now limits … Read more

For months, the race for mayor of New York City has felt stuck in suspended animation. Not anymore. The contest was expected to lurch into motion on Sunday with a new front-runner: former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. He, Mayor Eric Adams and seven fellow Democrats will face off in a four-month fight to Primary Day. … Read more

A New York diamond dealer pleaded guilty on Thursday to stealing more than $400,000 worth of diamonds from two sellers and replacing them with cheaper lab-grown stones in a scheme he operated out of a Manhattan storefront. The dealer, Manashe Sezanayev, 41, who owned Rachel’s Diamonds, a jewelry store in the heart of the borough’s … Read more

A majority of New York City’s Commission on Gender Equity called on Friday for Mayor Eric Adams to resign if he does not lay out a strategy for defending transgender New Yorkers, women and immigrants against the Trump administration’s threats to those groups’ rights. Sixteen commissioners appointed by Mr. Adams said in a letter that … Read more

Hazel N. Dukes, an early and unwavering crusader for civil rights who survived personal, professional and political setbacks to serve for nearly a half-century as the perennial president of New York State’s N.A.A.C.P., died on Saturday at her home in Harlem. She was 92. Her death was announced by her son, Ronald. From 1990 to … Read more

In the months before he joined New York City’s mayoral race, Andrew M. Cuomo sought to create as much distance as possible from the sexual harassment scandal that forced him to resign as governor more than three years ago. But with his entry on Saturday, some of his challengers in the race and the women … Read more

A Mexican drug lord notorious for his role in a U.S. drug enforcement agent’s brutal 1985 murder was arraigned on sweeping drug-trafficking charges in New York on Friday. The arraignment of the drug lord, Rafael Caro Quintero, a founding member of the Sinaloa Cartel, came a day after he was transferred to the United States … Read more

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Saturday that he would run for mayor of New York City, upending the race to unseat Eric Adams and setting up an audacious comeback attempt three years after he resigned in disgrace. With near-universal name recognition, deep-pocketed supporters and a decade as governor, Mr. Cuomo is expected to … Read more