A New York City police lieutenant who shot and killed a man after pulling him over for not wearing a seatbelt should be fired, a police administrative judge recommended in a rare ruling that will ultimately go to Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch for a final decision. The officer, Lt. Jonathan Rivera, was a sergeant on … Read more
Manhattan | 120 East 83rd Street, No. 2B Upper East Side Co-op $449,000 An updated one-bedroom, one-bath apartment with a windowed kitchen, a windowed bathroom, built-in shelving, 10-foot ceilings and original flooring, on the second floor of a five-story cat-friendly building from 1898 with a super, shared laundry, bike storage and a garden. Aimee Denaro … Read more
Lattanzi doesn’t exactly scream “celebrity magnet.” Its brick-walled, burgundy-carpeted dining room, lined with black-and-white photos of Rome, feels more antique than affluent. The menu leans on old Italian standbys like veal scaloppine and chicken piccata. There’s no bouncer, no photos of famous regulars, no gatekeeping host. The location isn’t some trendy downtown neighborhood, but Restaurant … Read more
Chad Tavernia was at home in Malone, N.Y., one Saturday in January when he received a call from a couple whose puppy had escaped their yard. They had searched the snowy woods behind their home, but the puppy, Aurora, had vanished. Nearly a day had gone by and temperatures were below freezing. The couple, Paul … Read more
Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out about the push to unionize backstage crews Off Broadway. We’ll also get details on the Trump administration’s seizure of $80 million that was supposed to cover some of the city’s expenses for housing migrants. For more than a month, striking stage crews have idled the nonprofit Atlantic … Read more
Students at North Carolina’s public universities can no longer be required to take classes related to diversity, equity and inclusion to graduate. The University of Akron, citing changing state and federal guidance, will no longer host its “Rethinking Race” forum that it had held annually for more than two decades. The University of Colorado took … Read more
The bar on Avenue A was already packed when a New York University junior joined the door line on a recent Friday night in the East Village. Outside, a stern bouncer scrutinized each person’s driver’s license to keep out underage drinkers like this 20-year-old. Inside, patrons piled their coats onto stools, clamored for drinks, then … Read more
Quiet luxury is dead. That refrain has already emerged as a potent theme of this fashion month, which kicked off last week with New York Fashion Week. The clothes worn on and off runways suggested that, after a long-held fascination with subdued attire, people are craving something more exquisite. Amid the usual sea of wintry … Read more
The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it had fired four employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the agency’s chief financial officer, over their roles in disbursing federal funds to house migrants in New York City hotels. The firings capped a startling chain of events that began on Monday with an early-morning social … Read more
