Good morning. It’s Wednesday. We’ll take a look at the brouhaha over what to call a New York strip steak. We’ll also talk about a plan to fix Penn Station that calls for moving Madison Square Garden across the street. Maybe a rose by any other name really would smell as sweet. But Todd Shapiro … Read more
The Ordinary New Yorkers Who Became Pandemic Heroes
As a teenager in Queens, Mike Repole worshiped the great St. John’s University basketball teams of the 1980s, whose stars often came from the gyms and playgrounds of New York City. The team’s tough, defensive brand of championship ball helped Repole, the son of an immigrant waiter and a seamstress, identify with the school. As … Read more
The vintage aura of Sevilla Restaurant — the servers in bow ties, the leather booths, the glow of lanterns — reflects a bygone era of the West Village in Manhattan, where the establishment was founded almost a century ago. But alongside those period details, there is one dissonant design element that evokes a far more … Read more
The Trump administration invoked an obscure statute over the weekend in moving to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent legal resident of the United States who recently graduated from Columbia University, where he helped lead campus protests against high civilian casualties in Gaza during Israel’s campaign against Hamas. Mr. Khalil was arrested by immigration officers on … Read more
In the summer of 2022, a group of people plotting the murder of an Iranian dissident living in New York City began sharing “chilling intelligence,” a federal prosecutor said in court on Tuesday. That included photographs of the dissident, Masih Alinejad, her husband, their son and their Brooklyn home. The group also shared information about … Read more
The wildfires that broke out on Long Island Saturday afternoon and spread over hundreds of acres appeared to be accidental, caused by a failed attempt to make s’mores in a backyard, local officials said on Monday. The preliminary determination came after detectives with the Suffolk County Police Department conducted an investigation into the cause of … Read more
Atmosphere Like an intimate French bistro pleasantly scented with fish sauce and shallots. Noise Level Moderate. Recommended Dishes The menu changes weekly and sometimes daily. Recent highlights include snails with garlic and tamarind butter; carrot salad; black pudding tartlet with kumquats; pâté chaud; mussels escabeche on toast; egg mayo with anchovy and chile crisp; crème … Read more
Several Children Injured After School Bus Overturns in New Jersey
Students at New York University who study the music industry and do research at the frontiers of audio have a new benefactor: Sony. A $7.5 million donation from the Japanese electronics and media giant, made through its personal entertainment business unit, will help establish the Sony Audio Institute, a multifaceted partnership at N.Y.U.’s Steinhardt School … Read more