Emil Williams spent his days caring for patients at a nonprofit in the Bronx. He was a kind neighbor and friendly face on his street in Great Neck, on Long Island. Next month, he would have celebrated his 80th birthday. But he had been reported missing in Nassau County on Tuesday, and that evening the … Read more
Restrictions on solitary confinement in New York State prisons were suspended Thursday and visits were canceled as corrections officers continued wildcat strikes despite a judge’s order. The walkouts had spread to 41 of the state’s 42 prisons by Thursday afternoon. News cameras captured images of National Guard troops descending in helicopters and Humvees to replace … Read more
Disposable e-cigarettes with names such as Baja Slushie, OMG Blow Pop and Cotton Candy are intentionally and illegally marketed to children and teenagers, New York’s attorney general argued in a lawsuit filed Thursday. Selling flavored nicotine vapes has been illegal in New York State since 2020, but they are still a near-ubiquitous presence in corner … Read more
The New York stage has some notable nostalgia this year: More than a half-dozen performers in significant roles made their Broadway debuts as children. Some were in hits and some were in flops; they experienced joy and (in one case) trauma. A few have appeared onstage with regularity, while others pursued music or film and … Read more
“He is a crucial bridge, maybe the main bridge from the early, early days of pizza in New York — brick ovens fueled by coal,” Pete Wells, who stepped down several months ago as The New York Times’s restaurant critic, told me. “That’s the kind of oven he learned to use when he was 12 … Read more
On her 15th day of freedom as a pardoned participant in the Jan. 6 riot, Rachel Powell drove through western Pennsylvania’s gray winter to the county courthouse in Franklin. She needed to check off applying for a gun permit from her homecoming to-do list. With her two youngest children trailing behind, Ms. Powell walked into … Read more
When Eric Adams was indicted on federal corruption charges last fall, resulting in the city of New York being left more or less unmanaged, Jim Walden decided to run for mayor. It was a quixotic idea, one in which even his family did not see an instant logic. While it was true that Idris Elba … Read more
It is a nightmare that plays out on the streets and subways every few months: A homeless person with a history of mental illness or violence falls through the cracks or wanders away from the system intended to help him, surfaces in a psychotic rage and attacks a random New Yorker. Though they make up … Read more
Since the November election, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York had preached patience in dealing with President Trump, favoring a more deliberative, compromise-building style that has guided her tenure. But this week, Ms. Hochul seemed intent on following a different course. After Mr. Trump announced his move to kill New York City’s congestion pricing program, … Read more
Marshall Rose, a real estate developer who was instrumental in reviving the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and transforming the adjacent Bryant Park from a mecca for drug dealers into a verdant Midtown oasis, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 88. The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, his … Read more