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New York’s Ban on the Future
Governor Kathy Hochul’s data-center ban will hurt New Yorkers and help foreign adversaries—while stifling progress in AI.
Josh Wolfe
Meet NYC’s New Socialist Leaders
Abolish ICE. Free Palestine. Organize your union.
Olivia Reingold
‘Freeze the Rent’ Is Really About Rage and Revolution
Thursday’s decision on rent-stabilized apartments in New York City will prove that what is supposed to be a deliberative, analytical process has been…
Matt Miller
It’s Not the Poor Fueling Socialism’s Rise. It’s the Rich.
Darializa Avila Chevalier’s victory in New York’s 13th district exposes a national paradox: Candidates running on working-class politics are powered by…
Rafael A. Mangual
Mamdani’s Socialist Sweep in New York
On Tuesday, radical House candidates won big in the city. ‘It doesn’t feel safe to be Jewish anymore.’
Olivia Reingold and Peter Savodnik
How the Knicks Saved New York—and Me
Uri Berliner was a teenager the last time the Knicks won the NBA championship. Now, having just turned 70, he reflects on what the team means to New…
Uri Berliner
Knocking on Doors for Mamdani’s Rent-Freeze Brigade
A volunteer’s ‘SOCIALISM’ bracelet was a hint that New York City’s public turnout campaign for rent-control hearings might not live up to its own rules…
Josh Code
Meet the Mangione Press Corps
They include a ‘Hot Girls for Zohran’ influencer and a Fulbright scholar turned sex video game creator.
Olivia Reingold
Rama Duwaji Wants the Spotlight, Just Not the Scrutiny
Zohran Mamdani says his wife is a private person. Is he right?
Olivia Reingold
‘I Don’t Want to Put Another Black Man in Jail’
The murder of a New Yorker could have been averted if not for the suicidal empathy that is spreading among victims.
Kat Rosenfield
The Sad, Wretched Reality of New York City’s First Casino
Two days after Resorts World’s grand opening in Queens, I headed there to find out what gambling looks like in the financial capital of the world.
Will Rahn
Mamdani, Scapegoating the Rich Won’t Fill a $5.4 Billion Budget Hole
New York City’s wealthy pay 40 percent of its bills. The mayor just declared war on them.
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