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Great Americans: The Michelangelo of New York
Every stoop and fire hydrant Martin Scorsese’s camera catches is a love poem to New York City. He should know better than to make movies about anywhere…
Colin Quinn
Meet the Mangione Press Corps
They include a ‘Hot Girls for Zohran’ influencer and a Fulbright scholar turned sex video game creator.
Olivia Reingold
How Harvard’s Reparations Plan Flopped. Suicidal Empathy in New York City. Plus. . .
Arthur Brooks on what drives online trolls. China’s war with Christianity. And more.
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Niall Ferguson with Aaron MacLean Live in NYC
Trump’s Iran War and the New World Disorder: A Live Recording of ‘School of War’
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Elise Stefanik on the ‘Rotten’ Ivy League, Mayor Mamdani, and Why She’s Leaving Congress
As she plans her departure, Rep. Stefanik reflects on rifts over antisemitism, what she predicts is a coming ‘decline’ in New York, and what she sees as…
Maya Sulkin
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100 Days of Mamdani
The rent’s still unfrozen. The buses aren’t free. And where is universal childcare?
Olivia Reingold
The Gripes of Wrath: Inside NYC’s ‘Rental Rip-off’ Hearings
At Zohran Mamdani’s Bronx hearing, the mayor came for bad landlords, while NYCHA residents came for him.
Josh Code
New York City’s Mayor Can’t Give Muslim Extremists a Pass
America’s Muslims are looking for a leader who opposes every form of prejudice. Mamdani can fill that role.
Reihan Salam
My Day in the Socialist Snow Corps
When Mayor Zohran Mamdani offered $30 an hour for emergency snow shovelers, I signed up—only to discover how messy civic life can be.
Josh Code
Mamdani Is Inviting a Property Tax Revolt
His bid to raise rates makes even progressives wonder who they are squeezing.
Howard Husock
The Never-ending Agony of Being a Jets Fan
Few things in American sports are worse than being a Jets fan on Super Bowl weekend. This year is worse than usual.
Joe Nocera
What the Bills Mafia Teaches Us About Resilience
Buffalo has suffered decades of heartbreak, but we haven’t lost our love of football—or life.
Carolyn D. Gorman
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