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New York City
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.
May 1, 2026
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.
April 18, 2026
The Editors
This Week in American History: The Other Manhattan Project
Two hundred fifty years ago this week, George Washington and his Continental Army set off for fortified New York City and prepared to repel a British…
April 8, 2026
Jonathan Horn
Zohran Mamdani’s Racial Equity Obsession
‘New York’s history has been one of colonization, exploitation, and racial oppression,’ the mayor’s office says. To correct that, he wants his policies…
April 7, 2026
Howard Husock
Terror on the Upper East Side
Two men inspired by ISIS tried to detonate homemade bombs yesterday in Manhattan. But you wouldn’t know that from New York City’s mayor.
March 9, 2026
Mene Ukueberuwa
New York’s First Lady Liked Post Calling October 7 a ‘Mass Rape Hoax’
Zohran Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, also liked posts that referred to the terror attack as ‘collective liberation.’
March 7, 2026
Olivia Reingold
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.
February 25, 2026
Josh Code
Mamdani Is Inviting a Property Tax Revolt
His bid to raise rates makes even progressives wonder who they are squeezing.
February 19, 2026
Howard Husock
How DoorDash Gets You
New York wants to make it more expensive to get food delivered. That’s a good thing.
February 5, 2026
Sascha Seinfeld
EXCLUSIVE: Moshe Davis on His Ouster by Mamdani
The new mayor replaced a ‘proud Zionist’ with a controversial liberal activist to head New York City’s Office to Combat Antisemitism.
February 5, 2026
Olivia Reingold
No More Gifted Students in Mamdani’s New York City
Ending the gifted and talented program in public schools is the opposite of what parents want and kids need.
February 4, 2026
Maud Maron
Nellie Bowles: The Journalist and the Epstein
I had the chance to profile one of the darkest, most interesting characters of our moment. Why didn’t I grab it?
February 3, 2026
Nellie Bowles
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