In the Heights Is a Charming Musical About Immigration and Entrepreneurship
Even a critic who doesn’t love singing or dancing succumbed to its charms.
New York City
New Yorkers Are Watched by More Than 15,000 Surveillance Cameras
People have only official assurances that the technology isn’t being used to invade their privacy.
Randi Weingarten Is Very Disappointed That NYC Mayoral Candidate Kathryn Garcia Supports Charter Schools
Yes, that very same Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president who has fought to keep children out of the classroom for the last year.
Lingering COVID Requirements for NYC Bars and Restaurants Amount to Pointless Hygiene Theater
Theatrical safety checks don't keep people safe—vaccines do.
Charter-Hating Democrats Now Relying on Charter Schools To Service Families Reluctant To Go Back Into School Buildings
The one-size-fits-all approach to monopolistic K-12 instruction continues to repel even as COVID-19 recedes.
New York NIMBYs Protest the 'Manhattanization' of Manhattan
The New York Blood Center wants a larger headquarters to continue its cutting-edge medical research. Activists claim the new building will cast too much shadow.
New York's Nonsensical COVID Rules Force Theaters To Operate at 33 Percent. Unless They Host Church Services.
If hosting a religious service or a performance that includes food service, theaters can open to 50 percent capacity. But plays and other performances are still capped at 33 percent.
New York's Failed Political Class Puzzles Over Why Voters Seem To Prefer Outsider Andrew Yang
When government doesn't deliver, voters look for unpolished candidates from outside government. Go figure.
Manhattan Will Drop Charges for Prostitution and Unlicensed Massage but Continue Prosecuting Prostitution Patrons
The Nordic Model comes to Manhattan.
Republicans Open Schools, Democrats Still Keeping Them Closed
The latest data underscore an appallingly partisan split on what should be a more science-based decision.
When Everything Is 'Systemic Racism,' People Will Tune Out the Term
Leveling that grave accusation at every aspect of American life will produce disengagement, alienation, and reaction.
Kindergartners Abandoning Public School in Fall 2021, Too
A shocking 12 percent enrollment drop in New York City points to possible long-term structural impacts of the pandemic.
New Mexico Abolishes Qualified Immunity
It is the third state to rein in the legal doctrine that protects state actors from accountability for misconduct.
Get Ready To Show Your Vaccine Passport Everywhere
It's too late for health passports to make a difference, but the damage could be immense.
New York City Ends Qualified Immunity for Police Officers
It is the first city in the U.S. to do so.
New York Finally—After Three Years—on Verge of Legalizing Marijuana
A compromise is now circulating that would establish a market but also allow growing at home.
Richard Carranza, the Most Divisive Pro-'Equity' Public Official in America, Resigns
New York City's embattled public school system gets a new chancellor. But the influence of the old one will remain, and not just in the Empire State.
The Victims of the Eviction Moratorium
A coalition of Chinese immigrant landlords in New York say they're on the verge of losing everything because of tenants who have stopped paying rent.
Appeals Court Rules Against New York Police Unions, Says Misconduct Records Can Be Released
The 2nd Circuit rejected the police unions' arguments that disclosure would invade officers' privacy and put them in danger.
New York City's Outdoor Dining Doom
Preserving the country's greatest restaurant scene in the midst of a pandemic feels like an afterthought.
New York Never Built a Good System for Scheduling Vaccine Appointments, so a Random Software Engineer Did It in His Spare Time
Why didn't Cuomo and De Blasio build a decent, user-friendly website?
Will New York Lead the Way in Screwing Up School Reopening?
Remote learning continues to be the norm for more than three out of four New York City public school students.
COVID Twisted This Pretzel-Maker in Knots. A Devastating Fire Could Put Him Out of Business.
The factory fire was salt in the wound of this struggling iconic New York business.
The Year Teachers Unions Killed the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
The United States was virtually alone in keeping schools closed this fall. As a result, public education—and cities—may never look the same.
Determined To Kill Businesses That Survived Lockdowns, New York Plans Minimum Wage Hike Later This Month
New York's unemployment rate is nearly 10 percent and roughly one-third of small businesses in New York City may have closed forever. Seems like a great time to make it more expensive to employ people, right?
Americans Are in Full Revolt Against Pandemic Lockdowns
Individually and in organized groups, people are pushing back against lockdown orders.
Just 1.3% of NYC COVID Cases Are Coming From Restaurants. Why Has Cuomo Banned Indoor Dining?
The order is killing businesses and isn't rooted in science.
COVID NIMBYs Shame NYC Man for Renting Out Peloton Bike While Gyms Are Closing
A NYC quarantine fitness entrepreneur stirs up controversy on Nextdoor
Inside the NYPD's Biased Prostitution Policing
Plus: White women and Trump votes, Biden taps California AG as HHS Secretary, and more...
Jews and Catholics Ask Supreme Court To Stop NYC Religious Services Ban
Plus: DOJ argues for right to kill civilians, tech CEOs are back before Congress today, Dolly Parton helped fund COVID-19 vaccine, and more...
New York, Shamefully, on the Verge of Shuttering Public Schools
Just 0.18 percent of randomly tested teachers and students have been positive for COVID-19. So why the hell would you close the schools?
Massive Rent Declines in America's Most Expensive Cities Prove, Once Again, That Supply and Demand Is Real
San Francisco, New York City, Boston, and other large metro areas have posted double-digit drops in rent.
Orthodox Jews Say They're Being Targeted by New NYC Lockdowns
The newest lockdown, which explicitly targets religious gatherings, seems likely to further skepticism of public health directives.
Cuomo Clamps Down on New York Churches and Schools (Again)
Students and congregants may be collateral damage in a turf war between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Brooklyn Eatery Sues New York State and Gov. Cuomo Over Looming 'Food Curfew'
Limiting the hours during which food can be served is arbitrary, unscientific, and could cause overcrowding, the plaintiffs argue.
Resolve the 'Anarchist Jurisdictions' Dispute With Less Government Meddling
Peace will come only from leaving other people alone on the condition that they do the same for us.
The Justice Department Sees 'Anarchy' Overtaking New York City. If Only That Were Remotely True.
The Big Apple is practically a black hole of overpolicing and regulation.
NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio Delays School Reopening at the Last Minute, Infuriating Parents
He also refused to apologize.
RIP Pete Hamill: Chronicler of New York's Marketplace of Ideas
Hamill’s city was exactly what the likes of Robert Moses were trying to control when they imposed a top-down technocratic regime on New York in the middle third of the 20th century.
