If you were both a full-time New Yorker and a taxpayer in 2024, your bank account is probably about to see a (nominal) boost. This fall, to compensate for the rising cost of utilities, the state government will mail checks of up to $200 to New Yorkers. According to Gothamist, more than 8 million of […]
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Nick Bilton recently flew to New York to meet with director Martin Scorsese to discuss the screenplay he adapted from his forthcoming book with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, about a Hawaiian crime syndicate, when a very different career opportunity presented itself. During the trip, Bilton also met … More »
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced an official review of the city’s charter focused on government efficiency and also dissolved the charter commission announced in the final hours of former Mayor Eric Adams’ term. The cheekily-titled Commission on Government Efficiency, or COGE – a nod to the Trump administration’s DOGE, which cut services – is “tasked with
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced an official review of the city’s charter focused on government efficiency and also dissolved the charter commission announced in the final hours of former Mayor Eric Adams’ term. The cheekily-titled Commission on Government Efficiency, or COGE – a nod to the Trump administration’s DOGE, which cut services – is “tasked with
An organized ring of lawyers, real estate brokers and members of Councilmember Darlene Mealy’s family crafted an elaborate deed theft scheme, posing as heirs of the deceased owner of a Harlem brownstone to obtain more than $1.6 million in fraudulent bank loans, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleged Thursday. Bragg announced charges against 18 people
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An organized ring of lawyers, real estate brokers and members of Councilmember Darlene Mealy’s family crafted an elaborate deed theft scheme, posing as heirs of the deceased owner of a Harlem brownstone to obtain more than $1.6 million in fraudulent bank loans, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleged Thursday. Bragg announced charges against 18 people
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Cultures and religions across latitudes have developed their own cosmologies, but most share some notion of worlds within worlds, mazes and labyrinths that articulate the vital entanglement between microcosm and macrocosm, between the celestial and the terrestrial. His career as a jeweler and craftsman contributed to Wallace Chan’s deep knowledge of geological time and his
Former First Lady Jill Biden has returned to the public eye with her memoir View From the East Wing, which comes out Tuesday and centers on her time in the political spotlight. Ahead … More »
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A guys’ dinner is the meal that doesn’t need a reason but always has one—a brother flying in, a deal closing, a 38th birthday, a bachelor party with a flight from Atlanta and a hotel in Tribeca. New York is built for the genre, with a chophouse tradition running back to the 1880s, a Greek
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At first glance, Andon Market could pass for any typical neighborhood shop in San Francisco’s trendy Cow Hollow district. Inside are artisan snacks, handmade candles and a selection of curated books, including Nick Bostrom’s Superintelligence and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. But the most unusual thing about the shop isn’t what it sells. It’s who
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