June 2026

The Pants That Fade on Purpose: A Brief History of Nantucket Reds

Every June, the Hy-Line ferry from Hyannis unloads onto Nantucket’s Straight Wharf carrying coolers, garment bags and a statistically improbable number of men dressed like undercooked salmon. Their trousers occupy a color spectrum somewhere between faded watermelon and a spectacularly healing sunburn. The initiated call them Nantucket Reds, and they’ll insist the whole point is

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From Italy’s Fields to American Tables: A New Campaign for European Tomatoes

In the heart of New York, at the Armani Restaurant on Madison Avenue, the Italian tomato had its evening. This is where ANICAV, the National Association of Vegetal Food Reserves, presented the new Greatest Tomatoes from Europe campaign, co-funded by the European Union under the Enjoy It’s from Europe program and dedicated to the US

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Patrizia Pasqualetti and its ice cream at Fancy Food, when Made in Italy becomes sweet

Among the stands of the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York, where Italy is at home, there is a corner where Made in Italy is literally sweet. It is Patrizia Pasqualetti, one of the most famous Italian ice cream makers in the United States, who at the Javits Center proposed something particularly original, a

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Hundreds Threatened With Eviction in Botched NYCHA Paperwork ‘Crisis’

The New York City Housing Authority has mistakenly cut off federal rent subsidies for hundreds of public housing tenants at privately run buildings, triggering hundreds of eviction notices and frightening residents who insist they’ve paid their rent on time without fail. The erroneous cutoffs occurred at multiple NYCHA developments run by private firms the housing

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First Subway Elevators Fully Funded by Developer to Open in Midtown

Even before another “Billionaires’ Row” tower pierces the Manhattan skyline, the developer of the planned skyscraper is leaving a mark underground. Two new subway elevators at the 57th Street stop beneath Sixth Avenue are fully funded by the real estate firm Sedesco, which plans to build a high-rise at 41 W. 57th St., a long-empty

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