How NYC Is Trying to Stop Subway Fare Evasion: Spikes, Fins, Guards

Subway and bus fare evasion cost New York?s transit system nearly $1 billion last year. Will an arsenal of new tricks turn the tide?

Who Is Andrew Farkas, Who Owned a Marina With Jeffrey Epstein?

The billionaire real estate developer?s relationship with Mr. Epstein is in the spotlight, with the release of emails and images of Mr. Epstein?s private home in the Caribbean.

Ghislaine Maxwell Says She Will Ask a Court to Free Her From Prison

In a court filing, a lawyer for the onetime companion of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein said she would seek to be released from her minimum-security federal lockup.

Trump?s Pardon of Honduran Ex-President Erases Top Loyalist?s Triumph

Emil Bove III?s work as a prosecutor, before he was a Trump lawyer and official, helped lead to the conviction of the former Honduran leader whom President Trump freed this week.

?The President Has the Final Word? on Pardons, U.S. Attorney Says

Jay Clayton, Manhattan?s top federal prosecutor, had called his office?s drug prosecution of an ex-president of Honduras a success. President Trump decided to free him this week.

James Solomon Wins Jersey City Mayoral Runoff Election, Beating Jim McGreevey

Mr. Solomon was elected mayor over Mr. McGreevey, who was hoping for a comeback after resigning in 2004 as New Jersey?s governor amid a sex scandal.

The M.T.A. Is Counting on a Casino Windfall

A state board has recommended licensing three casinos. If they go ahead, they will provide revenues for mass transit starting next year.

?I Knew It Was Him?: Officer Recalls Confronting Mangione at McDonald?s

A Pennsylvania patrolman said a superior had offered him a hoagie if he responded to a call at a local McDonald?s. The officer recognized the suspect and then played for time.

A Sidewalk Encounter Between 2 Longtime Neighbors Ends in a Death

Dean Whetzel, 82, had known Dana Escoffier, 79, for decades. When Mr. Whetzel bumped into him near their Village apartments, Mr. Escoffier shoved him, the police said, and he fell to the ground.

Mel Leipzig, Painter Called the ?Chekhov of Trenton,? Dies at 90

He put fellow New Jerseyans at the center of his work, and a critic praised the ?mysterious emotional tensions? in his pictures of ordinary people.

Chanel Brings a Great Métiers d?Art Show to the NYC Subway

ASAP Rocky, Jon Bon Jovi and Teyana Taylor hop aboard the C train as Matthieu Blazy brings a great Métiers d?Art show to New York.

Prosecutors Drop Murder Case Against Man Who Served More Than 25 Years

James Pugh, one of two men originally convicted in the savage killing of Deborah Meindl near Buffalo in 1993, said all along that he was innocent.

See All the Stars at the Gotham Awards: Elle Fanning, Hugh Jackman and More

It was all roast beef, chocolate cake and air kisses at the Gotham Awards in Lower Manhattan.

Supreme Court Seems Skeptical of N.J. in Dispute Over Anti-Abortion Center Donor Records

A majority of the justices appeared supportive of arguments by a crisis pregnancy center that it should be able to challenge a subpoena from the state?s attorney general in federal court.

What Makes a Four-Star Restaurant? Our Critics Break It Down.

As Ligaya Mishan gives highest honors to a Japanese kaiseki counter in New York, she and Tejal Rao discuss what goes into the decision.

The B.Q.E. Headache

Zohran Mamdani will be the third mayor to confront the issue of the decaying highway. The city has neither a consensus on how to fix it nor the money to do so.

Democrats in New Jersey Ram Through Bill to Defang a Corruption Watchdog

A State Senate committee moved to weaken an office that investigates police misconduct and government waste. Senator Andy Kim spoke in opposition but was cut off after three minutes.

How a Verdict by a Jury of 11 People in Queens Made Legal History

New York?s highest court let a verdict by 11 jurors stand in a criminal case that involved an escort, machetes and a mysterious visitor. The ruling broke 342 years of precedent.

School Integration Has Lost Steam. Will Mamdani Revive It in New York?

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken about integrating America?s largest education system in striking terms rarely heard from big city leaders.

Trump Administration Fires 8 Immigration Judges in New York

The firings, part of a nationwide effort, felt ?like a Monday afternoon massacre,? said one judge who lost her job last month.

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