Mike Flynn, a former intern who rose to the top of the agency, will be under a microscope, but far from the spotlight.

Beyond stuffy old money institutions and noisy sports bars, hidden gems abound.

A tour guide goes one step beyond, a macaw on the Q and more reader tales of New York City in this week?s Metropolitan Diary.

The outreach by Mayor Zohran Mamdani?s team has demonstrated how the mayor is taking care to not inflame tensions on either side of the Israel-Gaza war.

The sale of the apartments, whose residents had complained of neglect by management, to a troubled firm is an early test of the new mayor?s ability to deliver for tenants.

Even as some instructors remain fervently opposed to chatbots, other writing and English professors are trying to improve them.

The New York City comptroller, Mark Levine, said that poor budgeting practices by the previous mayor, Eric Adams, had left the city with looming deficits.

The mayor announced Tricia Shimamura as the city?s new parks commissioner amid broad calls for more park funding.

The driver, Daniel Hyden, was a substance abuse counselor who had past citations for driving under the influence.

In a surprise appearance in New Jersey, the musician dedicated his song ?The Promised Land? to Ms. Good, who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis this month.

Snow fell as far south as Florida and Georgia on Sunday but mostly melted by the afternoon. The same storm system brought snow to the Northeast, with a second round expected Sunday night.

The robbery at the Poké Court on Wednesday was the latest in a string of thefts of high-value Pokémon trading cards.

City Winery?s 50th anniversary screening of the film encouraged some inventive dress up, including tributes to fan favorites like Rocky and Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

The bargaining unit, which includes curatorial, conservation and retail departments, could represent about half of the Met?s work force.

The Trump Administration?s exhaustive examination of materials on the convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is drawing resources from other cases.

A pilot program in Housing Authority apartments will offer the trendy stoves, which improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Council speaker, Julie Menin, introduced bills that would establish a buffer zone at houses of worship to keep protesters at some distance from congregants.

Both sides in the labor dispute appear poised for a protracted battle, and only one of three hospitals was negotiating with the strikers.

Rosalind Hernandez, who worked in a co-op building in Manhattan, befriended and then bilked a vulnerable resident, prosecutors said.

Roughly 8,400 businesses closed in the second quarter of 2025, according to the most recent city data, creating the largest net decline in business activity since before the pandemic.

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