Congestion pricing, explained

By Michael Garofalo

Taxi fare hikes could be a portent of more charges to come for Manhattan car-users

Holes in plan to limit tower voids

By Michael Garofalo

A city proposal aims to close a key zoning loophole — but some reformers say further action is needed

A life of her own

By emily Higginbotham

A young woman had to flee a restrictive religious community, and her own family, to find a future

The eternal orphanage

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

A Yorkville priest and the head of an elite private school thrash out a plan to memorialize a beloved vestige of a 19th-century chapel — even as its inevitable disappearance looms

From cold streets to warm hearts

by harvey cohen

How David Jones and the Bowery Mission give hope to the homeless

Drawing board

by Susan Faiola

Amazon lesson: No more closed doors

by arlene kayatt

Civics and the City and Amazon — It happened on February 14th, but as Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney opined, “It was not the Valentine that New York needed.” Amazon pulled out of the deal that would have brought their HQ2 and...

Drawing board

by peter pereira

Enough already! Pass the New York health act!

By Colette Swietnicki

We don’t need any more studies, we need health care for all

Honoring Jackie Robinson

By Lorraine Duffy Merkl

An exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York features Look magazine photos of the baseball legend and his family — many never seen before

Once upon a community board meeting

by Michelle Naim

Don’t mess with the District 9 seniors

St. Mark’s Comics closing after 36 years

By Jason Cohen

A staple of the East Village community will be shuttering its doors before construction begins on a planned office building

Embrace the spirit of Parkland

By Jon Friedman

Last May, I went to a rooftop party on West 72nd Street, prepared to skewer my fellow pretentious New York City literati. Instead, I quickly forgot about the poseurs and came away awestruck at two of the unexpected guests: David Hogg and Cameron Kasky. They stand for as much...

Is it really just nervous stomach?

By Jessica Gelman, MS, RDN, CDN

Intestinal health issues may not be fun to talk about, but they can have a major impact on quality of life

You wrote a book? So publish it!

By Meredith Kurz

“Upper East Siders delight in cubits of closets, while Upper West Siders measure it in board lengths of bookshelves.” —Anonymous

The shop that saved kittens

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

After 54 years and a celebrated track record for animal rescue work, Petland Discounts is expected to close all its stores and face a possible sale or liquidation by April

Déjà vu on the West Side

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

Gale Brewer was first elected to the City Council in 2001 and moved up to borough president 12 years later. As the term limits clock ticks, friends and supporters say, she is now contemplating a reprise.

Old masters in a new light

By Mary Gregory

The Met’s gorgeous show of Dutch treasures turns an overwhelming cache of riches into a jewel box of wonders

L train street changes in flux

By Michael Garofalo

As city prepares for subway line’s “slowdown” rather than full shutdown, the fate of long-planned mitigation measures is unclear

Blood, snakes and square knots

by David Noonan

Going to Boy Scout camp in the first half of the 1960s was a raw and exhilarating experience. It was also kind of nuts. We didn’t play tennis or softball. We didn’t have coed cookouts with girls from all-girl camps. We didn’t sleep in cabins with electricity and...

NYPD to bolster sex crimes unit

By Michael Garofalo

As reported rapes increase, the department to add investigators in Special Victims Division

How FIT students get into NYFW’s exclusive shows

By emily mason

They wait on line for fashion week sign-ups, work as “pacers” or dressers and clamor for sneak peeks behind the scenes

Sex after sixty

Hormonal and physical issues and a “partner gap” may present problems. But the effects of aging are often amenable to treatment

Singing with strangers

By Meredith Kurz

There’s music everywhere in Manhattan, and you can join in

UWS sibs sing their way to the top

By Michelle Naim

The Bailens, who grew up in a musical household, are winning fans with their heartfelt sound

Born purple, and funny

By Joshua Nasser

Leanne Velednitsky is a New York-based actor, writer and comedian. She graduated from NYU Tisch’s Experimental Theatre Wing in 2016, and has studied sketch/improv at UCB and the Magnet. She’s worked at Full Frontal with Samantha Bee and the digital comedy company Above...

Friendship across the generations

by lorraine duffy merkl

“Millennials,” muttered the man behind me in line at Fairway on 86th Street, questioning the work ethic of the young cashier daring to go on her break and leaving customers to wait all of a minute for her replacement to start ringing up. The impatience with different age...

Traffic jam on the ballot

BY DOUGLAS FEIDEN

They’re not exactly the magnificent 17. But the overcrowded public advocate’s race features plenty of liberal activists, some with rap sheets — and an upstart Republican who just might eke out a win

“In a word, it’s a horror.”

By Emily Higginbotham

Two elite Jesuit schools confront painful revelations about priests from their past

The woman who pioneered abstract painting

By Val Castronovo

Hilma af Klint was ahead of her time, and of all the men who followed in her footsteps

After the non-march for disabled women

by gail eisenberg

What does Jennifer Bartlett want? Disability justice. When does she want it? Now.

Rally to protect Roosevelt Park

by richard barr

Billie Jean King was featured speaker at Saturday event on steps of the AMNH