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The Van Wyck, at Last, Has an Extra Lane—and a Little Dignity
Six years and $1.4 billion later, the state has opened new carpool lanes on the most reviled four miles in Queens. The…
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On Navy Street, 1,502 Apartments and a Neighborhood Asking What It Gets
Alloy Development wants two towers of 73 and 63 stories across from the Farragut Houses, with a new school and $470 million…
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Twenty-One Years Later, Greenpoint’s Parking Lot Starts Becoming a Park
Box Street Park, promised in the 2005 waterfront rezoning, is finally under construction on Newtown Creek. Much of the long holdup came…
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The High Line Gets Its Wilderness Back, Winter Included
After a top-to-bottom rebuild, the park’s northernmost stretch reopens in November as the Rail Yard Preserve—and, for the first time, it is…
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Paid for a Promise: How the Senecas Were Defrauded of the Casino Exclusivity They Bought
ANALYSIS: The Seneca Nation paid New York for casino exclusivity, watched the state let competitors into its zone, then was made to keep paying after the compact’s schedule ran out. The courts sided with Albany. Federal Indian law, read as the Supreme Court says it…
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On Navy Street, 1,502 Apartments and a Neighborhood Asking What It Gets
Alloy Development wants two towers of 73 and 63 stories across from the Farragut Houses, with a new school and $470 million in promised benefits. The land-use hearing showed how far apart the two sides of the street remain.
By Esme Varnum · Oct. 31, 2026
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Black voters may jibe with Hochul, but don’t quite jive
The polls say Black New Yorkers back the governor by wide margins. What they don’t show is much enthusiasm, and with the election a week away, that’s the part her campaign is…
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Mamdani and Hochul Take 2-K to Every Corner of the Bronx and Staten Island
The city’s new program for 2-year-olds will jump to 22 of 32 school districts next fall, adding 10,000 seats. The state’s $1.2 billion is spoken for. Providers want to know what comes…
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Taylor Swift’s Tab, Tops Diner and a Coffee-Shop Snub: The Delegation’s Social Season
A congresswoman sent the bill for a pop-star wedding, a senator went public on newlywed life, a Kennedy grandson learned the limits of fame, and a Hudson Valley Republican said the quiet…
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Paid for a Promise: How the Senecas Were Defrauded of the Casino Exclusivity They Bought
ANALYSIS: The Seneca Nation paid New York for casino exclusivity, watched the state let competitors into its zone, then was made to keep paying after the compact’s schedule ran out. The courts…
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In Brooklyn, a Federal Judge Throws Out Washington’s Suit Against New York’s Sanctuary Laws
Judge Ramón E. Reyes Jr. dismissed United States v. City of New York on Oct. 15. He found no standing, no preemption and a Tenth Amendment bar, and noted that every court…
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Let the Gristedes Have Its Tower
Criticism: Neighbors want the 13-story addition over a Columbus Avenue supermarket cut down. The Landmarks Preservation Commission should approve it. The real scandal is how few people it will house.
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Black Tie and Building Permits: The Dursts Become Living Landmarks, and the Silversteins Take the Room Downtown
The Landmarks Conservancy will honor the Durst family at the Plaza on November 4. Lisa Silverstein, with her 95-year-old father in attendance, has been toasted at 7 World Trade Center and is…
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Let the Gristedes Have Its Tower
Criticism: Neighbors want the 13-story addition over a Columbus Avenue supermarket cut down. The Landmarks Preservation Commission should approve it. The real scandal is how few people it will house.
