Give A Gift
MOST RECENT ARTICLES BY:

Joe DeLessio

See all their articles from across New York Magazine
  1. the sports section
    One of the Last Negro League Ballparks Has Been SavedThe restored Hinchcliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, reopens next month.
  2. museums
    After 14 Years, the Jackie Robinson Museum Is Finally OpenThe 2008 Recession, Hurricane Sandy, and COVID all slowed down the project, but the athlete’s 100-year-old widow finally got her wish.
  3. sports
    A Graphic Designer (and Mets Fan) Is Keeping Shea Stadium’s Neon AliveNext stop: Citi Field?
  4. the group portrait
    Plunging Into the Atlantic With Coney Island’s Ice PatrolThese winter bathers have been swimming (and shivering) for decades. They swear they enjoy it.
  5. the group portrait
    Yeshiva University’s Basketball Team Can’t Stop WinningHow the Maccabees became the hottest squad in the NCAA.
  6. sports
    As a New Arena Opens in New York, the Steinbrenner Stadium Strategy Is FinishedThe opening of UBS Arena on Long Island marks the end of a longtime New York sports phenomenon: teams threatening to leave town.
  7. sports
    What Makes a Team Name Quintessentially ‘Staten Island’?A new minor-league baseball team is coming to the borough, and it needs a name that reflects its community. What does that mean, exactly?
  8. sports
    When Your Central Park Softball Teammate Is a Former Yankees StarC.C. Sabathia is playing rec-league softball this season and mashing the ball all over Central Park’s North Meadow.
  9. the office
    Remember the Office?A look back at 150 years of cubicles, corner offices, all-nighters, and the holiday party.
  10. sports & money
    One More Thing Bernie Madoff Helped Ruin: The MetsAuthor Devin Gordon on Madoff’s effect on the Mets and their tortured fanbase.
  11. reasons to love new york
    Farewell to the Places That Made New York What It WasSaying good-bye to Gem Spa, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, the Staten Island Yankees, and more.
  12. reasons to love new york
    Farewell to My Go-toRuth Reichl, Rumaan Alam, Jiayang Fan, and more on losing the place where they were a regular.
  13. sports
    Staten Island’s Ballpark Is Too Nice to Go to WasteThe Staten Island Yankees are no more. Here’s hoping their ballpark survives.