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  1. today in andrew yang
    Andrew Yang, Who Is Absolutely a New Yorker, Went to His New York Deli“I love bodegas.”
    By Christopher Bonanos
  2. family ties
    Being a Trump Is a Liability Now – Even If You’ve Sued DonaldFred Trump III was asked to leave his position at Cushman & Wakefield.
    By Jeff Andrews
  3. attention zabar’s shoppers!
    A Lox on Both Your Houses: Jerry Nadler Brought a Zabar’s Bag to the ImpeachmentHe’s on the Upper West Side of the aisle.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  4. last gasps
    City Cancels the Wollman Rink Contract That Built Trump’s MythThe rink was a minor success that Trump blew out of proportion.
    By Jeff Andrews
  5. brick and mortar
    First Look: Ace Hotel Brooklyn Is Opening this SpringDowntown Brooklyn finally gets a destination hotel.
    By Diana Budds
  6. insurrection hotel
    Trump D.C. Hotel Loses Its Broker, and Chances of a Sale Go Up in SmokeBids for the hotel were coming in at less than half the asking price.
    By Jeff Andrews
  7. neighborhoods
    A Phoenix Is Coming to Coney IslandDeno’s Wonder Wheel Park plans to return post-COVID with a new roller coaster.
    By Caroline Spivack
  8. unaffordable housing
    Amazon’s Affordable Housing Pledge Won’t Fix AnythingThe nearly $2 trillion company will put $2 billion toward low-cost loans to developers.
    By Jeff Andrews
  9. today in oligarch news
    Let the LLC Unmasking BeginShell-corporation condo buyers will be nameless no more (at least to the Feds).
    By Christopher Bonanos
  10. cityscape
    Chuck Schumer Shows Up in Community-Board Zoom, Surprising Everyone and No OneEven an attack on the Capitol can’t keep an extroverted politician down.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  11. nëws
    Everything We Know About the New ‘Mini’ Ikea Store in NYCThere will be meatballs.
    By Megan Barber
  12. developing
    Build a Tower, Save a Museum?That’s the gamble in the Seaport historic district.
    By Caroline Spivack
  13. capitol riot
    Visualizing a Riot: Where the Attacks on the Capitol Played OutHow the insurrection approached and moved throughout the federal building.
    By Deane Madsen and Christopher Bonanos
  14. look book
    The Look Book Goes to a Blood DriveIn the midst of New York’s blood shortage, some Bronx residents came to donate at the St. Frances de Chantal Church.
    By Jane Starr Drinkard and Brock Colyar
  15. election 2021
    Here’s Everyone Running for New York City Mayor (So Far)Thirty-four and counting.
    By Caroline Spivack
  16. neighborhoods
    A Coney Island Baptism Spot Might Be Declared a Superfund SiteA survey of local waterways once declared it the top “fecal hotspot” in the city.
    By Caroline Spivack
  17. streets
    New York Is Bringing Up the Absolute Rear on Trash PickupA new pilot program will start collecting trash just like every other city already does.
    By Alissa Walker
  18. happy new year
    Andrew Yang’s 2021 Goals: Control of a Giant Global City, Weight LossWe are all Andrew Yang, except for the first part.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  19. shopping
    Mall Operator Forced to Buy Other Mall Operator, Can’t Return ItI’m sorry, you’re going to have to bring a receipt.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  20. street view
    Penn Station’s New Train Hall Is Only a Start. But at Least We’re Starting.A grand entrance to a rail system that needs much more.
    By Justin Davidson
  21. heartbreak for hotels
    No, de Blasio Is Not Trying to Crush the Hotel IndustryHe’s planning for the long term at the expense of the quick fix — while doing the unions a favor in the process.
    By Jeff Andrews
  22. getting around
    Zoox Is Only Barely a Car, and That’s Its Most Promising FeatureThe driverless dream works better when it’s shared.
    By Alissa Walker
  23. evictions
    Most New York Evictions Have Been Deferred Until May — and It’s a ReliefThe legislation gives all tenants another 60 days, and hardship cases till the spring.
    By Caroline Spivack
  24. a long talk
    Fran Lebowitz vs. the WorldA long talk (on a landline) with the star of Martin Scorsese’s cranky, necessary love letter to New York, Pretend It’s a City.
    By Wendy Goodman
  25. the group portrait
    Los Deliveristas Unidos, the Essential Workers of TakeoutOrganizing the delivery workers who keep much of the city fed.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  26. street view
    What New York Needs to Learn From Guadalajara’s Biggest MarketA way to create a large-scale, wide-open, democratic shopping space in the urban fabric.
    By Justin Davidson
  27. getting around
    Can a Worker-Owned App Pull Drivers From Uber and Lyft?A cooperative tries to revolutionize ride sharing.
    By Sarah Jones
  28. look book
    The Look Book Goes to JJ Christmas TreesOn the day after Thanksgiving, the Dyker Heights lot was full of holiday shoppers buying Fraser firs, wreaths, and reindeer made from logs.
    By Jane Starr Drinkard and Brock Colyar
  29. keeping the trains running
    $4 Billion Down, $8 Billion to Go: The Stimulus Temporarily Saves the SubwayDraconian service cuts are off the table for the time being, but the MTA still needs far more federal funds than it’s getting.
    By Jeff Andrews
  30. dark web
    De Blasio Promised the Internet to Everyone. Here’s Why It’s Taken Forever.Maybe next year.
    By Jeff Andrews
  31. whirrrrrrr
    Los Angeles Wants a Flying-Taxi Division. What Could Go Wrong?Unlikely future, meet realistic present.
    By Alissa Walker
  32. yankee hotel foxtrot
    So A-Rod’s Buying Distressed Hotels Now?Here’s the deal with his $650 million dollar swing.
    By Jeff Andrews
  33. streets
    Anatomy of a Streetery: Guevara’sIt’s Cuban-inspired and stands solidly on the corner of Clifton and Grand.
    By Diana Budds
  34. brick and mortar
    Visiting LAAMS, the LES Street Culture Lab“We tell kids: ‘Just pull up. Show us what you have and if we like it, and the price is on point, we’ll put it up on the wall.’”
    By Diana Budds
  35. california
    Premiering Soon: The Real Health Department of Beverly HillsThe city wants to start its own department independent of Los Angeles County, mostly so it can reopen its restaurants.
    By Alissa Walker
  36. it’s cold inside
    New York Kids Will Be Shivering In Class All WinterWindows open, pencils up.
    By Valeria Ricciulli
  37. city hall
    Corey Johnson Wants to Tame the Giant Squid of City PlanningThe squid may have other ideas, though.
    By Justin Davidson
  38. street view
    ‘You’re Walking Backwards’: The $6 Billion Venice Floodgates May Not Be EnoughProposed decades ago, they were not built for the coming sea rise.
    By Justin Davidson
  39. breaking news
    Pete Buttigieg Will Be Joe Biden’s Secretary of TransportationMayor Pete will run your street.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  40. up high
    This Artist Posed As a Hungarian Billionaire Buyer to Get Into 25 PenthousesAdopting a new persona, then photographing the view from the 100th floor.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  41. getting around
    ‘The Whole Economy Depends on It’: Chuck Schumer on His Push to Bail Out the MTAThe New York senator talks about trying to persuade red-staters to keep our transit system from collapsing.
    By David Freedlander
  42. reasons to love new york
    Farewell to That Gentrifying Harlem Restaurant I Really Won’t MissIt catered to the people the owner wanted to see in the neighborhood, not the people who were already there.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  43. mutual aid
    Public Assistants, a Resistance Community Space, Opens in Crown Heights“It’s meant to feel like a family, like an enclave, like an oasis.”
    By Diana Budds
  44. testing tips
    Here’s Where to Get a COVID Test Without Waiting for HoursFrom some non-CityMD walk-in spots to the speediest Health + Hospitals locations.
    By Caroline Spivack
  45. reasons to love new york
    Farewell to My Brick and Mortar ShopsThe now-shuttered stores that made an impression, from Staten Island to Hudson Yards.
    By The Editors
  46. death and taxes
    The ‘Pied-à-Terre Tax’ Has a Messaging ProblemIt’s superluxury-real-estate investors who would actually pay it.
    By Jeff Andrews
  47. developing
    Queens Megaproject Passes With Barely Any Affordable HousingOut of 1,725 apartments, just 90 will be below-market-rate.
    By Caroline Spivack
  48. reasons to love new york
    Farewell to China Chalet, the City’s Hottest Dim Sum DiscoParty till 3 a.m. Then open for lunch the next day.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  49. reasons to love new york
    Farewell to the Places I Took My Dates and Old FriendsSaying good-bye to the Mermaid Inn, Rose’s Brooklyn, Pegu Club, and more.
    By The Editors
  50. street view
    The E-Scooter Is Part of a Balanced Transit DietAnd it should—with caution and regulation—be welcomed.
    By Justin Davidson
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