Zohran Mamdani officially took office as mayor after the New Year’s Eve ball drop, in a private ceremony held at a shuttered relic of the city’s subway. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/n...

A NYTimes investigation has found that insurers are driving families into homes contaminated by smoke - like those that remained standing after the deadly Los Angeles wildfires. Lab results show how one family was exposed to neurotoxins and carcinogens. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

From @nytopinion.nytimes.com: Indian Americans may now be waking up from the "American Dream" www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o... (By @polgreen.bsky.social)

Over the course of a turbulent year, photographers captured events with intrepidness and determination — even as they so often put themselves at risk. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... (via @nytimes.com's incredible photojournalists)

America is becoming a second home for Hindi comedy. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...

New Yorkers: Next month marks the anniversary of congestion pricing. The tolling program, the first of its kind in the U.S., charges most drivers up to $9 to enter Manhattan below 60th St. How has congestion pricing impacted your year? We want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...

Apps like OpenAI’s Sora are fooling millions of users into thinking A.I. videos are real, even when they include warning labels. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/b...

In high-profile Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Los Angeles; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; and across Massachusetts, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, compared with a third of immigrants arrested nationwide. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A raccoon broke into a Virginia liquor store and drank his fill: rum, moonshine, even peanut butter whiskey. Then it passed out on the floor of the bathroom. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

A 19-year-old college student was about to board a flight to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and deported to Honduras two days later, her father and lawyer said on Sunday. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. The open-compound word, which beat out “biohack” and “aura farming,” goes back at least to 2002. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/a...

To inform our upcoming guide on how the lives of Americans have changed during this first year of the Trump administration, we want to hear from you. We want to answer your questions about the real-world impact of the Trump policies enacted since Inauguration Day. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...

A powerful podcast episode from Code Switch about how immigrant families at risk of deportation are preparing with "emergency guardianship" to ensure their children are taken care of. www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...

More people want dedicated space in their home for beverages. Some of these can be as simple as a counter corner with flavored seltzer, or coffee in a bedroom closet and a Diet Coke on tap in the kitchen. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/r... (by @tomatocakes.bsky.social)

There were a lot of pretty cool ideas for New York City's waterfronts. But it's pretty hard to build anything here. I helped write about the marinas and floating airports that never came to be. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...

The New York Times is tracking the boat strikes as details become available. The strike locations and casualty figures are drawn from postings by Mr. Trump or Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and have not been independently confirmed by The Times. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I know I am late to this, but I want to share this excellent episode hosted by Wesley Morrris about the birth of American music. Part of the 1619 podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

Most people who die in prison die alone. Programs like the one at California Medical Facility aim to prevent that. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

A great exploration of the great beautiful black history of Broadway www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

“The purpose of the show is first to show that Middle Eastern and North African people belong to the city” A New York Public Library exhibition features nearly two centuries of cultural, social & political artifacts on Middle Easterners & North Africans in the city. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/a...

Breaking News: The Supreme Court denied a request to consider overturning its landmark decision to legalize same-sex marriage a decade ago. nyti.ms/3Ju2Ayd

The Trump administration ordered the cuts as the government shutdown leaves air traffic controllers working without pay. Disruptions at major airports appeared limited for now. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

New programs cannot turn out the numbers needed to make up for the controller shortfall. But they hope to have a higher success rate than the Federal Aviation Agency’s official academy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...

Villagers in Hellesdon, England, are pushing to change the name of the street, but local bureaucracy makes it difficult. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/w...

“New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant.” Full transcript & video of @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social victory speech (via @theguardian.com) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Breaking News: Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state lawmaker from Queens, will be the 111th mayor of New York. He will be the first Muslim to ever lead the city, as well as its first South Asian mayor and the youngest mayor in more than a century. nyti.ms/47O4mT0

New York City Mayoral Election Results www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

NYC polls will be open from 6 a.m.-9 p.m. Find your polling place: vote.nyc/page/find-yo... Check your voter registration status: amiregistered.vote.nyc **Remember that your ballot has two sides. Don’t forget to turn it over and vote for the proposals on the back. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

ICE shot an American citizen and food bank worker who tried to block them arresting an immigrant by pulling his car in front of them. After being released from hospital: "He is now facing charges for assault on a federal officer." www.calonews.com/featured-top...

“Those who go out of their way to mispronounce it — that’s not a mistake, that’s a message.” [[We know who "people" are. It rhymes with bassists.]] www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

ICE deported 17-year-old Nory Sontay Ramos and her mother. Devastation met them in Guatemala. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...

Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous #Diwali full of lots of light and love!

The “New York Sari” exhibition at the New York Historical, which runs through April, shines a light on how the garment is more than just fashion. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/s... (by @alisha-hg.bsky.social)

After hitting No. 1 with “Voodoo,” D'Angelo's genre-melding 2000 album that he promoted with a risqué music video, he vanished for more than a decade. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/a...

Some phone numbers no longer worked. Others had escaped Gaza. Some, we learned, had been killed... www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

@duolingoverde.bsky.social is going hard

Not very humane wapo.st/3IRQBdg

How Should a V-Neck V? www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/s... (via The NYT Styles Desk)

#TreyReed’s death was twice ruled a suicide... But the NAACP declared “a man was lynched,” ... #ColinKaepernick pledged to fund an independent autopsy & the lawyer who represented #GeorgeFloyd’s family got involved. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u... (by @camcgrady.bsky.social)

With the federal government headed toward a potential shutdown this week, thousands of workers could be furloughed and operations could be disrupted at many agencies. But not all government programs would come to a halt. Here's what to know.

Trump said in a social media post that he was directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide troops to what he dubbed “War ravaged Portland.” wapo.st/4pKK5pq

My sister’s book (YES, MY SISTER WROTE A BOOK) is available for pre-order! Addressing #Racism and #Ableism in the Classroom and Teacher Education Case Studies of #SpecialEducation Teachers of Color www.routledge.com/Addressing-R...

"Unable to speak English, this petite 75-year-old Korean man was thrown into the American criminal justice system to fend for himself," writes Andrew.

The Best Coast lives up to its title: The guidelines, from California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, mirror those of major medical organizations. They were issued a day before an advisory panel was set to meet to review potential changes to federal recommendations. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/h...

The body of #TreyReed was found hanging from a tree at Delta State University early Monday, prompting horror on the Cleveland, Mississippi, campus. thegrio.com/2025/09/15/b...

The thing I tell anyone visiting NYC: Walk the way you would drive on a highway. If you can do that, you can walk in NYC. PS. No one should be holding hands & walking in Times Square. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/n...

Pilsen, a part of the city long home to Chicagoans of Mexican heritage, has grown quieter since the Trump administration announced an operation against illegal immigration. (by @jazmineulloa.bsky.social & 📸 by @jamiekelterdavis.bsky.social)

Therapists describe greater stress, anxiety, anger and fear among Latino patients in Los Angeles since immigration raids intensified in June.

Tonight is Bad Bunny‘s final show as part of his 3 month residency. I learned so much about Puerto Rico & the economic impact this is having on the island. We also published the story I wrote & @amylombard.bsky.social photographed in the paper. (You can read it here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/b...)