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‘We Are Taking Names of People Who Did Not Support Israel’: Dark Money Mobilizes to Oust NY Progressives
Political action committees backed by pro-Israel donors are ramping up efforts to oust NY progressives they see as being on the wrong side of the Israel-Hamas conflict.
New Yorkers Want Their Beach Access. NYC’s Only Endangered Species Just Wants to Survive
Piping plovers in the Rockaways are struggling to recover, in large part due to human activity.
They Tried to Make Squash Happen. Then Pickleball Arrived
How the city's first public squash court fell apart.
One Step Behind the Coyotes of NYC
"That’s how you always see them. Running away. I’ve seen more coyote butts than coyote faces."
Bad Blood in Southern Brooklyn
Ari Kagan made a "calculated" decision to become a Republican. Will it pay off?
Tufted Titmice Return: All the Feathered Celebs at the Central Park Christmas Bird Count
This year, there were a few surprises.
How Feral Turkeys Took Staten Island
The turkeys have now outlasted three term-limited Council members, the Staten Island borough president, one governor, one mayor, one assemblymember, and two members of Congress involved with their removal.
Magical Thinking at Lee Zeldin’s ‘Victory’ Party
When the highlight of the night is an open bar, you know your candidate has fallen short.
New York’s Last Umbrella Guy Faces a Storm of Crappy Umbrellas
As temperatures rise, umbrella shops are going extinct—and fixing your busted umbrella becomes near-impossible.
Behold the Wild, Ancient Orgy Just Outside the Belt Parkway
For the past 450 million years, long before Robert Moses made plans to carve out a circumferential highway, these horseshoe crabs have been mating at Plumb Beach.
