In the future, I’ll likely save my money and fly in the main cabin. On my way back up from the bathroom at the back of the plane, I took a closer look at the main cabin seats. It was hard to tell where premium class began. My spouse, who also upgraded to premium class
A New York appeals court on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit over the rollout of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax, ruling that the homeowners who sued had not adequately shown they were harmed. The Appellate Division, Second Department, reversed a Sept. 29 judgment by Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi that had granted the
Manhattan’s Upper West Side has been reveling in the company of its latest celebrities: A family of barn owls nested in a water tower atop a building near Central Park. This is the first documented instance of barn owls nesting in Manhattan in modern history, according to one expert, and the owls have attracted nightly
Focus on what you can control and let the rest go. I’ve heard countless versions of this advice throughout my life, and it gets me through my most stressful moments. Enter the long-haul flight — my least favorite part of any faraway vacation. I can’t make planes leave on time. I can’t change the crowds
President Donald Trump has long had an antagonistic relationship with the press. He famously popularized the phrase “fake news” and has called reporters “the enemy of the people.” Yet the president is also more accessible to reporters than his recent predecessors, making media appearances on roughly 80% of his days in office during stretches of
President Donald Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a joint press conference at Gracie Mansion on Monday, the first time a sitting president has visited the mayor’s residence in decades. The two discussed Sunnyside Yards, Temporary Protected Status for Haitian New Yorkers, and press access, while trading warm words despite months of public disagreement on
