New York

The series and its many spinoffs have sold more than 200 million copies and revolutionized the world of young adult publishing.

By Clay Risen

The prestigious downtown nonprofit Soho Rep will share space with Playwrights Horizons in Midtown Manhattan while figuring out a longer-term plan.

By Michael Paulson

The jeweler’s generously funded Dance Reflections program is having a major influence on the city’s scene. How much impact is too much?

By Brian Seibert

On the centennial of James Baldwin’s birth, a look at this revolutionary work that was a playwriting milestone for him.

By Anna Venarchik

The new chief executive is at odds with the new board president, just as the organization is arguing against a court-ordered monitor to oversee its finances.

By Danny Hakim and Kate Christobek

A block comes to life on a summer day, a Staten Island bird feeder and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Stacy Kovacs, who founded Fogo Azul NYC, totes her drums around the city, fends off her cat and never watches TV.

By Nancy A. Ruhling

Mayor Eric Adams announced that a new scanner would search for guns on the subway. Riders who refuse to be scanned, he said, will not be allowed to enter the system.

By Emma G. Fitzsimmons

New OMNY transit cards for public school students, rolling out in September, will be usable 24 hours a day throughout the calendar year.

By Claire Fahy

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investigating whether Boar’s Head meat sliced at deli counters has played a role in an outbreak of listeriosis that has caused two deaths.

By Annie Correal

Martin Scorsese, Ethan Hawke and John Turturro are all listed as advisers to a new proposal to buy the former Metro Theater, which closed in 2005.

By Annie Aguiar

The museum reports having hundreds of consultations with Native American groups and says it is also returning 90 objects.

By Zachary Small

The shooting took place just a half block from Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the New York City mayor, and was related to a child-custody dispute, according to the police.

By Shayla Colon, Chelsia Rose Marcius and Nate Schweber

An Egon Schiele drawing was returned on Friday at the Manhattan district attorney’s office. The heirs said in a statement that relinquishing the work was “the right thing to do.”

By Tom Mashberg

The health facility’s potential closure had been contentious following the shuttering of other hospitals serving Lower Manhattan.

By Joseph Goldstein

The Beam, at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, allows visitors to recreate the famous photo of construction workers perched high above the city.

By James Barron

The steady parade of couples seeking civil marriage ceremonies in New York City has expanded in recent months to include newly arrived migrants.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Todd Heisler

New Yorkers will be able to vote on a plan to add 30 days to City Council deliberations on public safety legislation. An earlier plan would have slowed the process further.

By Dana Rubinstein

Bevelyn Beatty Williams, an anti-abortion activist, physically confronted patients in 2020 as they tried to enter a health clinic in Manhattan, prosecutors said.

By Claire Fahy

The lawsuits are among the first legal efforts aiming to force Gov. Kathy Hochul to move forward with the tolling program as planned.

By Lola Fadulu

The Manhattan district attorney’s office argued that a recent Supreme Court ruling did not apply to the type of evidence it had deployed against the former president.

By Ben Protess and Jesse McKinley

A federal lawsuit accuses New York City of defying state and city regulations meant to protect vulnerable homeowners from losing water service.

By Dana Rubinstein

In a relentlessly newsy phase of the presidential contest, the long history of bias against cosmopolitan cat-owning women finds its place.

By Ginia Bellafante

Prosecutors said the teacher, who worked for Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, lured students from four different schools to share explicit images with him via social media.

By Hurubie Meko

The Ford Crown Victoria, once a ubiquitous sight on the streets of New York, is being pushed out for newer, wheelchair-accessible models.

By James Barron

This week’s properties are on the Upper West Side, the Lower East Side and in Astoria.

By Heather Senison

This week’s properties are a four-bedroom in Centerport, N.Y., and a three-bedroom in Greenwich, Conn.

By Claudia Gryvatz Copquin and Alicia Napierkowski

Some younger people have become obsessed with learning old-fashioned hand crafts like leather-making, millinery and lacework.

By Julie Satow

A set of weapon-screening devices will be deployed at various stations over the course of a month.

By Ana Ley and Hurubie Meko

The fire was soon extinguished and the injuries were minor, officials said. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

By Lola Fadulu

Travelers were evacuated from Concourse C of Terminal 8 at Kennedy International Airport after an escalator caught fire.

By Storyful

Hadi Matar, 26, provided “material support and resources” to Hezbollah, according to a federal indictment unsealed on Wednesday.

By Claire Fahy

New York’s Fulton Fish Market, which supplies the city with nearly half its seafood, is run by third-, fourth-, even sixth-generation fishmongers.

By Reggie Nadelson

The ninth annual fan event will include discussions on topics such as sobriety, self-care and body image. Here are six to look out for.

By Sarah Bahr

The state is adding restrictions meant to make lockdown drills less scary for children, and will also require schools to notify parents about the exercises ahead of time.

By Shayla Colon

She was, she said, unable to cook a basic meal into her mid-20s. But she went on to a successful career as a restaurateur and an authority on Asian cuisine.

By Alex Williams

The museum said it attracted more local visitors during the past year than it did before the pandemic, but only half the international visitors.

By Zachary Small

Across New York City, people have written their names in places that only a select few ever get to see.

By James Barron

A police procedural drama staged a tent encampment for a film shoot at Queens College. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators felt it trivialized their movement.

By Claire Fahy

The early-morning raid took place on Long Island’s North Shore at the house of Ms. Hochul’s former deputy chief of staff, Linda Sun.

By William K. Rashbaum

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey announced that he would resign in August. Gov. Philip D. Murphy will choose someone to serve the remainder of his term.

By Nicholas Fandos and Tracey Tully

New York City voters will most likely be confronted in November with a referendum that may dilute the City Council’s power on public safety issues, thanks to a panel formed by the mayor.

By Dana Rubinstein

Gregory C. Yetman, the subject of a manhunt last fall, admitted to pepper-spraying law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

By Ed Shanahan

Senator Robert Menendez announced in a letter to Gov. Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey that he would resign as of Aug. 20.

With drumsticks in buckets and hundreds of Champagnes, Coqodaq leans into the city’s weird, giddy, and-the-band-played-on mood.

By Pete Wells

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was facing a possible expulsion vote after his conviction on federal corruption charges last week.

By Nicholas Fandos and Tracey Tully

He brought to his writing a sharp sense of humor, honed in stand-up comedy clubs, and never pulled punches even though he was an unabashed Democrat.

By Sam Roberts

Bibliophiles and film fans leafed through hundreds of books that once belonged to the eminent editor Robert Gottlieb.

By Alex Vadukul

The Senate Ethics Committee is starting to lay the groundwork to possibly expel the New Jersey lawmaker. He faces intensifying pressure to resign before that can happen.

By James Barron

Lawyers for Donald J. Trump challenged the judgment handed down by Justice Arthur F. Engoron, who found that Mr. Trump had conspired to manipulate his net worth to receive favorable terms on loans.

By Jesse McKinley and Ben Protess

The boy, then 16, survived and has been charged in the death of his 14-year-old passenger. His parents were sentenced to probation and ordered to take parenting classes.

By Maria Cramer and Claire Fahy

Justice Erin P. Gall of upstate New York engaged in a “racially offensive, profane” diatribe after people crashed a large party she was attending, a disciplinary body found.

By Ed Shanahan

Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey was found guilty of bribery and corruption last week.

By Nicholas Fandos

Arva Rice, who led the Civilian Complaint Review Board, had criticized the Police Department and sought more power and funding for the independent agency.

By Jeffery C. Mays

This bustling borough of New York City has been the setting for many novels — including the books in this short quiz.

By J. D. Biersdorfer

Gifford Miller, a former City Council speaker who was Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s principal antagonist, has plunged into a new project since leaving politics.

By James Barron

How a Black lieutenant, a gay kiss and a catless ballroom are helping reclaim Broadway classics.

By Jesse Green

There are more than 90,000 taxis, Ubers and Lyfts in New York City, making it hard for those drivers — and everyone else — to maneuver through the streets.

By Alyce McFadden

The Supreme Court has narrowed the legal definition of corruption, with political figures in New York and elsewhere having their convictions overturned as a result.

By Benjamin Weiser

Catching up on the news, appreciating a counterman’s skills and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.