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- Last Tango in the GuggenheimMembers of the dance company Ballet Hispánico weren’t the only ones who swirled amid the art in the museum’s rotunda during a recent presentation and tango class.
- How Melissa Samuel, a Celebrity Nail Artist, Spends Her SundaysMelissa Samuel, the nail artist behind the brand Finesse Your Claws, has French toast and calls her mother, then heads to the studio to make a custom 3-D set.
- The High School Dropout Hoping to Build a Legal Weed Empire in New YorkMichael Flynn believes selling cannabis is his destiny. Do his ambitious expansion efforts violate state law?
- Their Catholic School Went Broke. They Found Another. It Went Broke Too.The girls of St. Barnabas had to scramble to find a new high school. All Hallows rescued them, opening its doors to girls for the first time in 115 years. Then, in January, a familiar email arrived.
- Columbia University’s President, Katrina Armstrong, ResignsKatrina Armstrong is leaving the post a week after the university agreed to a list of demands from the White House.
- Judge Expected to Rule Within Days on Moving Mahmoud Khalil’s Case From LouisianaThe government wants the detainee’s case heard in Louisiana, where an appellate judge may be friendlier. At a hearing in Newark, one of his lawyers called the situation “Kafkaesque.”
- How to Beat Cuomo and Adams? The Working Families Party Has a Plan.The left-leaning political party is seeking to avoid a repeat of 2021, when its top candidates were also-rans in the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City.
- With Cuomo Leading NYC Mayor’s Race, His Political Baggage Grows HeavierRumors resurfaced of a relationship between Andrew Cuomo and his top aide, the latest reminder that the former governor’s record presents plenty of targets for his opponents.
- Jean Rice, Advocate for the Homeless, Is Dead at 85Homeless himself, he was for nearly two decades a pivotal member of Picture the Homeless, a group devoted to changing negative perceptions of the unhoused.
- MoMA’s New Director Will Be Christophe CherixThe Museum of Modern Art in New York is promoting Christophe Cherix, the chief curator of its drawings and prints department. It will be his first time leading an institution.
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- A Scrum of Their OwnWomen’s Elite Rugby, the first professional women’s league in the United States, kicked off this month, offering a new opportunity for athletes hoping to compete in the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
- Is Boogie Fland the Next Legendary New York City Point Guard?In some ways, the prodigy now starring for Arkansas in the N.C.A.A. tournament is an urban basketball archetype. But this is not the same old story.
- Homes for Sale in Connecticut and New YorkThis week’s properties are a three-bedroom house in Stamford, Conn., and a four-bedroom house in Scarsdale, N.Y.
- Road Salt From Suburban Roads Is Damaging N.Y.C. Drinking WaterA new environmental report finds that rising salt levels in New York City’s water supply could make some of it undrinkable by the turn of the century.
- Homes for Sale in New Jersey and New YorkThis week’s properties are four-bedroom in South Orange, N.J., and a three-bedroom in Rye Brook, N.Y.
- Amy Irving Reflects on Her Home and Upcoming Willie Nelson Covers AlbumThe actor reflected on what means most to her, as she gets ready to release an album of Willie Nelson covers.
- Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87A Democrat, she represented Westchester County for three decades and became the first woman to lead the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
- How a Russian Mobster Stalked an Iranian Dissident in BrooklynKhalid Mehdiyev was sent to America to establish a beachhead for his gang. The organization then gave him a mission: Kill Masih Alinejad.
- The Searing Memories of the Pandemic’s Early DaysFive years after Covid-19 hit New York, we are still trying to comprehend the impact it had on the city and the losses we suffered.
- As Utility Bills Soar, New Yorkers Face the Cost of a Greener FutureThe utility that serves New York City and Westchester County has filed a request to raise its rates to help pay for the shift to cleaner energy, sparking dismay among residents.
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