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  1. scams
    My Monster TenantHe moved into our Noho loft — then tore out most of the interior walls. Turns out it wasn’t his first impromptu demolition.
    By Suzanne Seggerman
  2. social studies
    How the Family of Birds in My Yard Became Internet StarsWho knew there was so much drama in nesting season?
    By David Pogue
  3. profile
    In the Shack With Robert CaroThe Power Broker is turning 50. His final LBJ book is almost — well, he won’t say exactly, but he’s trying for 900 words a day.
    By Christopher Bonanos
  4. power
    Everyone Knew About the A-TeamHow did the Alexander brothers become real-estate elites while allegedly raping or assaulting more than a dozen women?
    By Bridget Read and James D. Walsh
  5. biography of a building
    Turtle Bay Gardens
    There Are Hidden Gardens and Then There’s Turtle Bay GardensIn the East 40s, 19 townhouses — where Stephen Sondheim, Robert Gottlieb, and Katharine Hepburn all once lived — surround a lush garden.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  6. urban fauna
    The City’s Crawling With Feral CatsObsessed volunteers are the only thing standing between the city and a stream of disease-ridden cats. They’re barely making a dent.
    By Molly Osberg
  7. are u coming?
    What Is Stonewall in 2024?A touristy dive bar, an unfinished liberation movement, and now a visitor center within the National Park Service.
    By Brock Colyar
  8. early and often
    Is Pete Buttigieg Doing a Good Job?Trains are derailing. Plane parts are falling from the sky. And a former mayor of South Bend is overseeing it all.
    By Bryce Covert
  9. games
    New Jackpot CityEleven rivals. Countless billions. One prize: the right to build a casino in the heart of New York.
    By Noah Shachtman
  10. power
    ‘Mitzvah Night Is CANCELLED’Inside the sex strike that has infuriated husbands and shaken the ultra-Orthodox world.
    By Talia Lavin
  11. neighborhoods
    The Squatters of Beverly HillsAfter a fugitive doctor abandoned his mansion, an enterprising group of party throwers slid in, upending the lives of their wealthy neighbors.
    By Bridget Read
  12. migrant crisis
    The Migrants Outside St. BrigidThe city’s campaign to push migrants out has turned their lives into an interminable loop.
    By Jay Bulger and Paula Aceves
  13. operators
    The Ugliest Divorce in Manhattan Real EstateHFZ’s luxury developers staked their futures on Bjarke Ingels’s High Line debut and lost everything.
    By James D. Walsh
  14. chapters
    The Busiest Basement in Jackson HeightsThe pandemic turned Nuala O’Doherty-Naranjo into an activist. Then the migrant crisis arrived.
    By Eric Klinenberg
  15. street view
    A Bad Office Can (Maybe) Become a Good ApartmentThe challenges and complexities of cubicles out, bedrooms in.
    By Justin Davidson
  16. parenting
    Living in a One-Bedroom With Kids — by ChoiceSome parents are more committed to their pricey New York City neighborhoods than to having a door to their bedroom.
    By Laura Fenton
  17. housing
    My New Apartment’s Most Aggravating FeatureNew York homes come with standard headaches. This might be the dumbest one yet.
    By Lane Brown
  18. street view
    Our Radical, Practical NYCHA MakeoverFor Curbed, Peterson Rich’s architects propose balconies, energy efficiency, and adding mixed-income low-rises.
    By Justin Davidson
  19. reasons to love new york
    Reasons to Love New York Right NowMaybe because the year was so challenging, our 37 reasons to love New York this year feel even dearer.
    By The Editors
  20. getting around
    A Postcard From Driverless San FranciscoUnexplained stops. Incensed firefighters. Cars named Oregano. The robotaxis are officially here.
    By Theodore Gioia
  21. crime
    The Radio Host and the Real Estate ScamVictims allege that The Breakfast Club host used his clout to rope them into a Ponzi scheme.
    By Matt Stieb
  22. street fights
    The Great ‘Fentanyl Trash Can’ Freak-outHow competing text threads, park litter, and a tragic Bronx day-care death made Brooklyn parents lose their minds.
    By Clio Chang
  23. games
    What Money Can’t Buy Steve CohenThe billionaire hedge-funder is used to getting what he wants. His time as Mets owner and casino bidder is a whole different ballgame.
    By Andrew Rice
  24. first person
    My Quest to Downsize Without Throwing Anything AwayA big old house full of belongings — could I find them a new life?
    By David Pogue
  25. profile
    Park Slope Parents Is Old Enough to Order a DrinkSusan Fox wanted to build a community. She never expected to birth an archetype.
    By Emily Gould
  26. the city politic
    The Unwise GuyA top official in the Adams administration gambled with the mob and, allegedly, took bribes.
    By James D. Walsh
  27. architecture
    Inside the City’s Gleaming New Performance CubeThe Perelman Performing Arts Center is a standout at the reconstructed World Trade Center site. Will people come?
    By Justin Davidson
  28. the year i ate new york
    The Street Vendors Fighting for a Space in Sunset ParkPlaza Tonatiuh is a spirit and the spirit is resilient.
    By E. Alex Jung
  29. the city
    The Candy SellersThe lives and livelihoods of some of the city’s newest migrant children.
    By Jordan Salama
  30. loud town
    The Noise Next DoorTyquan Pleasant knocked on his neighbor’s door to ask her to stop the ear-shattering music and banging. Shaun Pyles heard a threat.
    By Adriane Quinlan
  31. city people
    What Dan Doctoroff BuiltUnder Mayor Bloomberg, the power broker remade the city with astonishing speed. Now, as New York is again mired in crisis, he faces his own.
    By Justin Davidson
  32. office apocalypse
    New Glut CityThe city’s mega-office landlords are panicking, pivoting, and shedding what’s worthless. One opens his books.
    By Andrew Rice
  33. the rent is too damn high
    Are the Landlords Bluffing?They say thousands of rent stabilized apartments are too cheap and too far gone to rent. You’ll just have to take their word for it.
    By Clio Chang
  34. street fights
    The IHOP Kingpin vs. the American RevolutionariesWhen Domenic Broccoli set out to expand his pancake empire to upstate New York, he didn’t expect to find a grave site — or start a war.
    By Reeves Wiedeman
  35. style
    Welcome to BodeworldHow big can a “farm to table” downtown menswear brand inspired by Grandma’s tablecloths and old quilts get and still be cool?
    By Brock Colyar
  36. housing
    A Sale and a Suicide on East 12th StreetAfter a private-equity firm bought an East Village apartment complex, one of the tenants jumped. Neighbors say he was right to be paranoid.
    By Bridget Read
  37. the dream-life calculator
    Can I Afford to Live Like This?We asked young New Yorkers about their dream futures. Then we calculated exactly how much each would cost.
  38. urbanism
    Spiraling in San Francisco’s Doom LoopWhat it’s like to live in a city that no longer believes its problems can be fixed.
    By Elizabeth Weil
  39. report
    The Blood Feud Brewing Inside Nom Wah Tea ParlorA family fight threatens the iconic Doyers Street restaurant.
    By Chris Crowley
  40. seen
    Give Me the Full Immersive!From Kahlo to Klimt, Van Gogh to Tut, immersive experiences are saturating New York. They’re pricey and schlocky and — surprisingly — not half bad.
    By Adam Platt
  41. rabbit holes
    There’s Something Off About LED BulbsHave you started to notice, too?
    By Tom Scocca
  42. report
    Last Stand of the Hot Dog King“This is like the Alamo.”
    By Chris Crowley
  43. early and often
    Who Wants to Be Mayor?Chicago’s boss is in danger of being thrown from office, in a warning sign for other Democrats.
    By Ross Barkan
  44. power
    Crime of the CenturiesTomb raiders, crooked art dealers, and museum curators fed billionaire Michael Steinhardt’s addiction to antiquities. Many also happened to be stolen.
    By Greg Donahue
  45. the housing market
    New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much?Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.
    By Lane Brown
  46. rikers
    How a Rikers Unit That Protects Trans Women Fell ApartA decade ago, New York set out to lead the nation in efforts to support incarcerated trans people. Now they are stranded in all-male housing units.
    By George Joseph
  47. biography of a building
    A Queens Co-Op Full of ElectriciansIt remains basically as it was imagined in 1949: a surprisingly affordable city-within-a-city.
    By Kayla Levy
  48. crime
    Here’s Why Everything at Walgreens Is Suddenly Behind PlasticThe recent spike in shoplifting is both overblown and real. And almost everyone is profiting from it (including you).
    By James D. Walsh
  49. first person
    I Lost My Brother TwiceFirst to schizophrenia, then forever to the city.
    By Alex Brook Lynn
  50. the city politic
    The Queens Native Tasked With Making Legal Weed WorkChristopher Alexander is building New York’s budding market from scratch.
    By Mychal Denzel Smith
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