ENTERTAINMENT
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Ben Keller is redefining public art in New York City
In recent months, at the top of the 2nd Ave subway stop, there was a beautiful portrait of a pair of swans. A few blocks away on the Lower East Side, The Ridge Hotel greeted guests with a beautiful mural of a Middle Eastern Woman. In Bushwick, commuters have paused to look at the portrait that honors the late Iryna…
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Appeals court rules people can’t sue over forced abortion under the Adult Survivors Act
Unauthorized abortions are not a type of sexual abuse a person can sue over under New York’s lookback window for sexual assault, a state appeals court said Tuesday in a novel ruling. The Appellate Division, First Department ruled against Yolanda Murray, a woman whose 2023 Adult Survivors Act suit alleged a Planned Parenthood physician gave her an abortion she didn’t…
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‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’ comes and goes
The new Broadway revival of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” gets a lot right. Scene by scene, it often captures the richness of August Wilson’s writing. But it never quite builds into a fully satisfying whole, and several key performances remain a work in progress. Among the 10 plays that make up Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, this 1910s-set drama stands as…
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EXCLUSIVE | Mamdani administration powers forward with solar panel push in NYC schools
The Mamdani administration is celebrating a sweeping effort to install solar panels across New York City’s public school system on Thursday with the completion of the city’s 130th installation at Marie Curie High School in the Bronx. The project builds on the city’s ongoing NYC Solar Schools Program, which to date has helped generate 27.5 megawatts of renewable energy capacity…
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Battery Park City Authority tells court it can’t move forward with Lower Manhattan flood protection work without condo access
The state authority behind a $2 billion Lower Manhattan flood resiliency project says a condo owner’s refusal to let it into their building could derail the coastal flood risk management system it’s working to build along the southern tip of Manhattan. The Battery Park City Authority (BPCA) took Cove Club Condominium to court last week, arguing that if a judge…
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Mamdani shrugs off Trump attack that he will ‘ruin’ NYC, defends tax on luxury second homes
A proposal to tax some of New York City’s priciest part-time homes is giving Mayor Zohran Mamdani another fiscal win with Gov. Kathy Hochul — but a minor setback in his chummy relationship with President Donald Trump. This week, Hochul said she wants state lawmakers to let the city impose a surcharge on non-primary residences valued at more than $5…
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Seeking a lift: Queens lawmaker urges MTA to equip more 7 train stations with elevators
A Queens state lawmaker on Tuesday urged the MTA to make more 7 train stations running through the borough more accessible to all residents. Assembly Member Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas (D-Queens), as part of her campaign to unseat state Sen. Jessica Ramos (D-Queens), called on the transit agency to install elevators at four 7 train stations that are currently inaccessible to riders…
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Knicks Secure No. 3 Seed in Eastern Conference following 112-95 win over Raptors
Nov 19, 2025; Dallas, Texas, USA; New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) brings the ball up court against the Dallas Mavericks during the second half at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Jalen Brunson’s 29 points led the New York Knicks to a 112-95 win over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. It was…
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Graceland London and the collapse of moral distance
There is, perhaps, a particular seduction to vice that I have never quite resisted, a curiosity that evolved into attachment and, if one is being honest, into a kind of intimacy with it. Pleasure, excess, indulgence—these are not foreign languages, nor are they easily dismissed, as they sit uncomfortably close to the pursuit of beauty itself. To be drawn to…
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Mamdani celebrates Easter Sunday, gears up to mark 100 days in office
After a quiet Saturday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani spent Easter Sunday celebrating with New York City Christians across Brooklyn and the Bronx. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell Saturday and Sunday, April 4-5, marked the 94th and 95th days of Zohran Mamdani’s term as mayor. amNewYork is following Mamdani around his first 100 days in office. We are closely tracking his progress on…
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