The New York Times

The last mate of Pale Male, a celebrity hawk, has returned to their Upper East Side address with a new partner, and a baby chick has been seen.

Citizens Union, a government watchdog group, suggested that although Mr. Adams’s federal indictment was dropped, his alleged offenses would still be state crimes.

A lawsuit challenges the police practice of shackling mentally ill arrestees in New York, sometimes for long periods, while they await arraignment in locked psychiatric wards.

A Honduran man was taken into custody on Tuesday in New York City, which his lawyers said violated a prohibition imposed a day earlier. Hours later, the man was released.

The deaths, of a 40-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, bring to four the number of fatalities at Rikers Island this year.

A musical version of the 1980s tear-jerker will close months earlier than planned after opening in April to negative reviews and soft sales.

Details are still emerging about the contract reached after a three-day strike that shut down America’s busiest passenger rail service. But the fallout could be felt for years.

Federal prosecutors are negotiating with Hugo and Mariano Jinkis, a father and son from Argentina, who after more than a decade suddenly agreed to meet in Brooklyn.

The woman had parked her S.U.V., then got out and plunged 10 feet into the uncovered hole managed by Con Edison, prompting an investigation.

The children’s 1-year-old brother, Liam, also died as a result of the fire. Officials said there has been a sharp increase in fire deaths this year.

Meju, in Queens (No. 4 on The Times’s list of New York’s 100 best), focuses first on healing and nourishment. Bonus: The food tastes terrific.

Transit officials and unions representing Long Island Rail Road employees agreed to a new contract on Monday, ending a three-day strike. But service remained limited on Tuesday morning.

The fast success of this play, about the children’s author Roald Dahl, is a rarity on Broadway, where most shows lose money.

Sam Zygmuntowicz, who is being honored by the Chamber Music Society, is an instrument maker who crafts many of the string instruments used by its performers.