The New York Times

The detention this week of a 5-year-old boy in Minnesota animated protesters in New York City, who faced freezing temperatures.

This is one of five indictments charging Eric Ulrich, the former New York City buildings commissioner under Eric Adams, with taking bribes totaling more than $150,000.

The sergeant, Tiffany Howell, 47, was driving the wrong way on the Taconic State Parkway in New York when she crashed into Manuel Boitel, 61, the state police said.

The resignation of the agent, Tracee Mergen, was the only latest shock wave to have emerged from the Justice Department’s handling of the shooting of Renee Good.

Kaz Daughtry, a former deputy mayor under Eric Adams, was a key contact for federal administration officials involved in the White House’s immigration crackdown.

It will be the latest in at least half a dozen events that the breakaway league has held at Trump Organization resorts in the past four years.

In her first week as governor of New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill is playing hardball to get her choice approved for a key role in Port Authority leadership.

Gov. Kathy Hochul advised New Yorkers to stock up on groceries and other essentials, adding that with 12 to 18 inches of snow in the forecast, no corner of the state would be “immune from Mother Nature’s wrath.”

The famous orchestra, which has never performed in the celebrated theater, is gearing up for a concert Sunday. “It’s going to be a rush,” said the principal cellist.

Plenty of New York City mayors have faced blowback over their handling of blizzards. In several appearances this week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has sought to show he is prepared.

Nearly 15,000 health care workers in New York have been off the job since last week in a labor action affecting some of the city’s major hospitals.

As a strike by health workers stretches into its second week, pay is a major issue in negotiations, even if it’s not discussed much on the picket line.

The mayor and the police commissioner appear to be on the same page, for now. Tensions could erupt over their political differences.