Mr. Adams will be remembered for the drumbeat of scandals that derailed his mayoralty in New York City, a growing affordability crisis and progress on public safety and housing.

The mayor has kept his vow to lower crime in New York City, but the city’s economic recovery has stalled and homelessness has risen.

Housing experts and politicians agree that New York City needs to add hundreds of thousands of new homes. The Real Estate Board of New York is keeping tally.

Linda Sun was accused by federal prosecutors of selling her allegiance and being rewarded handsomely for influence peddling.

Mr. Sanders, a democratic socialist senator from Vermont, has supported New York City’s mayor-elect since the Democratic primary.

Thirty years ago, the newfangled method of paying for New York City’s buses and subways seemed like cutting-edge technology. Now, its days are numbered.

It was more than 100 years ago, and there was no ball to drop. But, a report said, the crowd was “hysterical.”

With the MetroCard retiring at the end of 2025, the OMNY system will become the only way to pay for most transit riders.

The city has bought more than 125,000 acres of land to provide a buffer around water reservoirs. It’s much cheaper than spending billions on filtration systems, officials say.

The show reunited Kristin Chenoweth and Stephen Schwartz for the first time since “Wicked.” It wasn’t enough to counter poor word of mouth and other challenges.

The Metropolitan Opera has invited 70 influencers to help convince a younger, online audience that opera isn’t scary or even unaffordable.

The judge said the administration had to decide by Jan. 5 whether it wanted to “facilitate” the men’s return to the United States or let them contest their initial removals in the federal courts.

The lawsuit, against the prominent Off Broadway theater, is backed by Edward Blum, who has long challenged race-based policies. Playwrights called it “meritless.”

Ronald Hicks, the next head of the New York archdiocese, is likely to set a different tone from Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a conservative.

A graphic designer recently discovered documents belonging to a distant relative, George Jones, the newspaper’s founding publisher.

The man was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon in Kearny, N.J., hours after a fire broke out in the building in which he was hiding.

Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as New York City’s new mayor on Jan. 1, alongside a party spanning seven blocks that will accommodate 40,000 spectators, his transition team said.

This is the busiest season for Syed Rahmani, who has been tending to well-heeled guests for 27 years.

If you’ve seen a chaotic scene on TikTok lately with people clamoring for brightly colored handbags, chances are good that it was for Pierre Laborde.

The festive fairs have become vital to the success of many artists and retailers. But the booths are expensive, and the payoffs aren’t guaranteed.

For three weeks, defense lawyers argued that searches of Luigi Mangione’s bag were unconstitutional. But state prosecutors have other evidence — and a federal prosecution looms.

There are almost 4,500 people on a waiting list to get into Nine26, a monthly Dominican-themed supper club.

An Upper West Side pizza taste test, a can in need of opening and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

For 90 years, nothing has marked the holiday season in the city quite like taking a spin (or a tumble) on the rink.

An upstate New York district, where most students are Native American, placed its superintendent on leave after images of a wooden box in a classroom spread on social media.

The meetings began in 1943 in a German enclave in Manhattan. When the last member to experience life under Hitler died, the original purpose was gone.

Angela Vranich, the co-founder of Little Spoon, tries new smoothie flavors as she keeps up with her sheepadoodle, workout schedule and grown-up friends.

The man convicted of taking billions has advised the former president of Honduras and Sean Combs, among others. He said in an interview that he helps in ways overwhelmed lawyers cannot.

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, say Attorney General Pam Bondi should have recused herself from the case.

The accident on Friday evening shut down the Montclair-Boonton Line in Montclair, N.J. Service had resumed by Saturday morning.

Gov. Kathy Hochul struck down a decades-old provision that raised gas bills for millions of New Yorkers. The move could help curb the use of fossil fuels.

The G.O.P. congresswoman who ran as a moderate but became an “ultra MAGA” Trump acolyte ultimately found herself undermined by the president and politically adrift.

The bill, which lawmakers passed in June, will be modified to more closely match a similar law in California, at Big Tech’s urging.

Hundreds of people had rallied for the family in New York City after they were separated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in November.