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Mira Nair Finds a New Audience as Mother of Zohran Mamdani

By: Anupreeta Das —
“I feel like we have given him to the world,” the filmmaker said in a conversation with The New York Times. Her next movie is about one of India’s greatest artists.

Mira Nair, the acclaimed film director and mother of Zohran Mamdani, in Amritsar, India, in March.

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How Mamdani’s Budget Announcement Went Viral Far Beyond New York

By: Emma Goldberg —
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s executive budget was met with hero worship online. What did the social media chatter miss about the messy reality of municipal policymaking?

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s executive budget release earlier this month was given the star treatment by some of his followers on social media.

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Thousands of N.Y.C. Jobs Could Be Lost to A.I. Boom, Report Says

By: Emma Goldberg —
A report by the New York City comptroller argues that the city’s economy will be transformed by artificial intelligence. “We’ve never seen anything like this,” he said.

A report by Mark Levine, the New York City comptroller, marks the first major effort by the city’s leaders to engage with the looming question of how A.I. will affect it.

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He Sued the N.Y.P.D. He Advised ‘Homeland.’ Now He’s Mamdani’s Lawyer.

By: Emma Goldberg —
Ramzi Kassem is accustomed to challenging authority. As the chief counsel to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City, he finds himself on the other side.

Ramzi Kassem, who once sued the New York Police Department for its surveillance of Muslim Americans, is now advising the mayor on police matters.

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World Cup Fever Brings More Soccer Pitches to N.Y.C.

By: Alyson Krueger and Graham Dickie —
Companies, government organizations, nonprofits and schools work to make pitches available to play.

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In First Campaign Ad, Schlossberg Leans on a Well-Known Name: Pelosi

By: Nicholas Fandos —
Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of John F. Kennedy, is among a slate of Democrats seeking to replace Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York.
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A.I.-Themed High School Is Put on Hold After Parental Backlash

By: Matthew Haag —
Families in New York City expressed concerns about the rapid adoption of the technology. The schools chancellor also canceled a plan to close two Upper West Side schools.

Demonstrators rallied in April against the use of generative artificial intelligence in New York City schools.

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A Virtual Escape for Rikers Inmates

By: Nicole Carpenter and Abdul Kircher —
The New York jail complex uses video games as part of its strategy to reduce violence with programming for good behavior.

The games that are available on Rikers do not include realistic violence. Forbidden titles include those from the Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty franchises.

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80s Tomorrow, 50s Next Week? New York Rides a Weather Roller Coaster.

By: Emily Lang —
Although Monday wasn’t as springlike as expected, people still were drawn to the beach. By midweek, the city is likely to see summer temperatures.

A couple bundled up to sit on the boardwalk at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

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Trump and New York Are in a Tug of War Over Medicaid Coverage

By: Joseph Goldstein —
With tough new regulations looming in the president’s domestic policy bill, officials are coming up with plans to keep New Yorkers insured.

For Dr. Alister Martin, New York City’s new health commissioner, keeping New Yorkers insured could prove to be the main challenge of his tenure.

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Eric Adams, Citizen of the World, Becomes an Actual Citizen of Albania

By: Emma Goldberg —
Mr. Adams, the former mayor of New York City, has expressed fondness for Albania, visiting the country in his last weeks in office.

Mayor Eric Adams has long had a soft spot in his heart for a certain Balkan nation.

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What to Know About the Cold Snap in NYC This Weekend

By: Taylor Robinson —
Cold-weary New Yorkers will get hit by another blast of frigid weather. Here’s what to expect, and what the city is doing to protect the vulnerable.

A biting wind is expected to whip through New York City on Saturday night, creating wind chills of 15 to 25 degrees below zero.

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NYC Is Still Covered in Grimy Snow and Ice. Will It Ever Melt?

By: Todd Heisler and John Leland —
Ah, those first wondrous hours of a snowstorm in New York. Two weeks later, the sidewalks are sooty and treacherous, and the parked cars are frozen in surrender.

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Mamdani Responds Cautiously After the Police Kill 2 People in One Night

By: Maia Coleman and Maria Cramer —
Mayor Zohran Mamdani did not call the shootings justified, but said New York Police officers were placed in “incredibly difficult and dangerous circumstances.”

On Friday, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani repeated plans for a new agency that would respond to mental health crises in the wake of two fatal shootings by the police.

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Mamdani Condemns Slurs and Pro-Hamas Chant at Heated Queens Protest

By: Liam Stack and Nate Schweber —
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators hurled threats at each other outside an event promoting real estate sales in Jerusalem. The mayor said those actions had “no place in our city.”

The protesters squared off on Thursday night across police barricades in front of a synagogue in Kew Gardens Hills, a neighborhood with a sizable population of Orthodox Jews.

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Mamdani’s First Big Move to Help Renters Is Dealt a Blow by Court

By: Mihir Zaveri —
Summit Properties USA won an auction on Friday to buy more than 5,000 apartments out of bankruptcy from the Pinnacle Group despite City Hall’s efforts to intervene.

The Union of Pinnacle Tenants protested Summit Properties USA’s effort to buy Pinnacle Group properties on Thursday. Both companies appear to have many reported housing violations.

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Zohran Mamdani Is Sworn In as Mayor of New York City

By: Dana Rubinstein —
Zohran Mamdani officially took office as mayor after the New Year’s Eve ball drop, in a private ceremony held at a shuttered relic of the city’s subway.

Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in as mayor of New York City at the old City Hall subway station early Thursday.

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On His Last Day, Adams Drops From View but Still Flexes His Muscle

By: Jeffery C. Mays —
Mayor Eric Adams had one public appearance on his schedule, but that didn’t stop him from naming a third charter commission in the last hours of his administration.

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A Farewell Ride With the MetroCard, on Every Transit Line That Uses It

By: Victor Mather —
Two Times journalists joined Miles Taylor, a YouTuber and transport enthusiast, on a daylong journey across New York City area buses and trains before sale of the card ends on Dec. 31.

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