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The Justice Department lost a bid to challenge a decision that had found Ms. Habba was serving unlawfully as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor.

A friendly encounter on a slow train, Penn Station problems and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

With as much as a foot of snow expected to fall across the city, schools will be closed on Monday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.

A super PAC affiliated with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee is running ads against Tom Malinowski, who is hoping to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey in the House.

Jennifer Mnookin has led the flagship campus of the state university system since 2022. She takes the helm at Columbia after a tumultuous period.

The city got about nine inches of snow and at least one person died from exposure to the cold as Mayor Zohran Mamdani faced his first big test in nuts-and-bolts governing.

About 150 homes were evacuated overnight on Saturday after a gas explosion set off a four-alarm blaze at a public housing complex.

The current mayor of New York City has diverged from his predecessors by joining the striking nurses. Past labor disputes have often involved scolding.

Getting a seat inside the studio at “Saturday Night Live” involves persistence and good humor. Some people build their weekends around it.

Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are scrutinizing Mr. Carone, who served as chief of staff during Eric Adams’s first year as mayor of New York.