Father and Daughter Who Sold Fake Warhols Plead Guilty in Forgery Scheme
Erwin Bankowski and Karolina Bankowska, of New Jersey, commissioned a Polish artist to create counterfeit artworks that sold for a total of over $2 million.
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High-Profile Race in Manhattan District Won’t Be Called Until Next Week
The City Council special election pitting Lindsey Boylan, backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, against Carl Wilson, a community activist, will go to a second round. Mr. Wilson had a substantial lead.
Man Accuses N.Y.P.D. Detectives in Legal Filing of Brutal Assault
Timothy Brown said he had been humiliated and injured after he was punched and kicked by police during a wrongful arrest that was caught on video.
New York Keeps Getting Hotter. Utilities Can Still Cut Off the Power.
A new statewide policy detailing when utilities can stop service for unpaid bills during heat waves has resulted in weaker rules for New York City.
A.I.-Themed High School Is Put on Hold After Parental Backlash
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.
Inside a Once-Grand Building That Housed the Vulnerable for a Century
A shelter for men near Bellevue Hospital is closing. It is a symbol of an approach to homelessness that the Mamdani administration hopes to leave behind.
Rep. Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey Makes His First Statement About Mysterious Absence
Representative Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey, who has missed nearly two months of votes in Washington, said he expected to fully recover from a “personal medical issue” but gave no other details.
A Guilty Plea in Jam Master Jay’s Murder, Two Decades Later
Jay Bryant’s admission of guilt on Monday was the first time anyone had publicly acknowledged orchestrating the 2002 killing of Jam Master Jay, the D.J. of Run-DMC.
‘I Moved Away, Yet She Continued to Call on My Birthday Every Year’
A Manhattan friendship endures, a clown to the rescue and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
The Mother Who Will Not Speak
When Jacqueline Pritchett’s 11-year-old son, Jacob, vanished last year, she refused to acknowledge that he existed. Her life is as mysterious as his disappearance.