Catched from the NYtimes

More friends of Metropolitan Diary, including the chef Daniel Humm and the writer Jennifer Egan, help mark the column’s 50th anniversary by sharing their New York City stories.

A teenager traveling with her grandmother filmed a video as the seaplane they were flying in crashed in the East River. They were rescued along with four other passengers, the pilot and a crew member.

The spill, at a plant just north of New York City, continued from Thursday night to Friday afternoon. It was not expected to affect the city’s Fourth of July celebrations.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani says that the sport embodies his political identity, even as the World Cup has been colored by corporate greed and geopolitical concerns.

While grand ships with billowing sails made their way in the Hudson River, a crew in a modest tugboat kept watch on the high-traffic day on the water.

Dry Dock Pool in Lower Manhattan is one of New York City’s 51 free outdoor pools where more than one million New Yorkers cool off with swimming, sunblock and community.

With Taylor Swift’s wedding on Friday, Midtown Manhattan will present some logistical challenges to drivers and pedestrians.

Assemblyman Robert Smullen, who lost a Republican primary, will not run on the Conservative Party line in his bid to replace Representative Elise Stefanik.

In a nearly 13-minute address, Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York highlighted the nation’s diversity and criticized those who would deprive immigrants of freedom.

The swimmer was treated for a minor foot injury after being bitten by “unknown marine life,” New York State officials said.