New York City

Six women in their 70s, all married and all mothers and grandmothers, gather twice a month without fail. They credit their close-knit families to their longstanding friendships.

The Trump administration says refugees and asylum seekers can never get food stamps, but attorneys general from New York and nearly two dozen other states say that is unlawful.

Julie Menin, a councilwoman from the Upper East Side, was seen by some supporters as a necessary check on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist with an ambitious policy agenda.

New York City loves to tell stories about itself. In the new low-budget film “Bunny,” the East Village of the ’90s — before Whole Foods and Target arrived — is a nostalgic template.

Nechemya Weberman, convicted of molesting a 12-year-old girl in a politically charged case, is seeking a new, shorter sentence with the Brooklyn district attorney’s support.

Gaten Matarazzo, a breakout star of Netflix’s megahit horror series, attends Rangers hockey games with his dad and walks the Hudson River with his girlfriend.

Prosecutors argue that Mr. Mangione can receive a fair trial, despite his lawyers’ concerns about “damaging” statements from the attorney general about the murder case.

As fewer people carry cash, vendors, street performers and people experiencing homelessness and unemployment are at a disadvantage.

As a boy in Brooklyn, Adrien Nunez dreamed of playing in the N.B.A. He got close, but it turns out he had a gift for singing at the top of his lungs in his car.

The group, which powered Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rise in 2018, is backing Darializa Avila Chevalier’s primary challenge against Representative Adriano Espaillat.