New York City

Federal records show that Jeffrey Epstein used donations and connections as he sought to gain college admission for young women in his orbit.

The former New York mayor paid a Conflicts of Interest Board fine for having City Hall employees assist in attacking former Gov. Andrew Cuomo over sexual harassment allegations.

Molly Wasow Park, a holdover from the Eric Adams administration, said her resignation was unrelated to the recent wave of cold-related deaths in New York City.

Bruce Blakeman, the likely Republican candidate for governor of New York, had decided on his running mate, but things quickly got complicated.

As weekend temperatures fell into the single digits, New York City operated 65 warming centers where people could find cots, chairs and a respite from the cold.

Maria Antonia Cay, known as Toñita, runs a social club that for decades has helped Puerto Ricans feel at home in New York. The halftime show gave her a star turn at 85.

A person was found dead in the Bronx on Saturday morning, the police said. An 81-year-old man was also found dead on a rooftop, though it was unclear whether the cold was to blame.

A little help up a Brooklyn hill in the rain, loose shoes in Gramercy and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Plans to confine migrants in retrofitted buildings have ignited bipartisan dissent as the country has grown more critical of immigration officials.

Mr. Lutnick had claimed to have distanced himself from Jeffrey Epstein even before the disgraced financier was convicted of a sex crime in Florida.