4 Suspects Held in Fatal Carjacking at Mall
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
The men are charged in the death of Dustin J. Friedland, a lawyer who was killed in front of his wife after shopping at the Mall at Short Hills in Millburn.
De Blasio’s Tale of 2 New Yorks Inspires Liberals Beyond City
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Marie De Jesus/Democrat & Chronicle, via Associated Press
Lamenting what she called "two Rochesters," Lovely A. Warren, left, won election as the mayor last month.
Bill de Blasio’s winning campaign for mayor of New York — and his relentless critique of economic inequality in the city — seems to be emboldening liberal elected officials elsewhere.
Ángel Franco/The New York Times
Michael R. Bloomberg on Friday gave his last weekly radio interview as mayor.
A Valedictory Radio Chat for Bloomberg and for His Host
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
An on-air partnership came to an end as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who is leaving office, spoke for the last time with his longtime interlocutor, John R. Gambling, who is retiring.
For a Mayor on His Way Out, a Subway Station on Its Way In
By MATT FLEGENHEIMER
A subway station not expected to open to the public until the summer gets a special visit from New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg.
Indian Envoy Is Transferred to U.N. Post
By GERRY MULLANY
The new position could protect the diplomat, Devyani Khobragade, 39, the deputy consul general in New York, from charges she underpaid a housekeeper.
3 Aides Say Assemblyman Sexually Harassed Them
By THOMAS KAPLAN
Dennis H. Gabryszak, an assemblyman from the Buffalo area, is accused of making sexually explicit comments in the presence of the three aides.
Brooklyn Fire Kills Girl, 16, and Critically Injures Two
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ
A blaze engulfed the two upper floors of a home in Kensington early Friday morning, officials said. The teenager is the fourth person in the last two days killed in fires across New York.
Charges May Be Reduced for Bikers in Manhattan Highway Beating
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A prosecutor told a State Supreme Court judge in Manhattan that he would move to lessen the first-degree assault and gang assault charges because the victim’s injuries were healing.
Tractor-Trailer Kills 8-Year-Old Boy Walking to School in Queens
By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and REBECCA WHITE
The child was walking to school with his sister when he was hit by a truck, and its driver was arrested.
Carriage Driver Is Charged With Animal Cruelty
By MARC SANTORA
The man was arrested in Central Park after a police officer noticed him working a horse that was visibly injured.
Land Leases Are Deferred to de Blasio
By MIREYA NAVARRO
Officials with the New York City Housing Authority said this week that they “do not expect to move” on a controversial plan to lease land to private developers.
Law Will Tighten Oversight of Special Education Providers
By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ
The office of the state comptroller will start routinely auditing all companies that provide services for disabled preschoolers in New York State.
Murray Hill Church’s Neighbors Would Prefer to Look at the Clock
By COREY KILGANNON
Michael Kirby Smith for The New York Times
The Church of Our Saviour, a Catholic parish on Park Avenue and 38th Street.
The bells at the Church of Our Saviour in Midtown Manhattan used to toll twice a day, but a new pastor stepped up the chime schedule to 13 times a day, irritating some neighbors.
Federal Case Is Brought Over Fruit
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
Del Monte claims that 110,000 cartons of bananas that traveled from Guatemala to South Jersey arrived “in a distressed state.”
Nets Look to Get Both Feet in Brooklyn
By ANDREW KEH
The Nets plan to move their basketball operations to Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a final step in their move out of New Jersey.
New Center, but Woes at Historic Site
By FELICIA R. LEE
Even as it prepares to open a $34 million cultural building, the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn faces money problems.
December 20, 2013
Week in Pictures for Dec. 20
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
A slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include a memorial in Newtown, Conn.; the SantaCon celebration in the East Village; and new citizens at a naturalization ceremony in Manhattan.
December 20, 2013
Big Ticket | A Place for Everything for $10.16 Million
By ROBIN FINN
A four-bedroom, four-and-a-half-bath residence on Park Avenue has separate areas for “reception, private life and service” and was the most expensive residential sale of the week.
Around New York
Hungry City | Onomea
Family Recipes From a Hawaiian Kitchen
By LIGAYA MISHAN
At Onomea in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Spam plays a starring role.
Streetscapes
Where the Ghosts Smoke Cigars
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY
Tammany Hall had many clubhouses. One of the most elegant, 207 East 32nd Street, survives.
Crime Scene
Don’t Smoke Crack Here. Please?
By MICHAEL WILSON
In Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a neighborhood known as the epicenter of hipness, a resident finds a very uncool bit of drug paraphernalia.
City Room
Share Your Photos of Light in New York City
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
The Times invites readers who live in New York to take a photograph of how natural light, or the lack of it, affects their daily lives.
The Neediest Cases
Navigating the Road to Becoming a Single Mother
By JOHN OTIS
When she became pregnant as a college freshman, Haley Carter of Jersey City faced family discord, but she has emerged the excited parent of a baby girl.
For more than 100 years, The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund has provided direct assistance to children, families and the elderly in New York. An article will appear daily through Jan. 24 to highlight the help given to people in need.
Multimedia
A Warehouse of Saints and Church Bells
A Staten Island building houses rows of papier-mâché statues of saints, chandeliers, church bells and other precious items from closed or renovated churches.
So Many Cookies, So Little Time
The Cookie Jar, owned by James and Maria Carrozza in the West Brighton neighborhood of Staten Island, offers more than 100 varieties of cookies to satisfy any sweet tooth.
New York Panorama
Every Sunday in the Metropolitan section, a photographer offers a new slice of New York.
The Week in Pictures for Dec. 20
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Big City
A Favor Economy in Which Kind Acts Come With Expected Reciprocity
By GINIA BELLAFANTE
With the rise of a money culture and the competition for status and access, people will spend a lot of time incurring nonmonetary debts and paying them back.
During Religious Season, Nonbelievers Assert Right to Celebrate
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New York secular groups — like atheists and agnostics; skeptics and rationalists; humanists, freethinkers and nontheists — attend potlucks, solstice celebrations and even karaoke outings.
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Twenty hours. More than 30 miles of coastline. Dozens of moments captured. The photographer Todd Heisler walked the perimeter of Manhattan over the course of one day in August.
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