New York

Linda Sun, a former aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, was charged with 10 criminal counts that included visa fraud, money laundering and other crimes.

By Reuters and The Associated Press

In her first review as interim critic, Melissa Clark visits Lola’s, whose produce-driven cooking is familiar but lifted by brilliant twists and tweaks.

By Melissa Clark

The show, nominated for three Tony Awards, opened March 14 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater. It will go on a national tour starting next September.

By Michael Paulson

The former New York governor, who has already testified behind closed doors to the Republican-led House panel investigating the coronavirus pandemic, has agreed to appear on Sept. 10.

By Luke Broadwater

In “Edges of Ailey,” a new exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the choreographer takes center stage. It’s another revelation.

By Gia Kourlas

The movement of the ground in Rancho Palos Verdes is threatening homes. But as the city searches for solutions, many residents are committed to staying.

By Corina Knoll and Loren Elliott

As interest in tennis increases, so do the crowds at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

By Jesus Jiménez

Donald J. Trump did not plan to attend the gala event at his venue in Bedminster, N.J., but it highlighted his efforts to rewrite the history of the attack on the Capitol.

By Alan Feuer

His Old World craftsmanship extended from Canterbury Cathedral in England to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in Manhattan.

By Richard Sandomir

Sal Strazzullo made a flashy career of representing minor celebrities and those in their orbit. His own affluence was a facade.

By Maia Coleman

A brisk April day in Manhattan, an overdue introduction on the F and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

The judge said a loophole exempting casinos from a statewide ban on indoor smoking did not keep workers from pursuing employment in smoke-free environments.

By Erin Nolan and Hurubie Meko

Botic van de Zandschulp’s career has had its ups and downs. But a pair of Manhattan financiers he knew as a boy in the Netherlands have become part of his “team.”

By David Waldstein

In New York’s Nassau County, the Roller Rebels have joined with civil rights lawyers to face down the Republican county executive, Bruce Blakeman.

By Corey Kilgannon

In each of New York City’s boroughs, decrepit piers that once fed city industries have been brought back to life. Out over the water, they offer beauty, fun and respite from the city’s buzz.

By Liam Stack

Hilary Sheinbaum, who wrote “The Dry Challenge,” spends her Sundays running, gossiping over tennis and not (really) drinking alcohol.

By Lia Picard

The group, which had previously resisted defining “antisemitism,” issued a definition, and called on the university to institute anti-bias training and revamp its systems for handling complaints.

By Claire Fahy

He pioneered the bookstore-as-superstore, a retail behemoth that dominated the industry before Amazon overtook it with its online reach.

By Penelope Green

The annual Labor Day extravaganza lights up Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn on Monday. Preparade festivities begin Sunday.

By Tiffany Martinbrough

As she departs the acclaimed nonprofit, Rothman discussed why women need to be in leadership, her Tony Awards mic drop and the “perfect production.”

By Michael Paulson

Under new outdoor dining rules, inspectors are ticketing some restaurants and coffeehouses that have a few chairs or tables outside but no formal structures.

By Claire Fahy and Nate Schweber

The brand-new building was designed to hold 72 dogs. After only a month, it already has more than twice that.

By Alyce McFadden

The long-shot request, which the former president made Thursday night, is an attempt to avoid sentencing in his criminal case, scheduled for Sept. 18.

By Ben Protess and Jonah E. Bromwich

The subway isn't just buried in the bedrock of New York City — it's embedded within its fiction, too. These archival photographs and literary quotes transport you through time.

By Erica Ackerberg and Tina Jordan

The findings may help the candidate, State Senator John Mannion, in his bid to unseat Representative Brandon Williams in a tossup race.

By Nicholas Fandos

Transit officials announced an effort to curb rampant fare evasion on city buses that has cost the agency hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue.

By Ana Ley and Anusha Bayya

Tennis players rarely break strings anymore, but they still want their rackets to be given a fresh set.

By Lola Fadulu

This week’s properties are in Greenwich Village, SoHo and Jackson Heights.

By Heather Senison

This week’s properties are a five-bedroom in Norwalk, Conn., and a six-bedroom in East Setauket, N.Y.

By Claudia Gryvatz Copquin and Alicia Napierkowski

Districts like New York are revamping elementary school reading instruction. But the middle and high schoolers who don’t read proficiently are an afterthought.

By Troy Closson

Mayor Adams is hoping to persuade his base of Black middle-class and older voters that his re-election bid is being undermined just as David Dinkins’s was in 1993.

By Jeffery C. Mays

Andre Prince, who was convicted of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, used a “stage name” as he worked for companies that also frequently swapped identities.

By Colin Moynihan

Federal prosecutors said Nicole Torres sold election jobs to Bronx residents for $150 apiece. It is just the most recent smudge on the reputation of the New York City Board of Elections.

By Shayla Colon

The Brearley School, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, hopes to diversify its student body with a free tuition program.

By Eliza Shapiro

She was a local New York secret before gaining wider renown as the dressing-room companion of rich, powerful women. A dark past lay beneath her savoir faire.

By Alex Traub

New York and California have become unlikely focal points in the fight for control of the House, as Democrats toil to appeal to wary voters in districts won by President Biden.

By Nicholas Fandos and Catie Edmondson

Joseph DeLucia became increasingly distraught after his mother died and his siblings moved to sell the family home, the police said.

By Shayla Colon

In a Manhattan apartment festooned with animal prints, Renée Demsey, 92, adapts to her newly single life.

By Shivani Vora and George Etheredge

Volunteer ambulance squads are running out of volunteers. What happens when Bob VanCoughnett retires?

By Christopher Maag and Ben Cleeton

Districts and states across the United States have supported restrictions on student usage, but New York City’s leaders are backing away from the idea because of logistical concerns.

By Claire Fahy and Troy Closson

Wesslin Omar Ramirez Castillo was frisked and charged with knife possession after the police stopped him for wearing a ski mask.

By Liam Stack

Members of the City Council questioned the record of Randy Mastro, a former federal prosecutor and aide to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.

By Jeffery C. Mays

The composer is breaking the rules of musical theater and finding an increasingly warm welcome this year for her rock sound. Next up, “Empire Records: The Musical.”

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

About a million bus riders fail to pay the fare every weekday in New York. The transit system needs that revenue.

By Claire Fahy

Go ahead and wear your rubber sandals — even in New York City.

By Casey Michael Henry

Joseph DeLucia, despondent over the sale of the Long Island house where he lived with his mother, killed three siblings, a niece and himself, the police said.

By Corey Kilgannon

A Manhattan trattoria has become the de facto lounge for Italians at the U.S. Open.

By David Waldstein

The 97-year-old roller coaster, a New York landmark, was taken out of service temporarily after a crack was detected in its machinery.

By Maia Coleman

The transformation of cycling access in Paris over the past few years may have lessons for New York and its car-clogged streets.

By Dodai Stewart

New York’s bus system has one of the worst fare evasion problems of any major city in the world. The issue is more pronounced on buses than in the subway.

By Ana Ley

Trying not to fall on a moving train, a message between old friends and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

A failure of cooperation between New York City and federal authorities allowed Daniel Davon-Bonilla, a 24-year-old from Nicaragua, to slip out of the grasp of law enforcement.

By Chelsia Rose Marcius, Maria Cramer and Wesley Parnell

For decades, he ran a school in the New Jersey wilderness that taught thousands of students how to survive and even thrive in the great outdoors.

By Clay Risen

She and her husband, LeRoi Jones, published works by their literary friends. After he left her and became Amiri Baraka, she found her own voice.

By Penelope Green

She was a teacher when she participated in an educational experiment with IBM. As a result, she became the first female video game designer.

By Anna Diamond

The Pompidou Center is creating international outposts to help fund a renovation of its Paris home. What happens now that Jersey City has pulled out?

By Farah Nayeri

These moms have found a community while picking up the sport, falls and all.

By Josh E. Katz and Melissa Guerrero

The tennis tournament, like the rest of New York City, is adapting to climate change.

By Hilary Howard

Kate Mirand Calleri, the director of education at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, braves tarantulas and crowded subways before relaxing with “Antiques Roadshow.”

By Nancy Ruhling

George Helmy was selected for the temporary job by Philip Murphy, New Jersey’s Democratic governor. He said he would caucus and vote with the Democratic Party.

By Tracey Tully

On Saturday, Kenny McPeek’s 3-year-old will try to be the first filly since 1915 to win the Travers Stakes. It could be a boon for a sport whose popularity has dipped.

By Joe Drape

The former aircraft carrier now docked in the Hudson River will host the finale of its free summer movie series on Friday.

By Sarah Bahr

Residents of the Galleria, a Midtown Manhattan apartment building, sued Mr. Copperfield, saying he left his once-ornate condominium in disrepair.

By Michael Wilson

In a prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention, four of the five men exonerated in the 1989 assault of a female jogger said Donald J. Trump’s public attacks were devastating.

By Jeffery C. Mays

The donation is the largest the medical school has received and comes after other donors pulled back because of Columbia’s response to pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

By Joseph Goldstein

Three pet parrots at a Manhattan apartment building irritated their neighbors, who moved to evict them and their owner. The owner took the neighbors to court and was awarded $165,000 in damages.

By Liam Stack and Nate Schweber

New York City’s mayor, who has criticized the White House over the migrant crisis, did not receive a speaking slot at this week’s convention in Chicago.

By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays

The city plans to turn a sanctuary on the edge of Little Italy into housing for older New Yorkers. Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Patti Smith pleaded on the garden’s behalf.

By James Barron

This week’s properties are a six-bedroom house in Albertson, N.Y., and a five-bedroom in Montclair, N.J.

By Jill P. Capuzzo and Claudia Gryvatz Copquin

This week’s properties are in the Gramercy Park neighborhood, Manhattan Valley and Downtown Brooklyn.

By Heather Senison

Thirty-two spots remain unclaimed in the tournament, and the math is as brutal as it is simple. Win three matches, and you’re in.

By David Waldstein

“Fan Week” draws thousands during the qualifying rounds of the tournament, no tickets necessary. You still have to pay for the cocktails, of course.

By David Waldstein

Christie Raleigh Crossley has trained for most of her life to be an Olympic swimmer. After surviving two car crashes and a brain deformity, she is finally going for gold.

By John Leland, Kaitlin Balasaygun and Hannah Yoon

Ms. James, New York’s attorney general, argued that the civil fraud judgment, which the former president has appealed, should stand. It could wipe out his cash reserves.

By Kate Christobek and Ben Protess

Shortly before a talk between a Jewish author and a liberal rabbi, a manager at Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn barred the rabbi from participating, saying, “We don’t want a Zionist onstage.”

By Ginia Bellafante

Her husband, Anthony, was convicted of defrauding his wealthy mother, Brooke Astor. But in the tabloids, Mrs. Marshall often seemed to be the one on trial.

By Clay Risen

Short on cash and losing traction with voters, Mr. Kennedy intends to make a speech about his political future on Friday.

By Rebecca Davis O’Brien, Maggie Haberman and Benjamin Oreskes

An outspoken progressive, he vigorously opposed President Donald J. Trump and focused on legislation to help “regular Americans pay their bills.”

By Sam Roberts and Joseph P. Fried

Math scores notched upward in the city, and officials said the drop in reading was explained in part by an effort to change reading instruction and retrain hundreds of teachers.

By Troy Closson

Colleges competing for international students prefer to be known as universities.

By James Barron