The Cops
Public Advocate to NYPD: So You Broke a Grandmother’s Arm While She Was Trying to Get Paperwork For Her Glucose Monitor?
After Hell Gate’s reporting, Jumaane Williams has some questions for the police.
Cultural Capital
For ‘Akhnaten’s’ Soaring Countertenor, Being Nude Onstage Is Liberating
Anthony Roth Constanzo on his latest role, how he became a countertenor, and why he feels a little bit like an "alien."
Power
India Walton on the Buffalo Massacre: ‘This is America’
"This country was built on theft, on violence, on the notion that some people have the right to exist and others do not."
Q&A
Dr. Jay Varma: ‘What Discourages Me the Most is the Lack of Political Will’
The former COVID advisor to Mayor Bill de Blasio talks about what the City should be doing right now, and what to make of getting COVID three times a year.
Fresh Hell
The 10th Street Baths Are Back on Their Glorious Bullshit
It’s not an insignificant thing in this shitty, late-stage world to have a place of your own that doesn’t change.
Staying Alive
Baby Formula Shortage: The Latest NYC Pandemic Parenting Nightmare
Parents and childcare workers are stepping up to distribute extra food to people who need it.
Locked Up
Rikers Guard Sick-Out Just Put the Department of Correction in Contempt of Court
Guards are AWOL so people locked up aren't getting medical care. A judge says that's unacceptable.
Correct Opinions
It’s a Beautiful Day to Get Your Own Fucking Lunch
Perhaps you want to stare impotently at your phone, waiting for another grown adult to come feed you so you can keep surviving.
The Cops
NYPD Lawyer Eludes Discipline With ‘Just Following Orders’ Defense
A police watchdog said the lawyer abused his authority. Then his boss stepped in. Now no one is facing consequences.