Our Local Correspondents
Donald Trump Is Being Ritually Humiliated in Court
At his criminal trial, the ex-President has to sit there while potential jurors, prosecutors, the judge, witnesses, and even his own lawyers talk about him as a defective, impossible person.
Why You Can’t Get a Restaurant Reservation
How bots, mercenaries, and table scalpers have turned the restaurant reservation system inside out.
Who’s Afraid of Judging Donald Trump? Lots of People
At the ex-President’s criminal trial, where Trump has been reprimanded for intimidating a potential juror, and a man self-immolated outside, it has been challenging to find twelve people willing to sit in the jury box.
Donald Trump’s Trial of the Century
Manhattan prosecutors have argued that the Stormy Daniels case—the first criminal trial of a former President in American history—is about much more than hush money. And legal experts believe that a conviction is likely.
Waking Up to a New York City Earthquake
After the most powerful quake in more than a century, the city was full of stories, arm-waving, and whispers of California.
Canoeing in a Superfund Site
Paddling in the Gowanus Canal, in Brooklyn, has inspired one recovering lawyer to write poetry about toxic sludge, floating condoms, and gentrification.
Mourning Flaco, the Owl Who Escaped
The Eurasian eagle-owl lived for a year outside captivity, learning to hunt and travelling widely in Manhattan. “I felt like I lost a friend,” one birder said.
The Haunted Juror
In 1987, two innocent teen-agers went to prison for murder. Thirty-seven years later, a juror learned she got it wrong.
Migrant-Crisis Fearmongering Wasn’t Enough to Hold George Santos’s Old Seat
On Long Island, Tom Suozzi’s centrism flipped a congressional district back to the Democrats.
Nine Regular People Tell Donald Trump to Shut Up and Pay Up
A New York jury ordered the ex-President to pay the writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million. Will the verdict bust the myth that he’s immune to consequences?