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New York Today

October 20, 2024

They Were Driving Through a Tunnel. Then the Water Rushed In.

A leak in the Queens-Midtown Tunnel and the race to plug it revealed the fragility of New York City’s aging transportation network.

By Patrick McGeehan

Why This Rainbow Gel Manicure (With Chrome!) Costs $255

Pricing for soft gel nail extensions depends on the length, size and brand, as well as any nail art, and can run several hundred dollars.

By Gina Cherelus and Lanna Apisukh

A New York City bus on a street full of cars.

A Mayor’s Crisis Stirs Hope for Delayed Street Projects

Mayor Eric Adams has stalled plans to build bus and bicycle lanes. With his leadership under threat, the projects’ supporters see an opening.

By Ana Ley

In a black-and-white photo of several men in suits standing outside, Donald Trump and Ed Koch smile while standing next to Hugh Carey, who is pointing at an artist’s rendering on an easel of a skyscraper on a city street.

Big CITY

Left Out of Trump’s New York Myth: A Reliance on Big Tax Breaks

In the new biopic “The Apprentice,” much is made of Trump’s tutelage under the venal fixer Roy Cohn. But the film shrewdly locates the secret of his success: tax abatements.

By Ginia Bellafante

Chris Perfetti sits in a lawn chair on a building roof in a shirt, shorts and Crocs while reading a script.

How Chris Perfetti of ‘Abbott Elementary’ Spends His Sundays

On his weeks off from shooting the ABC sitcom, the actor unwinds by whipping up “the biggest salad ever” and seeking out a Sunday-night show.

By Sarah Bahr

A black and white drawing of two hands knitting.

METROPOLITAN DIARY

‘Her Needles Pulled a Single String of Yarn From a Bag on the Floor’

A knitter’s practiced hands draw attention, a solo on a windy day and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

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