New York Magazine

CULTURE, POLITICS, FOOD, FASHION: A NEW YORK POINT OF VIEW. With assertive reporting and sophisticated design, New York chronicles the people and events that shape the city that shapes the world.

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The National Interest: Jonathan Chait • Nikki Haley’s Rocket Ride to Second Place Her boomlet is the GOP’s weakest challenge to Trump yet.

Neighborhood News: ‘Sir, You Can’t Park There’ • A mishap in Washington Heights highlights a bad year for traffic accidents.

Norman Finkelstein • A tirelessly cantankerous advocate for Palestinian freedom takes a rare turn in the limelight.

Power: Choire Sicha • The Devil at the Dinner Party Henry Kissinger’s socialite years.

REASONS TO LOVE NEW YORK RIGHT NOW

1 BECAUSE QUEENS GAVE US A RABBLE-ROUSER WHO MAY JUST BE TRUMP’S MATCH …

2… AND A FLASHY UNION LEADER FROM FLUSHING

3 BECAUSE CHIRLANE, ACTUALLY, IS THE MORE ELIGIBLE ONE

4 BECAUSE HAVING HER SHOES STOLEN MADE HER A STAR

5 BECAUSE THIS ARTISTS’ COMMUNE IN A BED-STUY MANSION THROWS THE BEST PARTIES

6 BECAUSE THESE SIXTH-GRADE BOYS WENT LOOKING FOR AN ADVENTURE AND GOT ONE

7 BECAUSE THESE PLAYGROUND ANIMALS GET TO RETIRE IN PEACE

8 BECAUSE WE’LL MISS OUR DENTED, DINGY, INEFFECTIVE TRASH CANS

9 BECAUSE WE HAVE A POLITICIAN WHO GOES OUT ALL THE TIME (NOT TO ZERO BOND)

10 BECAUSE YOU NEED NOT FEAR THE FDNY ROBO-DOG

11 BECAUSE POP-UP PAMBAZOS TASTE BETTER

12 BECAUSE ON A RECENT FRIDAY, WE CLEARED THE CITY OF ITS TIKTOKERS AND BROUGHT THEM TO BAD ROMAN BUT ALSO …

13 BECAUSE FOR EIGHT DAYS, THIS WAS THE CITY’S MOST AMAZING MUSEUM

14 BECAUSE WAYLON MADE IT BACK TO CARROLL GARDENS

15 BECAUSE THE BOYS FROM MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG SIGN AUTOGRAPHS IN THEIR PAJAMAS

16 BECAUSE ROBERT DE NIRO GOT A LATE-NIGHT MARTINI FROM NOBU TO GO (AND SO CAN YOU, AT YOUR OWN RISK)

17 BECAUSE MARJORIE GUBELMANN OPENED FOR DURAN DURAN

18 BECAUSE T.J. HOLMES AND AMY ROBACH GOT FIRED AND ARE STILL GOING STRONG

19 BECAUSE ON THE EERIEST DAY OF THE YEAR, WOLFGANG TILLMANS SAW SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

20 BECAUSE MAKING KIDS MEDITATE EVERY DAY WASN’T SUCH A BAD IDEA

21 BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE OFFERED HEAPS OF MONEY, THEY’RE NOT LEAVING THIS LOFT

22 BECAUSE THIS DRAG-SHOW TRIBUTE IS BETTER THAN THE BROADWAY ORIGINAL

23 BECAUSE BRADLEY COOPER CAME TO BROOKE SHIELDS’S RESCUE

24 BECAUSE CELEBRITIES SOLD US THEIR STUFF

25 BECAUSE YOUR TAILOR SHOP MIGHT ALSO BE A PILATES STUDIO AND A PLACE TO MARRY YOURSELF

26 BECAUSE THE DARE LOVES TO SING ABOUT SEX

27 BECAUSE THAT ROCKAWAY SHARK IS NO MATCH FOR THIS GUY

28 BECAUSE RESTAURANTS BECAME THE RUNWAYS

29 BECAUSE OUR BEST SPORTS TEAM (THE LIBERTY) HAS THE BEST SPORTS FAN (FRAN LEBOWITZ)

30 BECAUSE A RACCOON SOCIETY IS THRIVING IN RIVERSIDE PARK

31 BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW BARONESS

32 BECAUSE YOU WON’T HAVE TO FOLD YOUR STROLLER ON THE BUS ANYMORE, THANKS TO ONE PISSED-OFF MOM

33 BECAUSE ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST HAD A FAKE FUNERAL

34 BECAUSE THE BROOKLYN BOROUGH PRESIDENT SPENT HIS ENTIRE BUDGET TO MAKE PREGNANCY LESS DEADLY

35 BECAUSE THIS M.F.A. STUDENT WILL READ THE NEW YORKERFOR YOU

36 AND THE SUBWAY HAS A SECRET MAGAZINE

37 BECAUSE BRICE MARDEN LIVED IN HIS BEANIES

A Toothpaste With All the Right Stuff

How to Give Bits of New York

An Anime Convention • Cosplayers and gamers went all out for Anime NYC’s three-day event at the Javits Center.

‘It’s All About the View’ • After living in this apartment for nearly 18 years, photographer Amanda Weil taught herself how to renovate it.

Welcome to the Fauxdeon • New brasseries strive to capture some familiar magic.

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