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Stolen 37 Years Ago, Theodore Roosevelt’s Watch Finally Returns Home
The watch, which was stolen in 1987, was returned Thursday to Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on Long Island.
By Christopher Maag
CreditJason Wickersty, National Park Service
A Rikers Detainee Made a Daring Escape. The Getaway Car? A City Bus.
The authorities were searching for the detainee, a 35-year-old man with a history of mental illness, after he eluded two guards at Bellevue Hospital Center.
By Jan Ransom and William K. Rashbaum
CreditJosé A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times
1. Libraries and Arts Programs Spared From Cuts in N.Y.C. Budget Deal
  The City Council successfully pushed to reverse budget cuts that Mayor Eric Adams had proposed to libraries, cultural institutions and composting.
  By Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Jeffery C. Mays
  CreditMichelle V. Agins/The New York Times
2. After Travel Meltdowns, Amtrak and N.J. Transit Offer Plan to Fix Mess
  Officials of the two transit agencies met in an impromptu meeting on Thursday called by New Jersey’s governor, Philip D. Murphy.
  By Patrick McGeehan
  CreditDave Sanders for The New York Times

How the N.Y.P.D. Quietly Shuts Down Discipline Cases Against Officers
Police Commissioner Edward Caban has often relied on an obscure authority to intervene when officers are accused of serious wrongdoing, often handing out little to no punishment.
By Eric Umansky
CreditStephanie Mei-Ling
New York City Has 186,000 Fewer Children and Teens Than It Did in 2020
New census numbers show the steepest drop in the city’s youngest age group in at least a decade as many families have left to live elsewhere.
By Winnie Hu and Troy Closson
CreditNoam Galai/Getty Images
The Cost of Suspending Congestion Pricing
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to halt the toll program could result in billions of dollars of cuts to planned subway improvements and the loss of over 100,000 jobs, according to new estimates.
By James Barron
CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times
New York Today
Congestion Pricing Suspension Halts $16.5 Billion in Subway Upgrades
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said it is making drastic cuts to the transit system’s capital plan after Gov. Kathy Hochul’s halted the tolling program.
By Ana Ley
CreditLila Barth for The New York Times
Five Charged With Smuggling Contraband Into Youth Lockup Awash in Knives
Court papers said the “youth development specialists” took more than $50,000 in bribes to allow in items like razor blades, marijuana, alcohol and prescription pills.
By Karen Zraick
CreditBenjamin Norman for The New York Times

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Sandy Hook Families’ Fight for Alex Jones’s Money Takes an Ugly Turn
A scramble for the Infowars host’s meager assets pits Sandy Hook victims’ families against one another in court.
By Elizabeth Williamson
Second Stage Becomes First Broadway Nonprofit in Decades to Name New Leader
The organization, which won this year’s best play revival Tony Award for “Appropriate,” has chosen Evan Cabnet as its next artistic director.
By Michael Paulson
Betty Boop Time Travels to New York, and Broadway, Next Spring
“BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical” had a run in Chicago last year. It is slated to open at a Shubert theater in April.
By Michael Paulson
On the Market
Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Brooklyn
This week’s properties are in NoMad, the East Village and Park Slope.
By Heather Senison
On the Market
Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey
This week’s properties are waterfront homes in Massapequa, N.Y., and Margate, N.J.
By Jill P. Capuzzo and Claudia Gryvatz Copquin
Former President of Honduras Sentenced to 45 Years in Sweeping Drug Case
Juan Orlando Hernández connived with traffickers as his country became a base of operations for cocaine shipments to the United States.
By Colin Moynihan
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On Tuesday Night, She Goes Out
Hitting New York’s East Village with Sabrina Fuentes, the 24-year-old frontwoman of the band Pretty Sick.
By John Ortved
What Jamaal Bowman’s Loss Means for the Left
Mr. Bowman’s win in 2020 seemed to herald an ascendant progressive movement. In 2024, the center is regaining power.
By Jesse McKinley and Nicholas Fandos
New York Today
50 Years Ago, Philippe Petit Was a ‘Dot in the Sky’
The man who walked a high wire between the World Trade Center towers is now 75.
By James Barron
Canceling Congestion Pricing Could Kill 100,000 New York Jobs
Thousands of high-paying jobs in the state could be at risk if the funding that had been expected from congestion pricing is not restored, a new report says.
By Stefanos Chen