Local/Metro

Assemblywoman Racks Up $4K in Red Light, Parking Tickets — New York Post

Broadway Musicians Attacked Outside Their Theaters — New York Post

How a Queens junk flipper sold the Brooklyn Bridge’s lights — New York Post

Taylor Swift racks up thousands in fines over trash outside NYC home — New York Post

The Long Drive: 89-Year-Old NYC Cabbie Is Still Cruising the Streets — New York Post

Grind Larceny: Philly Skaters Steal Iconic Bench From Tompkins Square Park — New York Post

Broker’s Fee Hits Nearly $20K for Rent Stabilized One-Bedroom NYC Apartment — New York Post

The McKibbin Lofts Super Asked for a Raise But Was Evicted Instead — Curbed

Co-op Boards Ghost Their Residents — Curbed

Kosher in Brooklyn, by Way of Cairo — The New York Times

New York Magazine Biography of a Building Series (Winner of National Magazine, NY Press Club, SFJ and NAREE awards):

Olympic Tower, Where Foreign Billionaires Have Long Flocked

An Exhaustive Oral History of the McKibbin Lofts

Villa Charlotte Brontë, a Cliffside Co-op in the Bronx

Graham Court, the Gilded Age Rental

Business

How war, weather, and Covid-19 are rekindling the food vs. fuel debate — The Counter

Starbucks Workers Vote to Unionize in Buffalo — The Counter

How a Restaurant Leaves New York — Grub Street

Can Groceries Save New York’s Restaurants? — Grub Street

A Restaurant With No Leftovers — The New York Times

How Much Do Cooks and Chefs Really Make These Days? — Eater

Craft Brewers Lighten Up — The New York Times

Culture

The Quest for Crunchwrap Supremacy – Grub Street

OJ Simpson’s Brain Won’t Be Donated for CTE Research — New York Post

Ja Morant went on strip club bender before flashing gun — New York Post

Community Fridges Are Not a Pandemic Fad — The Counter

Jason Everman: The Life Quixotic — Avaunt Magazine

On Lawrence Sumulong’s “Dead to Rights” — The New York Times

When Cancer Patients Battle for Taste — TASTE

Resurrecting Ancient Wines That Can Survive Climate Change — The Atlantic

How Rap Became the New Punk — Pigeons & Planes

Revival Of Soul Music & Its History In Hip-Hop Production — Stereogum