Mamdani Family Values (The New Yorker)

How to Tag a Skyscraper, Six Hundred Feet Up (The New Yorker)

New York’s Clock Master to City Hall: Time’s Up! (The New Yorker)

Along the Gowanus Canal, Notes of Tar and Manure (The New Yorker)

Hard hats and dummy plates: ICE ruses add to fears in Minnesota (The Associated Press)

A 15-year-old went to a Brooklyn parade. The NYPD wrongly accused him of a mass shooting (The Associated Press)

Who freed Flaco? One year later, celebrity owl’s escape from Central Park Zoo remains a mystery (The Associated Press)

A retired teacher saw inspiration in Columbia’s protests. Eric Adams called her an outside agitator (The Associated Press)

On NYC beaches, angry birds fight drones patrolling for sharks and struggling swimmers (The Associated Press)

Emails show how wealthy donors exerted influence over Washington Square Park (Gothamist)

The NYPD accidentally shot a fellow officer. A Queens man may spend life in prison for his death (Gothamist)

Listen: George Santos eviction tapes show him begging to feed pet fish, mulling public assistance (Gothamist/WNYC)

‘That Damn Hole Gave My Son Lead Poisoning’ (The Village Voice)

The Punk Rock Gilmore Girls Book Group: Cookies and wine with ‘Please Kill Me’s Legs McNeil (The Awl)