N.Y. Today: New York City Celebrates Its First Ramadan With a Muslim Mayor
Many New Yorkers said Ramadan felt especially poignant this year under Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
New York Today
March 21, 2026
A man in a blue blazer and jeans sits in a chair in an office.

U.S. Prosecutors Investigate Colombia’s President, a Onetime Trump Foe

The Justice Department is examining whether President Gustavo Petro of Colombia has ties to drug traffickers.

By Nicole Hong, Jonah E. Bromwich, William K. Rashbaum and Annie Correal

An upward view of President Trump in a dark coat and white cap that says “45-47” on the side.

Alexander Brothers Are Said to Seek Trump Pardons for Sex Trafficking

People representing the three brothers have reached out to a lobbyist and an influential Jewish group that have supported clemency for others. There are no signs the White House is considering a pardon.

By Debra Kamin and Kenneth P. Vogel

A food cart on a Manhattan city street.

N.Y.C. Street Vendors to Get a New Ally in City Government

Carina Kaufman-Gutierrez, the co-director of the Street Vendor Project, will head a new city office working with vendors. She arrives in the role at a moment of seismic change.

By Emma Goldberg

Gov. Kathy Hochul wears a charcoal jacket, blue satin shirt and pearls as she speaks.

Hochul Moves to Delay and Alter Climate Law, Citing Energy Prices

The proposal, currently being considered by the Legislature during budget talks, would put off regulations for enforcing the law until 2030.

By Hilary Howard

A man in a purple shirt sitting at an institutional table with a bag of documents.

He Spent Five Years in Solitary. He Came Out a Jailhouse Lawyer.

Obsessed with proving his innocence, Quentin Lewis devoted years in isolation to learning the law. Now he is taking on his captors in prison tribunals.

By Corey Kilgannon and Lauren Petracca

How Iranian New Yorkers Are Celebrating Persian New Year During the War

Nowruz, a joyous holiday marking the new year, has given rise to complicated feelings for some who are fearful for their relatives in Iran.

By Diba Mohtasham and Ahmed Gaber

A person in a blue and patterned robe sings with one hand raised. Other people in white and yellow cling to slanted gray and orange surfaces.

Baby Carrots and Espresso Martinis: How New Yorkers Prepared for a 5-Hour Opera

Audiences packed the house for a new production of “Tristan und Isolde.” They also came prepared, with (at least) five different forms of coffee.

By Louis Lucero II

Tschabalala Self reclines on a yellow chair with a colorful cushion in a studio space. Behind her, a painting and two large sculptures rest against a wall.

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For Tschabalala Self, Art Is Romantic

The painter and sculptor discusses neighborhood murals, nonlinear storytelling and her commission for the New Museum, a 13-foot-tall rendering of a couple mid-embrace.

By Gazelle Mba

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