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The Billionaire Who Wired San Francisco Chris Larsen began installing cameras to combat car break-ins. He had no idea how far his influence would go.

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➽ This week: Why the Met Opera didn't hesitate to accept money from the Saudi regime. • The last family living in a Gramercy walk-up. • Odo East Village turns the multicourse meal into an à la carte feast that’s easier to digest. • There was plenty of blue-chip slop for sale at Frieze.

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Only John Lithgow Could Get Away With This He’s terrific as Roald Dahl in Giant, a play at the center of the antisemitism vs. anti-Zionism debate.

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The Feed Is Fake That “viral” song, movie, meme, influencer, and celebrity drama was probably the product of a stealth marketing campaign.

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The Grand Tradition of Suing for School Tuition The city spends over a billion a year on special-education lawsuits brought, mostly, by white parents.

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Taraji P. Henson Tells It Like It Is The actress is having a ball in her Broadway debut, but she still has some bones to pick with Hollywood.

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Little Nolitas Everywhere Why the same upscale shops —Aesops, Everlanes, and Buck Masons

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➽ This week: Mayor Mamdani may get his rent freeze after all. • What you learn racing up the stairwells of New York's skyscrapers. • Why do the same upscale shops seem to pop up in packs? • Talking to Solvej Balle fans at the midnight release of On the Calculation of Volume.

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The Quiet Shame of Fearing Your Own Child There’s scant help for parents whose children hit them, kick them, and even threaten their lives.

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We Love Delta. We Hate Delta. It’s been a hellish time to travel, but one airline is winning by catering to the elite. Good luck to everyone in coach.

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The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!) How to eat with children while dining like a grown-up.

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‘I’d Wake Up in the Night and Bet $7,000 on Korean Baseball’ The life of Tim McCormack, an addict who got caught up in the Jontay Porter scandal.

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The Audacity of Nene Leakes After an explosive exit and years of personal tragedy, the queen of reality TV is ready to return to the house she built.

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➽ This week: Where to eat with children while dining like a grown-up. • The Costume Institute's move upstairs brings clothes to the front of the house. • After a raucous anti-ICE protest, Mamdani deferred — again

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The Race to Be the Face of Manhattan Who should represent the nation’s most power-dense congressional district?

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Lively vs. Baldoni: The Hollywood Feud of the Century, by Reeves Wiedeman

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Would You Pay $50,000 to Choose Your ‘Best Baby’? by Christopher Cox

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‘I Miss My Old Life,’ by Mahmoud Khalil

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My Adventures With ‘The AI That Actually Does Things’ OpenClaw agents have been touted as the most important software product ever. I have questions.

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➽ This week: How a caffeine-laced strawberry-açai drink became the allowance-draining status symbol of New York’s teen elite. • Architectural drawings get their due in two museum shows. • Six veteran event planners weigh in on where Taylor Swift's wedding might be.

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