The notorious jail had its deadliest year in a decade, while the flow of narcotics and weapons into the complex continues. Source: New York Times
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A Princeton Student Died. Her Classmates Want to Know What Happened.
By Gotham Rex on December 10, 2022
In the absence of information, anxiety and panic spreads on campus. Source: New York Times
She Preached Death Without Fear. Could She Practice It?
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2022
Shatzi Weisberger spent years urging others to approach the process of dying with joy and wonder. Then she got cancer. Source: New York Times
Can This Man Stop Lying?
By Gotham Rex on November 29, 2022
Christopher Massimine, whose compulsive lying derailed a promising career in theater, maintains that it’s a mental illness that has dogged him since childhood. Source: New York Times
Was the Pandemic Dog Boom a Myth?
By Gotham Rex on November 25, 2022
Is New York City really overrun by barking hounds? The data might tell a different story. Source: New York Times
Why Are We Still Obsessed With Robert Moses?
By Gotham Rex on November 19, 2022
David Hare’s sold-out play about the brutal planning czar coaxes us toward a reappraisal — maybe. Source: New York Times
Why Is New York Still Building on the Waterfront?
By Gotham Rex on October 28, 2022
There are two simple reasons. One, it makes money. And two, people just love water. Source: New York Times
‘Tell the Story Every Way You Can’: Bess Wohl on ‘Camp Siegfried’
By Gotham Rex on October 25, 2022
How a real-life pro-Nazi summer camp on Long Island inspired a “deeply American play” about seduction. Source: New York Times
In His Podcast, Andrew Cuomo Seeks Absolution Without Apology
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2022
The former governor, who resigned after accusations of sexual harassment, ushers in his new podcast in the month that marks five years after the #MeToo movement began. Source: New York Times
The Mysterious Patient in Room 23: The Hermit Baroness
By Gotham Rex on October 20, 2022
Birgit Thyssen-Bornemisza led a life of eccentric anonymity and shabby gentility. Then her money got cut off. Then she had a stroke. Source: New York Times
Why New York’s Day Care Centers Are Going Broke
By Gotham Rex on October 14, 2022
One Montessori school leader has spent $200,000 of her own money to keep underserved children enrolled in her program. Source: New York Times
Can McKinsey Solve the NYC Trash Problem?
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2022
Maybe the trash problem in New York will be solved with color-coded garbage cans designed by expensive consultants. Or maybe the problem is much deeper. Source: New York Times
How a Dog’s Killing Turned Brooklyn Progressives Against One Another
By Gotham Rex on October 7, 2022
After a sudden confrontation that left a golden retriever dead, neighbors came together online to support the owner of the dog. But then things changed. Source: New York Times
New York’s Invisible Migrant Crisis
By Gotham Rex on September 30, 2022
Thousands of asylum seekers have suddenly arrived in the city with infinite need. What is being done to help them? Source: New York Times
Where the Wall of Death Is a Way of Life
By Gotham Rex on September 29, 2022
To ride a motorcycle in the carnival motordrome, you need to be an alpha dog with sawdust in your veins. Or at least have a driver’s license. Source: New York Times