Bracha Graber, Who Spurred Changes in New York Foster Care, Dies at 68 Rebuffed by her bosses at a city child welfare agency, Ms. Graber filed a lawsuit that led to a bureaucratic overhaul.
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Dog Rescues a Drowning Deer and Becomes a Social Media Hero A video showed a golden retriever retrieving a deer from the water. Was it instinct or something else?
About New York: No Rest for a Man, 92, Whose Work Went to the Moon and Back He landed with MacArthur in the Philippines and inspected materials for the space program. Decades later, Gene Fastook is still on the go…
Metropolitan Diary: Help Wanted Recalling what it took for one teenager to get a summer job in 1941.
Mayor de Blasio Tries to Break Impasse in ‘Diller Island’ Battle Mr. de Blasio called Douglas Durst, who has been bankrolling lawsuits against the proposed cultural pier, to ask him to withdraw, as a way of opening talks.
M.T.A. Reconsidering an Age-Old Tradition: Eating on the Subway The authority is considering whether to establish new guidelines for eating on the subway to eliminate fires caused by trash on tracks.
New Questions About Who Is to Blame for Steam Pipe Explosion Con Edison has long said that a contractor’s work led to the 2007 explosion, but newly revealed documents suggest the utility may bear more responsibility.
Off the Menu: London-Based Burger & Lobster Opens 2nd Manhattan Outpost Mayahuel and Mr. Donahue’s close, Japanese chefs plant flags in the theater district, and other restaurant news.
Uber Discriminates Against Riders With Disabilities, Lawsuit Says A coalition of advocacy groups claims that fewer than 100 of the 58,000 cars dispatched by the ride-hailing service across New York City are wheelchair accessible.
New York Today: New York Today: A Busy Time to Move Tuesday: High season for home-hunters, a 91-year-old airline mechanic, and New York’s free swimming lessons.
Driving While Undocumented, and Facing the Risks Many unauthorized immigrants drive without a license. Under the Trump administration, they may increasingly be subject to detention after traffic stops.
Four Arrested in Gang-Related Killings on Long Island, Court Documents Say The deaths on Long Island in April may have been committed as a way for the suspects to enter the transnational gang known as MS-13, the authorities said.
De Blasio Keeps Fund-Raising Lead, but a Republican Makes Some Gains Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, the mayor’s likely Republican opponent, raised more money that counts toward the city’s six-to-one public matching program.
Metropolitan Diary: To the Man in the Hard Hat on Eighth Avenue A thank-you note from one New Yorker to a stranger.
Wm. Theodore de Bary, Renowned Columbia Sinologist, Dies at 97 Professor de Bary, an authority in particular on Confucius, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.