Seth Porges shows the event in all its raucousness, but he is also sympathetic to its origins. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Santa Claus”
Fleece, Love and Vomit: New Yorkers’ Best (and Worst) SantaCon Stories
By Gotham Rex on December 12, 2025
The bar crawl and charity fund-raiser has been eliciting strong reactions in the city for more than 25 years. Readers shared theirs. Source: New York Times
Murders ‘Doubled Overnight,’ and the Percentage Solved by the N.Y.P.D. Plunged
By Gotham Rex on November 26, 2021
The police solved nearly 90 percent of murder cases before the pandemic, but only around 60 percent in 2020. Source: New York Times