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New York Today: N.Y. Today: Protecting Rent-Stabilized Tenants From Shady Landlords A bill would require landlords to reveal how much they’ve previously charged for apartments. Also, the Sandra Lee smoothie.

Do Children Get a Subpar Education in Yeshivas? New York Says It Will Finally Find Out Some students graduate from the ultra-Orthodox schools barely knowing how to read and write in English. New rules could force the schools to change…

Metropolitan Diary: ‘I Turned and Saw a Small Older Woman Standing Next to Me’ Taking a seat near the Plaza Hotel, an outing with an out-of-town relative and more readers tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

Kicked Out of Port Authority, Bieber Bus Got a Prime Stop on a Crowded Curb A Pennsylvania bus carrier failed to pay $214,000 to the Port Authority. It joined a growing number of companies operating on crowded Manhattan streets.

Menorah Lighting in Midtown Cuts Through Darkness of Rising Anti-Semitism The lighting of the world’s largest permissible menorah, marking the start of Hanukkah, came only weeks after a mass shooting in a Pittsburgh synagogue.

How 3 Actors Overcame Trump’s Travel Ban to Take the New York Stage Two Iranians and a Syrian were allowed entry to perform “The Jungle,” a play about refugees, after urgings by Sting and an ex-archbishop of Canterbury.

El Chapo’s Early Days as a Budding Kingpin Two high-profile government witnesses last week detailed how Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as El Chapo, built an empire by innovating smuggling techniques.

Found: Lovebirds Who Lost an Engagement Ring Down a Times Square Grate It was a fairy-tale ending for a couple from the United Kingdom who got engaged this weekend in New York, then dropped the too-big band down a grate.

Grace Notes: Einstein’s ‘God Letter,’ a Viral Missive From 1954 A letter in which Einstein called the word God “the expression of and product of human weakness” is expected to fetch $1 million at auction.

The Neediest Cases Fund: After Years Spent Working for a Diploma, He’s Eager for a New Role Acting was the only thing that held Hosea Matthews’s attention in high school. Now he’s got a diploma and a solid job, and…