The New Yorkian

What’s the Right Number of Taxis (or Uber or Lyft Cars) in a City? Technology has made it easier to identify and manage the optimal supply, but it also depends on which problem you’re trying to solve.

New York Today: New York Today: Snacking in, and on, City Parks Friday: Urban foraging and your favorite neighborhood mom-and-pop shop.

Sunday Routine: How Melanie Charles, Singer and Flutist, Spends Her Sundays She chants; listens to cassette tapes; plays flute for a yoga class; eats expensive burgers; shops vintage; plays gigs; and sometimes goes dancing.

He Spoke for the Tree. Then He Got Fired. A popular hollow tree at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden got the ax. So did the arborist who campaigned to save it.

Can Society Scale? The growth, challenges and splintering of a Facebook group about urbanism and public transportation is the story of us all.

Brokers With a Song and Dance Bohemia Realty caters to (and draws talent from) New York City’s theater community.

Coach at Wake Forest Is Arrested After Punch Leads to Man’s Death in Queens Sandor Szabo was punched on Sunday. He died on Tuesday. Jamill Jones was arrested on Thursday on an assault charge. The investigation is continuing.

A.W. Richard Sipe, a Leading Voice on Clergy Sex Abuse, Dies at 85 Mr. Sipe spent decades researching priestly celibacy and the roots of the sexual abuse of minors by clergymen. He became a powerful advocate for victims.

To Unseat a Trump Republican, Democrats Embrace a Centrist Candidate Anthony Brindisi, a Democratic state lawmaker with an A rating from the N.R.A., is challenging Rep. Claudia Tenney, the G.O.P. incumbent.

Speedy Trials Return to a Bronx Court Known for Delays and Dysfunction A class-action lawsuit ended with a settlement that promises defendants charged with misdemeanors in the Bronx the right to seek a quick trial.

The N.R.A. Has Declared War on Andrew Cuomo. He Couldn’t Be Happier. The N.R.A.’s renewed battle with the governor has given him ready-made talking points in his campaign for re-election in New York.