The New Yorkian

Metropolitan Diary: New York Lessons Three things that one woman never forgot.

Weinstein’s Rape Arrest May Define Manhattan D.A.’s Legacy Criticized for failing to arrest Harvey Weinstein in 2015, Cyrus Vance Jr. brought charges on Friday in a case that could define his career.

Grace Notes: A Revealing Statue of Washington Arrives, but Not Its Champion A 200-year-old statue of George Washington in the buff arrived for an exhibition at the Frick Collection. The president of the museum in Italy that own that statue…

She Found Comfort in a Brooklyn Diner, Then Lost Everything A lonesome widow saw a new daughter in her favorite waitress. “At first, she brought a lot of joy into my life,” she said. That would not last.

40 Years of Chronicling the Unnoticed “Don’t you have better things to do than watch me vacuum apartments?” wondered a cleaning woman I spent some time tagging along with. I didn’t.

Herman D. Farrell Jr., of Harlem’s Political Old Guard, Dies at 86 A longtime Democratic assemblyman, Mr. Farrell was a trusted, gentlemanly party leader in New York and once ran for mayor.

Ask Real Estate: Where Do High-Rises Hide Their Water Tanks? An aficionado of wooden water tanks wonders how skyscrapers quench the thirst of their residents.