Molly Osberg

Financiers have bamboozled the public for years about their expertise in “fixing” companies. Yet they often—and sometimes deliberately—run them into the ground.

Whether a conflict with the NYPD can be avoided remains to be seen, but observers that Hell Gate spoke to identified a number of modest but meaningful steps the mayor can take early in his term.

Feline-obsessed volunteers, who practice TNR (trap-neuter-return), are now functionally the only thing standing between New York City and an endless stream of underfed, disease-ridden feral cats. They’re barely making a dent.

An event called Goldbar Live at the Times Square Palladium featured keynote speakers from ‘Million Dollar Listing.’ Hundreds of brokers turned out in New York City to learn the tricks of the trade.

On private host forums, people who rent their homes in New York City through Airbnb say they are feeling adrift and ignored by the platform.

A hearing about accessory dwelling units in the Long Island town of Huntington devolved into conspiracy and racism in June 2023.

Commercial art consultancy, an industry staffed by M.F.A. graduates producing wall art for hotel chains and retirement homes, has become an unexpected 9 to 5.

The five passengers aboard the missing Titan vessel are part of a $683 billion adventure travel industry in which ultra-wealthy individuals search out unique, and often dangerous, experiences.

Image: (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) The photographs taken by the Costco influencers are just devastatingly banal: a two-pack of Primal

The prediction-market platform has introduced a way to make (or lose) money on how much it costs to live here.