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| N.Y. Today: 5 of Our Best Stories of 2018 | N.Y. Today: 5 of Our Best Stories of 2018 |
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| It’s Wednesday. | It’s Wednesday. |
| Weather: Like yesterday but without presents: partly sunny, a chilly breeze, a high of 42. | Weather: Like yesterday but without presents: partly sunny, a chilly breeze, a high of 42. |
| Alternate-side parking: in effect till New Year’s Day. | Alternate-side parking: in effect till New Year’s Day. |
| By year’s end, my colleagues on the Metro Desk of The Times will have published more than 2,000 stories. All speak to our mission: to report deeply and informatively on New York City and the surrounding region. | By year’s end, my colleagues on the Metro Desk of The Times will have published more than 2,000 stories. All speak to our mission: to report deeply and informatively on New York City and the surrounding region. |
| They run the range from breaking news and investigations to features and compelling visual journalism, from the delightful to the probing to the nearly implausible. | They run the range from breaking news and investigations to features and compelling visual journalism, from the delightful to the probing to the nearly implausible. |
| Here are five of our best and most popular stories of the year, chosen by the Metro Editor, Cliff Levy. | |
| Travel back in time with the help of 2,000 newly discovered color slides found in a dusty box at a park conservancy. They were made by eight Times photographers who shot for the city Parks Department during a newspaper strike in 1978. | Travel back in time with the help of 2,000 newly discovered color slides found in a dusty box at a park conservancy. They were made by eight Times photographers who shot for the city Parks Department during a newspaper strike in 1978. |
| The result: Glimpses of the past, when parks were places to meet, rather than escape into. And not a cellphone in sight. | The result: Glimpses of the past, when parks were places to meet, rather than escape into. And not a cellphone in sight. |
| Sylvia Bloom worked for six decades at the same law firm. | Sylvia Bloom worked for six decades at the same law firm. |
| After she died at age 96, her closest friends and relatives learned that she had amassed a fortune by following her bosses’ stock picks. | After she died at age 96, her closest friends and relatives learned that she had amassed a fortune by following her bosses’ stock picks. |
| And she donated over $8 million to a social-service agency on the Lower East Side. | And she donated over $8 million to a social-service agency on the Lower East Side. |
| Jerry Needleman was older and rich. Sylvia Anderson was younger and in need of money. | Jerry Needleman was older and rich. Sylvia Anderson was younger and in need of money. |
| Before an ending that you can probably predict, there would be some twists. Mr. Needleman and Ms. Anderson would marry not once, but twice. | Before an ending that you can probably predict, there would be some twists. Mr. Needleman and Ms. Anderson would marry not once, but twice. |
| There was also an apartment that Ms. Anderson had secretly rented nearby. A man in a convertible would be attacked with a baseball bat. And police would eventually find 10,000 images of child pornography. | There was also an apartment that Ms. Anderson had secretly rented nearby. A man in a convertible would be attacked with a baseball bat. And police would eventually find 10,000 images of child pornography. |
| On a crisp October Saturday in upstate New York, 17 young people climbed into a limousine as part of a birthday celebration. By afternoon, all the passengers, the driver and two pedestrians would be dead. | On a crisp October Saturday in upstate New York, 17 young people climbed into a limousine as part of a birthday celebration. By afternoon, all the passengers, the driver and two pedestrians would be dead. |
| It was the country’s worst transportation accident in nearly a decade. | It was the country’s worst transportation accident in nearly a decade. |
| The car, it turned out, shouldn’t have been on the road, having failed multiple safety inspections. | The car, it turned out, shouldn’t have been on the road, having failed multiple safety inspections. |
| The passengers, aged 24 to 34, included four sisters, two brothers and two newlywed couples. | The passengers, aged 24 to 34, included four sisters, two brothers and two newlywed couples. |
| One passenger texted her best friend minutes before the crash: “The motor is making everyone deaf.” | One passenger texted her best friend minutes before the crash: “The motor is making everyone deaf.” |
| As police knocked on the door of a fourth-floor massage parlor in Flushing, Queens, a 38-year-old woman leapt to her death. This epic tale by Dan Barry, one of the finest writers at The Times, is the story of what we know of Song Yang and the world she inhabited. | As police knocked on the door of a fourth-floor massage parlor in Flushing, Queens, a 38-year-old woman leapt to her death. This epic tale by Dan Barry, one of the finest writers at The Times, is the story of what we know of Song Yang and the world she inhabited. |
| Song Yang grew up in a rural village in China. After sweatshop and restaurant work in Saipan, she and her husband flew to New York and settled in Flushing. | Song Yang grew up in a rural village in China. After sweatshop and restaurant work in Saipan, she and her husband flew to New York and settled in Flushing. |
| There, in one of New York’s busiest neighborhoods, she was lured into one of the small crevices where money is traded for sex. | There, in one of New York’s busiest neighborhoods, she was lured into one of the small crevices where money is traded for sex. |
| Civil rights investigation: Why did a white high school referee in New Jersey order an African-American wrestler to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit a match? | Civil rights investigation: Why did a white high school referee in New Jersey order an African-American wrestler to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit a match? |
| New Yorkers’ Christmas traditions: Chinese food, the Knicks, meals for the homeless. | New Yorkers’ Christmas traditions: Chinese food, the Knicks, meals for the homeless. |
| Nycha woes: The city’s public housing is in crisis. Will the federal government take control? | Nycha woes: The city’s public housing is in crisis. Will the federal government take control? |
| Armed: The city’s Department of Investigation looks into white-collar crime in city government, but its ex-commissioner stocked up on weapons, body armor and night-vision goggles. | Armed: The city’s Department of Investigation looks into white-collar crime in city government, but its ex-commissioner stocked up on weapons, body armor and night-vision goggles. |
| Fish tales: How the Museum of Natural History relocates 2.8 million dead fish. | Fish tales: How the Museum of Natural History relocates 2.8 million dead fish. |
| “What are you doing in my building?”: A black man was in his building’s lobby. A white neighbor accused him of not living there. | “What are you doing in my building?”: A black man was in his building’s lobby. A white neighbor accused him of not living there. |
| $10,000 scoop: The wildly popular story of an Upper West Side man who found — and returned! — a purse filled with money was first reported by a small local website. [West Side Rag] | $10,000 scoop: The wildly popular story of an Upper West Side man who found — and returned! — a purse filled with money was first reported by a small local website. [West Side Rag] |
| Chaotic confrontation on the F platform: A video shows a uniformed police officer fighting off a handful of men at the East Broadway station. [New York Post] | Chaotic confrontation on the F platform: A video shows a uniformed police officer fighting off a handful of men at the East Broadway station. [New York Post] |
| Loitering arrests are up for first time since 2012: Lawyers say they are occurring in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. [Documented NY] | Loitering arrests are up for first time since 2012: Lawyers say they are occurring in immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. [Documented NY] |
| Climate change breeds rats: Rat complaints in the city are increasing in part because milder winters give them more time to feed and mate. [The Guardian] | Climate change breeds rats: Rat complaints in the city are increasing in part because milder winters give them more time to feed and mate. [The Guardian] |
| Darn! Two Giants fans say their First Amendment rights to curse out their beloved team were violated when they were arrested at a Giants-49ers game in California. [Mercury-News] | Darn! Two Giants fans say their First Amendment rights to curse out their beloved team were violated when they were arrested at a Giants-49ers game in California. [Mercury-News] |
| Google’s subsidies: As the tech giant grows in Chelsea, it could tap into public subsidies as Amazon has done in Queens. [Daily News] | Google’s subsidies: As the tech giant grows in Chelsea, it could tap into public subsidies as Amazon has done in Queens. [Daily News] |
| Make a mkeka placemat to celebrate Kwanzaa at the Museum of the City of New York. 11 a.m. [Suggested admission $18] | Make a mkeka placemat to celebrate Kwanzaa at the Museum of the City of New York. 11 a.m. [Suggested admission $18] |
| The annual open house at the Queens County Farm Museum includes crafts for kids and hot mulled cider around the fireplace. Noon to 4 p.m. [Free] | The annual open house at the Queens County Farm Museum includes crafts for kids and hot mulled cider around the fireplace. Noon to 4 p.m. [Free] |
| Explore the big questions at a philosophy discussion group at the Brooklyn Central Library. 2 p.m. [Free] | Explore the big questions at a philosophy discussion group at the Brooklyn Central Library. 2 p.m. [Free] |
| Nothing says New York like an old-fashioned greasy spoon. Get a history lesson on a tour of the city’s vanishing diners. 10:30 a.m. [Pay what you wish] | Nothing says New York like an old-fashioned greasy spoon. Get a history lesson on a tour of the city’s vanishing diners. 10:30 a.m. [Pay what you wish] |
| — Iman Stevenson | — Iman Stevenson |
| Events are subject to change, so double-check before heading out. For more events, see the going-out guides from The Times’s culture pages. | Events are subject to change, so double-check before heading out. For more events, see the going-out guides from The Times’s culture pages. |
| If you were flipping through radio stations over the weekend, you may have heard the curious case of Tyler, a newly adopted older dog (not unlike the one pictured above) making a home for himself on the Upper West Side. | |
| Tyler was not adapting well. His owner claimed Tyler aggressively approached everyone they passed, tried to go into bodegas and brownstones, and engaged in a staring contest with a park bench. | |
| Tyler, it turned out, “had been a drug-sniffing dog for the N.Y.P.D.,” audiences were told. | Tyler, it turned out, “had been a drug-sniffing dog for the N.Y.P.D.,” audiences were told. |
| Neighbors grew fond of Tyler, though, with nosy parents on the block “asking to borrow him for the occasional play date with their kids’ backpacks.” | |
| This too-funny-to-be-true story was, in fact, not true. | This too-funny-to-be-true story was, in fact, not true. |
| It was part of the “bluff-the-listener” segment on the NPR comedy-news show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” | It was part of the “bluff-the-listener” segment on the NPR comedy-news show “Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me!” |
| What is true: New York City’s police commissioner said his agency may need new drug-sniffing dogs, since the current ones might become obsolete if recreational marijuana is legalized here. | What is true: New York City’s police commissioner said his agency may need new drug-sniffing dogs, since the current ones might become obsolete if recreational marijuana is legalized here. |
| Help on the way: A city police detective has already created a (real!) foundation to help retired police dogs. | |
| Dear Diary: | Dear Diary: |
| I was at the Bean in the East Village on a Sunday morning. A middle-age woman was standing on line with a handsome older golden retriever. | I was at the Bean in the East Village on a Sunday morning. A middle-age woman was standing on line with a handsome older golden retriever. |
| The dog waited patiently as people ordered their cups of cold brew and chai. The woman bought a drink of some kind and a plain bagel. | The dog waited patiently as people ordered their cups of cold brew and chai. The woman bought a drink of some kind and a plain bagel. |
| She gave the bagel to her dog. He wagged his tail furiously but he didn’t eat the bagel. He just held it in his mouth. Clearly, it was their routine. | She gave the bagel to her dog. He wagged his tail furiously but he didn’t eat the bagel. He just held it in his mouth. Clearly, it was their routine. |
| I wondered: Were they headed home for lox? | I wondered: Were they headed home for lox? |
| — Sam Magaram | — Sam Magaram |
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