New York Magazine

The Cut’s solo “Spring Fashion” print issue features Bad Bunny, Doechii, Rosé, conversation-provoking features, unique fashion and beauty coverage, and more.

The City Politic: David Freedlander • Mamdani’s Machine More than just trying to knock off moderates, the mayor is building a base of power.

Neighborhood News: The Watch Party on Every Corner • The Knicks’ playoff run brings New Yorkers outside.

131 MINUTES WITH … Jesse Genet • The entrepreneur turned stay-at-home mom extols the joys of running her household with an ever-multiplying staff of AI agents.

The Power Trip: BUILDING BACK THE BIDENS • The urgent, embarrassing, and occasionally convincing campaign to salvage their legacy.

YOUR DIGITAL LIFE • We’re each attached to years of texts, Slacks, searches, and pictures, an archive of self-incrimination and humiliation that could detonate at any time.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s Prison Experiment • His life behind bars and his desperate campaign to get free.

MOTHER F*CKER • After becoming a single mom, I began compulsively dating in order to figure out what kind of woman I wanted to be.

A Downtown Daybed

A Day in the Rockaways • Rockaway Beach resident and Who? Weekly podcast host Lindsey Weber spoke to other locals about how best to enjoy the Rockaways this summer, from the focaccia worth grabbing before lying in the sun to the spot where beachgoers can spend some quiet time with the Jamaica Bay fauna.

Dyke Prom • The theme was leather and lace for the sold-out event at the Gemini & Scorpio Loft in Gowanus, organized by the Lesbian Herstory Archives.

Steal My Gardening Gear • Nine gardeners on what they wear to weed, prune, and harvest. Find more in the Secret Strategist newsletter (secretstrategist.substack.com).

Hard Edges • Zoli is the rare restaurant that encourages diners to get a little uncomfortable.

Voodoo Doughnut Is Here • But is it 20 years too late?

A Dumbo Spot That’s Not for Tourists

Three Non-Caesars • Chefs are giving other famous salads a spin.

Faux Is a Real McNally Restaurant • George McNally is building his first business without his famous dad. He’s putting steak-frites on the menu anyway.

The Alien Auteur • An oral history of Steven Spielberg’s films about extraterrestrials—as told by his friends and collaborators.

Joyce Carol Oates Can’t Quit • The octogenarian is on her 66th novel and 15th year as an X power user.

What’s an Artist Worth? • A wave of New York dealers are leaving galleries to start their own agencies with new ideas about how to build their clients’ careers.

CRITICS • Justin Davidson on the Obama Presidential Center … Angelica Jade Bastién on Office Romance … Craig Jenkins on Paul McCartney’s The Boys of Dungeon Road.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.

Solution to Last Issue’s Puzzle: Kitchen Switchin’

Finish Strong

THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.