N.Y. Today: Black Families Are Leaving New York. Can a Pastor’s Plan End the Exodus?

June 8, 2025

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Black Families Are Leaving New York. Can a Pastor’s Plan End the Exodus?

In the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, a pastor is devoting his time to building affordable housing for his congregation.

By Eliza Shapiro

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The 100-Year-Old Psychologist Is Still Listening

But with her memory suddenly starting to fail, she faces a difficult decision.

By Julie Besonen and Sarah Blesener

Stacy Spikes, in a dark top and glasses, looks off to the side.

Routine

How Stacy Spikes, Co-Founder of MoviePass, Spends His Day at the Theater

Mr. Spikes is the main character of a day filled with running, people-watching, and going to the movies, of course.

By Lia Picard

Dozens of children hold large white signs that say “Manhattan Country School” and are decorated with markers to say things like “Save Our school” and “M.C.S. Rules.”

Big CITY

How a Manhattan Private School With a Utopian Mission Suddenly Collapsed

Inspired by the civil rights movement, Manhattan Country School educated the children of aristocrats and undocumented immigrants. Then it got into real estate.

By Ginia Bellafante

Trump’s Threat to N.Y.C. Finances Dominates Comptroller’s Race

The Democratic primary for comptroller, to fill the seat now held by Brad Lander, will most likely boil down to Mark Levine or Justin Brannan.

By Benjamin Oreskes

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METROPOLITAN DIARY

‘A Car With a Strange Wooden Contraption on the Roof Drove By’

Catapults and chocolates in Brooklyn, howling in the East Village and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

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