What you need to know for Friday and the weekend.
Mayoral Candidates Share New York Moments |
Weather: Mix of rain and snow in the morning; cloudy later, with a high in the low 40s. Saturday: Sunny, high around 40. Sunday: Occasional snow, high in the mid-30s. |
Alternate-side parking: Suspended today and tomorrow for snow removal. |
What's the best way to show that you're a New Yorker? Perhaps it's your bagel order. Or your accent. Or your determination to avoid to Times Square. |
The more than 30 candidates who have thrown their hat in the ring to become the city's next mayor will inevitably face questions about their New Yorkiness. |
"The candidates are starting to go after each other a bit more and distinguish themselves over policy proposals and personal narratives," said my colleague Emma Fitzsimmons, the City Hall bureau chief. |
"I think there are five front-runners among Democrats at this point: Eric Adams, Ray McGuire, Scott Stringer, Maya Wiley and Andrew Yang," Ms. Fitzsimmons said, naming them in alphabetical order. |
My colleague Corey Kilgannon recently talked with these front-runners and several other candidates about their New York pedigrees, specifically asking them about their favorite city moments. Here are a few of their responses, accompanied by illustrations from our Metropolitan Diary artist, Agnes Lee. |
Kathryn Garcia, former sanitation commissioner |
Ms. Garcia was 14 when she and her friends decided to dress up and take the subway from Brooklyn into Manhattan to try getting into Studio 54. |
"Going into Manhattan was considered cool, and I loved to dance," she said. She wore "candy red high heels" and stood outside the club, which, in 1984, was past its heyday but still highly selective. |
Shaun Donovan, former federal housing secretary |
"When you're hugging people you never met before, you know something great has happened," said Mr. Donovan, remembering how he cheered from a grandstand seat at Yankee Stadium the day Reggie Jackson hit three home runs to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1977 World Series. |
Carlos Menchaca, city councilman from Brooklyn |
Three years after moving to New York from Texas, Mr. Menchaca was riding the F train to his Brooklyn apartment after having some beers with friends. He fell asleep and missed his stop. A subway worker woke him at the end of the line in Coney Island. |
Taking the train back, he fell asleep and missed his stop again. He got home at dawn. |
New York restaurant industry leaders want Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to lift the 10 p.m. dining curfew before Super Bowl weekend. [New York Post] |
An anonymous note sent to some Long Island residents said, "Take your Christmas lights down! Its Valentines Day!!!!!!" — but one recipient had been busy with funeral arrangements. [NBC New York] |
What happened to Ample Hills Creamery, Brooklyn's beloved ice cream company? [Marker] |
And finally: Your virtual social weekend |
The Times's Melissa Guerrero writes: |
Although many performance spaces, museums and community centers are closed, people are finding creative ways to connect through virtual events and programs. Here are suggestions for maintaining a New York social life this weekend while keeping a safe distance from other people. |
John Lewis: A Pioneer for Justice |
On Friday at 7 p.m., listen to the actor Alton Fitzgerald White recite one of John Lewis's speeches as part of Flushing Town Hall's Black History Trilogy series. A discussion and Q. and A. will follow. |
R.S.V.P. for the free livestream on the event page. |
Join the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club on Friday at 7 p.m. to honor the life of the celebrated photographer Corky Lee. |
Register for the free livestream on the event page. |
On Saturday at noon, the authors Mira Jacob and Nikesh Shukla will discuss Mr. Shukla's new memoir "Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home." |
It's Friday — embrace it. |
Metropolitan Diary: Sketching |
I was prone to forgetting at least one important thing — wallet, phone, keys — when I went out, but I always remembered to bring along a notebook and pen. |
On days when my headphones were what I had left behind, I shortened my long commute to my job as a nanny on the Upper West Side by sneakily sketching my fellow train passengers. |
Those who were asleep were ideal subjects; those who were awake would inevitably ruin the pose as soon as they become aware of what I was doing. |
Once, a few years ago, I was on the D train a when I noticed a young man who was sketching an older woman across from him as she snored. |
Having a clear view of his profile, I took out my supplies and started to draw the artist as he drew. I felt strangely guilty, as if I were violating his invisibility as a fellow train sketcher. Still, I couldn't resist. |
With the train pulling into 34th Street, I scrambled to finish sketching his hair while he gathered his things before getting off. As he stepped out onto the platform, I tapped his shoulder and handed him the sketch. |
There was just enough time to watch him process what he was looking at: the frown from being touched by a stranger to the embarrassed laugh as he saw his face on the page. |
Then the doors closed, and we pulled away. |
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