Lawmakers ratified a state budget that promised benefits for a host of New Yorkers, including the legislators themselves.
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George Lee, Trailblazing Chinese Ballet Dancer, Dies at 90
He is believed to have been the first Asian to dance with New York City Ballet when he was cast in George Balanchine’s production of “The Nutcracker.”
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Newark’s Mayor Arrested at Protest Outside ICE Detention Center
Ras J. Baraka and city officials have been trying to close the leased lockup, saying it’s part of President Trump’s unjust deportation campaign.
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‘Let This Papacy Be a Light in Darkening Times’
More from our inbox: Presidential ProfitsThe new pope on his first day in Vatican City, on Thursday. Credit…Gianni Cipriano for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “An American Pope” (front page, May 9): In an age of crises and confusion, it is no …
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Jack Katz, Pioneer of the Graphic Novel, Is Dead at 97
Hailed as a visionary (if a difficult one), he drew inspiration for his multivolume work “The First Kingdom” from no less a model than Homer.
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Judge Orders Release of Tufts Student Detained by ICE
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was being detained in Louisiana. A federal judge said her detention threatened to chill the speech of millions of noncitizens.
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Sliders: A tribute to the incomparable Tony Gwynn, who would have turned 65 on Friday
Plus Derek Jeter’s advice to recent college grads and more timely and timeless elements of baseball.
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Local Officials Brace for Loss of Disaster Preparedness Funding
The C.D.C. delivered $750 million annually to state and local health departments for emergency work. The program was eliminated in the Trump administration’s budget blueprint.
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James Foley, 71, Dies; Directed ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ and ‘House of Cards’
A veteran New York City-born filmmaker, he also directed the sequels to “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
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