New York Headlines

• Eliot Spitzer’s Real Estate Firm Overcharged Tenants, Lawsuit Claims

  (by Mihir Zaveri for The New York Times 23 minutes ago)
  The suit argues that the company run by the former New York governor violated state rent regulations at a luxury tower in Brooklyn.
  
  

• The Trump Administration and the Shrinking Number of Women in Top Roles

  (by Erica L. Green for The New York Times 24 minutes ago)
  In President Trump’s second term, those heading for the exits, voluntarily or involuntarily, are female officials.
  

• Katie Zacharia Is Trump’s New Press Secretary. But Is She a Lawyer?

  (by Shawn McCreesh for The New York Times 44 minutes ago)
  Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials is the result of one big misunderstanding.
  
  
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• Cornell’s President Grilled by Faculty Senate Over Handling of Crisis

  (by Mack Liederman, Zane Irwin and Sharon Otterman for The New York Times 49 minutes ago)
  Ahead of a vote on a resolution of no confidence in Michael I. Kotlikoff, some faculty members said they were not swayed by steps he announced on Tuesday, including banning fraternity parties.
  
  

• America’s top party college rocked by sorority girl scandal as California sisters go scorched earth: ‘We all noticed’

  (by Erica Andrews for The New York Post an hour ago)
  The drama began during fall recruitment in late September.
  
  

• Rep. Mike Lawler rips Cait Conley’s support of sanctuary policies, portrays her as phony New Yorker in fiery final debate

  (by Vaughn Golden, Alex Oliveira for The New York Post an hour ago)
  Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler ripped his Democratic challenger Cait Conley over her support for sanctuary state policies and portrayed her as a phony New Yorker in their final NY-17 debate.
  
  

• Mamdani’s team ‘pissed’ over Darializa Avila Chevalier’s calls for Tisch to be canned: ‘Direct undermining of Mamdani’

  (by Craig McCarthy for The New York Post an hour ago)
  Sources said the impulsive Darializa Avila Chevalier has been on City Hall and Mayor Mamdani's radar as a potential liability for some time — but they didn’t think she would be an issue so early on.
  
  

• The Plaza Hotel to Close for Yearslong Renovation in 2027

  (by Andy Newman for The New York Times 3 hours ago)
  The famous Fifth Avenue hotel, which opened in 1907, requires a restoration of its exterior, its operators said. It was not clear if residents of the building’s condos would have to leave.
  
  

• Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Rise and Fall as Trump’s Ambassador to Greece

  (by Elisabeth Bumiller for The New York Times 11 hours ago)
  President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.