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Until the Next Storm | Willa Glickman

Until the Next Storm | Willa Glickman

Published by José Betancourt

This essay is part of a series in which writers reflect on Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration as the mayor of New York City.  Illustration by Stuart Davis Climate policy didn’t feature much in this mayoral election, possibly because much of the exciting legislation necessary to start moving New York toward a carbon-free future has already been passed. The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA), signed in 2019, which commits the state to net zero emissions by 2050, is one of the country’s most aggressive climate laws. So is New York City’s Local Law 97, passed the same year, which sets increasingly strict emission limits over time for buildings—which account for over two thirds of local emissions—if they rise above a certain square footage. The All-Electric Buildings Act, a state law passed in 2023, requires most new buildings to use electric heating and appliances. The task that falls to the city and state’s current leaders is equally important but far less politically rewarding: implementing the regulations as they go into effect, even as developers and building …

What The Epstein Files Say About the Dark, Rotten Trappings of Wealth

What The Epstein Files Say About the Dark, Rotten Trappings of Wealth

Published by Sam Flores

Within the swirl of earlier declassified material is Epstein’s address book, whose contents was first published by journalist Nick Bryant in 2019. In the back, Epstein kept a carefully curated list of hotels, restaurants, and stores. There were no hidden gems, holes in the walls, or up-and-coming locations. Instead, it was filled with places that exclusively—and famously—catered to a global set of millionaires and billionaires who sought to see and be seen. There’s an entry for Manhattan’s Four Seasons restaurant, the famous power lunch spot (now permanently closed) in the Seagram building that had a James Rosenquist mural and was frequented by Bill Clinton and Henry Kissinger. For dinner, he had phone numbers for Mr. Chow, where models, socialites, and other moneyed New Yorkers would drink lychee martinis and eat Peking duck while racking up sky-high bills. Hotels were exclusively five-star and famous for their over-the-top fanciness: The Mark in New York, The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, and Plaza Athénée in Paris. There’s even an entry for the secretive Corviglia Ski Club in …