N.Y. Today: Marriages, Kids, Careers: For 44 Years, They’ve Been Talking It Out

November 28, 2025

Five women stand in a backyard, their arms around one another.

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Marriages, Kids, Careers: For 44 Years, They’ve Been Talking It Out

Six women in their 70s, all married and all mothers and grandmothers, gather twice a month without fail. They credit their close-knit families to their longstanding friendships.

By Katherine Rosman

A photo showing the outside of a two-story brick house on a flooded street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, with a line marking the level of the flooding at 1.5 feet in October 2025, and another line indicating six feet of projected flooding.

The Disaster to Come: New York’s Next Superstorm

Heavy rain would make a hurricane catastrophic. See the neighborhoods that could face the worst flooding.

By Hilary Howard, K.K. Rebecca Lai, Daniel Wood and Vincent Alban

A 3-D model shows steel mesh sheets on the underside of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever.

A Highway Is Crumbling. New York Can’t Agree on How to Fix It.

The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway has exceeded its life span. Clashing visions have hindered a solution.

By Winnie Hu, Helmuth Rosales and Marco Hernandez

A Pac-Man balloon floating down an avenue in a parade.

Labubu and KPop Demon Hunters Join Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Crowds in New York City bundled up to take in the latest version of a tradition that has run for nearly a century.

By Sarah Maslin Nir and Vincent Alban

For the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Broadway Hits the Streets

We tagged along to a late-night rehearsal for performers from “Just in Time,” “Buena Vista Social Club” and “Ragtime.”

By Erik Piepenburg and Dolly Faibyshev

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