Christopher Maag

New Jersey

Enterprise Reporter, Metro Desk at The New York Times

I'm an enterprise reporter for the Metro desk of The New York Times.

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Articles

As allies call for diplomacy, Trump posts about regime change in Iran

5 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Helene Cooper |John Ismay |Eric Schmitt |Ronen Bergman |Christopher Maag

Iran’s appetite and capacity for a counterstrike are unknown. Especially now that its proxy forces, including Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon, have been hobbled, its leaders do not want to show weakness. Yet Israeli airstrikes in the past week have destroyed at least half of Iran’s missile launchers and an unknown number of missiles.
Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Christopher Maag

4 hours agoArmy says Trump's military parade could cause $16 million in damage to Washington streetsThe repair costs are part of the estimated $45 million price tag for the upcoming parade. The cost to repair Washington, D.C., streets after the upcoming military parade celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary could cost as much as $16 million, according to U.S. military officials.
Aide to Rep. Nadler Is Handcuffed Amid Confrontation With Federal Agents

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag

Captured on video, the episode occurred in the congressman's Manhattan office, shortly after the aide observed agents detaining immigrants outside a courtroom. Federal officers entered Representative Jerry Nadler's office in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday and handcuffed and briefly detained one of his aides.
In New York City, drivers who run red lights get fines. E-bike riders get court dates.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Christopher Maag

NEW YORK – On the morning of May 21, Mr Ivan Boston’s day began at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in downtown Brooklyn. Last month, police officers had stopped him for running a red light on his electric bicycle, and Mr Boston, a construction worker, assumed that the DMV was where traffic tickets were paid. But the pink slip of paper in his hand was no traffic ticket. It was a criminal summons.
New York's Crackdown on E-bikes Is Unfair Enforcement, Critics Say

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag

In what they say is a new safety campaign, the police are issuing summonses that may lead to arrest for cyclists who break the city's traffic laws. On Wednesday morning, Ivan Boston's day began at the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Downtown Brooklyn. Last month, police officers had stopped him for running a red light on his electric bicycle, and Mr. Boston, a construction worker, assumed that the D.M.V. was where traffic tickets were paid.
The Story of Sexual Abuse, Bribery and Suicide That Shocked a Small Town

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag

An F.B.I. investigation homed in on two powerful men in suburban New York. Behind it were allegations by a woman who said her brother had abused and controlled her for 45 years. Eman Soudani lived in fear of her brother for decades, she said. She escaped, but still worries that he will find her. Credit... Daniel Brenner for The New York Times Early one morning in September 2024, two teams of F.B.I. agents descended simultaneously on a pair of homes in Orange County, New York.
Last U.S. hostage in Gaza is reunited with parents: ‘We never lost hope’

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Christopher Maag

Edan Alexander was kept hostage underground for 583 days in the tunnels beneath the Gaza Strip. After he was released Monday evening, he stood in a plain white room on an Israeli military base as his mother rushed in. They hugged and cried with joy and wept. Adi Alexander, Edan’s father, wanted to join their embrace. Instead he waited down the hall. For more than a year and a half, Adi Alexander had relied on discipline to survive the ordeal of his son’s capture.
'We Never Lost Hope'

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag

Edan Alexander was 19 when he left New Jersey to serve in the Israel Defense Forces. He was released by Hamas on Monday. Edan Alexander was kept hostage underground for 583 days in the tunnels beneath Gaza. After he was released on Monday evening, he stood in a plain white room on an Israeli military base as his mother rushed in. They hugged and cried with joy and wept. Adi Alexander, Edan's father, wanted to join their embrace. Instead he waited down the hall.
Two priests reflect on their longtime friend Bob, now Pope Leo XIV

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Christopher Maag |Sarah Mervosh

On Thursday, Robert Francis Prevost was introduced to the world as Pope Leo XIV. But as recently as last week, he was a low-profile cardinal just dining out with a friend in Rome. The friend, the Rev. Art Purcaro, an assistant vice president and adjunct professor at Villanova University, had traveled to Italy to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest. He planned to have dinner with his family at Sor’Eva, a traditional Roman restaurant on the Tiber, not far from Vatican City.
At Vietnam War Memorial, Familiar Names, Old Grief and a Kind of Peace

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Christopher Maag

Visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the anniversary of the fall of Saigon said they still felt sadness, anger and fury. And for some, finally, closure. They began to arrive when the late-morning sun had risen above the trees, just as the black paving stones at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial had started to get hot.