Eric Lach

3 weeks ago | businessandamerica.com | Eric Lach

The public hasn’t seen much of Cuomo since the summer of 2021, when a report from the state attorney general’s office revealed that nearly a dozen women had accused him of sexual harassment, and he resigned the governorship in disgrace. Cuomo had subjected New York’s political class to a decade of vicious bullying—he once screamed “I will destroy you!” on a phone call to an assemblyman who was drawing a bath for his daughters—and faced impeachment if he didn’t leave by choice.

1 month ago | newyorker.com | Eric Lach

“Notoriety is better than being unknown.” A report on the city’s mayoral race and the voters who, like their counterparts across the country, have become addicted to scandal. Plus:Eric LachLach writes regularly about New York City politics, people, and more. A few weeks ago, I went fancy-condo browsing in Brooklyn with State Senator Zellnor Myrie, who is running to be mayor of New York City.

1 month ago | newyorker.com | Eric Lach

On Easter Sunday, the choir at Calvary Baptist Church, in South Jamaica, Queens, was finishing warmups when Cara, Mariah, and Michaela Kennedy-Cuomo—the daughters of Andrew Cuomo, the former New York governor—walked into the sanctuary. The three young women, dressed in white, nodded serenely at the congregants, exchanging good-mornings with Black men and women in their Easter best. A few minutes later, Cuomo himself appeared, looking smaller and grayer than he did when he was in office.

2 months ago | wired.jp | Eric Lach

2016年に放送されたリアリティ番組「Million Dollar Listing New York」［編註: ニューヨークの高級不動産業界の舞台裏を描いて人気を博した］の第5シーズンが終わろうとしていたころ、元アダルト映画俳優でいまは不動産ブローカーをしているフレデリック・エクルンドは職業上の危機に陥っていた。彼はそれまでの数週間をかけて、「1 Seaport」という新しい高級分譲マンションの販売代理人（リスティング・エージェント）になるために、Fortis Property Groupのデベロッパーたちに対して猛烈なアピールを続けた。「このビルがなければ夜も眠れません」とエクルンドは言った。「取り憑かれてしまったんです」。1 Seaportはロウアーマンハッタンのウォーターフロントで初となる全面ガラス張りの住居用超高層ビル──金融街の一角での都会的生活を約束する60階建ての高級マンションだ。...

Feb 14, 2025 | newyorker.com | Ian Crouch |Eric Lach

In today’s newsletter, for this week’s 100th Anniversary Issue, a look back at the power of James Baldwin’s “Letter from a Region in My Mind.” But, first, Eric Lach reports on the prosecutor who took a stand against Trump’s Department of Justice.