Matthew Haag

New York

Reporter at The New York Times

I write about New York City at The New York Times. [email protected]

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New York City Predicted Record Tourism. Then Came Trump. - The New York Times

5 days ago | nytimes.com | Matthew Haag

The city’s tourism agency revised its 2025 forecast, with an estimated decline primarily driven by fewer foreign travelers.
Trump Raged at Columbia Over $400 Million Decades Ago. Sound Familiar?

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Matthew Haag |Katherine Rosman

Donald Trump was demanding $400 million from Columbia University. When he did not get his way, he stormed out of a meeting with university trustees and later publicly castigated the university president as "a dummy" and "a total moron."That drama dates back 25 years. Today, these two New York City institutions - the ostentatious billionaire president of the United States and the 270-year-old Ivy League university that has cultivated 87 Nobel laureates - are locked in an extraordinary clash.
How Trump’s Hostility to Canada Is Inflicting Pain on N.Y.C. Tourism

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Matthew Haag |David Andreatta

More than one million Canadians visited New York City last year, injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy. Now, they are canceling trips in droves. School groups have called off end-of-semester trips. So have busloads of retirees, as well as newlyweds planning honeymoons, friends celebrating birthdays and a family from Quebec that had planned to visit twice this year.
How Trump's Hostility to Canada Is Inflicting Pain on N.Y.C. Tourism

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Matthew Haag |David Andreatta

More than one million Canadians visited New York City last year, injecting hundreds of millions of dollars into the local economy. Now, they are canceling trips in droves. School groups have called off end-of-semester trips. So have busloads of retirees, as well as newlyweds planning honeymoons, friends celebrating birthdays and a family from Quebec that had planned to visit twice this year.
How NYC Has Changed Since the Covid Pandemic

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Stefanos Chen |Matthew Haag |Alex Lemonides

Five years ago, the coronavirus pandemic tore through New York before any other large city in America, paralyzing the biggest municipal economy in the world and killing more than 46,800 residents. Offices closed, businesses shuttered and restaurants folded. Streets and sidewalks were bare while dire predictions spread. As soon as the pandemic subsided and life in the city began to approach normalcy, residents began asking the big question: Is New York City back?
The Son Who Couldn't Leave

Dec 23, 2024 | nytimes.com | Matthew Haag

Paul was then 15, but he didn't know how to clean up after himself, what a thermometer was for or that he didn't have to wear his clothes to bed. Ms. Ryan recalled that despite his lack of schooling, he had an expansive vocabulary far beyond someone his age. She plans to formally adopt Paul in the coming years, after his family court case is fully resolved. "I feel extraordinarily lucky, like one in a trillion kind of luck," he said recently, sitting at a Starbucks in Manhattan after school.
An NYPD search caught a subway shooter. This time, it’s different.

Dec 8, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Matthew Haag |Patrick McGeehan

NEW YORK — A shocking early-morning act of violence, a frantic New York Police Department search for a suspect, and a gunman seemingly in the wind: The year was 2022, and the man that police had fanned out to find was Frank R. James, who had set off smoke grenades inside a crowded subway car in Brooklyn and opened fire. Now, more than two years later, another search has gripped the city.
An N.Y.P.D. Manhunt Caught a Subway Shooter. This Time, It's Different.

Dec 7, 2024 | nytimes.com | Matthew Haag |Patrick McGeehan

A shocking early morning act of violence, a frantic New York Police Department search for a suspect and a gunman seemingly in the wind: The year was 2022, and the man the police had fanned out to find was Frank R. James, who had set off smoke grenades inside a crowded subway car in Brooklyn and opened fire. Now, more than two years later, another manhunt has gripped the city.
New York City Hotel Rates Soar to Record Heights as Holiday Travel Nears

Nov 24, 2024 | flipboard.com | Matthew Haag

Stop doing these 5 things after you turn 60 and you’ll feel 100% better about retiring in America — how many are you still doing? Life changes as you get older, and you need to change with the times. As you move into retirement, there are a few habits you must drop so you can …
Brasileiro que morou 5 anos em um hotel em Nova York praticamente de graça é considerado inimputável

Nov 7, 2024 | estadao.com.br | Matthew Haag

Durante cinco anos, o brasileiro Mickey Barreto morou no quarto 2565 do famoso New Yorker Hotel, em Nova York, nos Estados Unidos, pagando apenas a estadia de uma noite, de US$ 200,57 (R$ 1.152,84). Mas a estadia praticamente grátis terminou quando ele não apenas foi despejado, mas também acusado no início deste ano de um esquema criminoso para reivindicar a propriedade do hotel em Midtown Manhattan.