Nate Schweber

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Winnie Hu |Stefanos Chen |Nate Schweber

Congestion Pricing in N.Y.C. An informal survey along Bleecker Street surfaced complaints about higher delivery costs, but most businesses are making do, even if they do not like it. Some customers have griped about having to pay the new $9 toll to drive to John's Pizzeria, a Greenwich Village institution, in the heart of the congestion pricing zone. One regular from Long Island swore he wouldn't pay on principle and hasn't returned.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Nate Schweber |Michael Levenson |Robert Chiarito

Travelers on Wednesday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport. Credit... By Graham Dickie/the New York Times Many fliers showed up early for extra screening or brought passports, smoothing the rollout of the long-postponed requirements. Those who didn't have Real IDs got a warning. Travelers on Wednesday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport. Credit...

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Chelsia Rose Marcius |Nate Schweber

The house in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood had no working smoke detectors and was crammed with tenants, fire officials said. In a house on an affluent street in Queens, a tenant woke up early on Easter Sunday choking on black smoke. A fire had broken out on the first floor, where he lived in a cramped single room. "There were people screaming, jumping out the windows," the tenant, Tony Rock, 40, said hours later.

4 weeks ago | the.ink | Nate Schweber

Can an experimental program called ranked-choice voting improve democracy? Today in The Ink, journalist and author Nate Schweber dives deep on how it’s playing out in New York City. He talks about the city’s use of ranked-choice voting, which aims to provide a fairer, less polarized election experience and to enable voters to choose according to their conscience with less risk of backing a spoiler in a close race.

1 month ago | the.ink | Nate Schweber

Journalist and author Nate Schweber continues his coverage of the New York City mayoral race, this week turning his attention to the voters. This weekend, he visited neighborhoods across the five boroughs and asked New Yorkers what they want from their next mayor. Are they looking for a fighter who’ll take on the White House, or a dealmaker who’ll try to work with Donald Trump to get favorable terms for the city? A progressive or a centrist?