Simon van Zuylen-Wood

3 weeks ago | archive.is | Ed Kilgore |Margaret Hartmann |Simon van Zuylen-Wood |Sarah Jones

Audio: Listen to this article. This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Alex Soros lives in the duplex penthouse of a building in downtown Manhattan. The elevator opens onto the apartment, where a framed photograph of Alex and his fiancée, Huma Abedin, sits on a small table by the entrance.

Nov 16, 2024 | nymag.com | Simon van Zuylen-Wood

The more camouflage Harris-Walz trucker hats I saw around Brooklyn, the greater my sense of foreboding. "Courting disaster," I texted a colleague, half-joking, as I walked to my Fort Greene polling site on Election Day. Scanning as working class, the hats seemed to be worn exclusively by people who didn't match that description.

Nov 16, 2024 | archive.is | Ed Kilgore |Margaret Hartmann |Simon van Zuylen-Wood |Rebecca Traister

KEY: Dozens of neighborhoods across the five boroughs became more red in the 2024 election. The greater the shift, the larger the circle. Dot: Majority vote winner. Hot spot: Percent change from 2020. Graphic: Map by MGMT. design. Source: THE CITY/Haidee Chu/Sujin Shin. Based on unofficial results. The more camouflage Harris-Walz trucker hats I saw around Brooklyn, the greater my sense of foreboding.

Nov 1, 2024 | vulture.com | Simon van Zuylen-Wood

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Ben Mezrich owns a magic radio. It’s an antique, the stand-up kind families used to gather round, stare at, and listen to, with a large dial that resembles a marine compass. He bought it for $50 in the late ’90s, back when he was a mid-list author deep in debt and contemplating giving up writing for an M.B.A., after wandering into a yard sale.

Oct 25, 2024 | nymag.com | Kevin Dugan |Simon van Zuylen-Wood

On Friday night, the New York Yankees take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of a monumental World Series. The matchup revives a rivalry dating to the Dodgers' Brooklyn days and showcases a stunning number of future Hall of Famers, including the ethereal Shohei Ohtani, the batting genius Juan Soto, and the Bunyanesque Aaron Judge. The Yankees, though they haven't had a losing season in over three decades, have been uncharacteristically missing from World Series action since their 2009 triumph.