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Special elections Tuesday could provide a high-stakes assessment of how suburban voters feel about the border, abortion rights, the two leading presidential candidates and whether the House of Representatives should be led by Democrats or Republicans. In another race, to fill a vacant seat in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Democrat Jim Prokopiak is in a close race against Republican Candace Cabanas. But it’s the New York race that has the attention of election-watchers because of its amplified importance in the closely divided House of Representatives. Should Democrats prevail in the toss-up election, they'll flip the seat held by Santos and give themselves some momentum heading into November. Pilip has cast Suozzi as weak on border security, a powerful issue in a state where migrants have been transported after coming over the southern border.

Persons: George Santos, Democrat Jim Prokopiak, Republican Candace Cabanas, Santos, Don Levy, Tom Suozzi, Mazi, Levy, Pilip, Suozzi, Bill Cunningham, Tom Bonier, Bonier, Cunningham, Joe Biden Organizations: Democrats, Voters, Republican, Assembly, Democrat, York, GOP, Siena College Research Institute, Democratic, Rep, Federal, Commission Locations: , New York, Pennsylvania, York, New York

☆ Domenico Spano Dies at 79; Clothier of Stars Found Fame of His Own
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Alex Williams | More About Alex Williams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Domenico Spano, a New York custom clothier who outfitted captains of industry and Hollywood stars, and whose own dandyish style made him a highly recognizable peacock on the streets of the city as well as in newspaper fashion pages, died on Oct. 23 in Manhattan. His daughter Elisabeth Spano said he died in a hospital of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Mr. Spano, who went by the nickname Mimmo, was born in the Calabria region of southern Italy. But although he grew up in a country known for its illustrious fashion history, he made his name in New York as a champion of classic American style, as epitomized by the timeless elegance of silver-screen legends like Fred Astaire, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Cary Grant and Gary Cooper. With his own head-turning outfits, rendered in colorful patterns and bold prints and complete with felt fedoras, paisley scarfs, suspenders, bow ties and an ever-present carnation in his lapel, he would become a fixture in street-style columns like The New York Times’s “On the Street,” written and shot by his friend, the photographer and fashion-world institution Bill Cunningham.

Persons: Domenico Spano, Elisabeth Spano, Spano, Fred Astaire, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, fedoras, paisley scarfs, Bill Cunningham Organizations: Hollywood Locations: New York, Manhattan, Calabria, Italy, York

☆ The Life Cycle of New York Galleries
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( M.H. Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +10 min

The Life Cycle of New York Galleries What does being the center of the art world do to a neighborhood? BROOME STREET GRAND STREET WOOSTER STREET GREENE STREET MERCER STREET CROSBY STREET HOUSTON STREET CANAL STREET WEST BROADWAY BROADWAY LAFAYETTE STREET PRINCE STREET SPRING STREET opacity=0PRE-1950SIn the early 20th century, the area south of Houston, north of Canal, bounded roughly by West Broadway on one side and Lafayette/Centre Street on the other, was notorious for sweatshops and factory fires. Photo: Bob Adelman1968In 1968, a group called the SoHo Artists Association formed in order to help legalize loft living in manufacturing buildings. The reputations of these dealers helped cement the neighborhood as the center of the New York art world, though SoHo remained, in some ways, sparse. In 1996, the SoHo Grand Hotel opened on West Broadway (the Mercer would open the following year).

Persons: Edward Cavanagh Jr, Robert Moses, Bronx . Walter Albertin, Little Italy —, Jane Jacobs, Fred W, “, Chester Rapkin, Houston —, Allan Tannenbaum, Donald Judd, James Rosenquist, Julie Finch, Frank Stella, John Chamberlain, Claes Oldenburg, Bob Adelman, John Dominis, Paula Cooper, Alan Shields, Judd, Leo Castelli, André Emmerich, Ileana Sonnabend, John Weber, Sam Falk, Sol LeWitt, — Carol Goodden, Tina Girourard, Gordon Matta, Clark —, Sandra Zalman, ” Gordon Matta, Clark’s “ Matta Bones, Clark, Andrew Sarchiapone, Cooper, Moira Hodgson, Pepe Diniz, Peter Gabriel, Mick Jagger, Keith Haring, Tony Shafrazi, Martin Scorsese, — Brooke Alexander, Gruenebaum, Baskerville, Watson, Victoria Munroe, Witkin, ’, Larry Gagosian, Lee B, Ewing, Solomon R, Bill Cunningham, Moss, Mercer, Prada, Michael Moran, OTTO, Bloomingdale’s, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg, Hauser & Wirth, Marc Payot Organizations: STREET WOOSTER, STREET, STREET CROSBY STREET, WEST BROADWAY BROADWAY LAFAYETTE STREET PRINCE, West Broadway, Cross, Bronx ., of Congress, Interim, Lower, Manhattan, Authority, City Club of New, Houston, Fairweather, James Rosenquist Foundation, ARS, SoHo Artists Association, Student, Broadway, New York Times, New, New York City Landmarks Preservation, Vox Media, New Museum, “, The Times, The New York Times, Guggenheim Museum, Guggenheim, Guggenheim SoHo, Voice, Women’s Action Coalition, Boys ’, Hauser &, Wooster, Adidas, Wirth’s, Hauser, Wirth Locations: Soho, Houston, Canal, Lafayette, Manhattan, Bronx, Hell’s, Little Italy, Lower Manhattan Expressway, City Club of New York, New York City, , New York, Vietnam, SoHo, York, , New York City , New York, Wooster, New York, French, Sixth, Prince, West Chelsea

Fischer is also the author of Kentucky’s 2019 “trigger” law, which went into effect when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June and makes most abortions illegal in the state. This year, with 84 seats up for election in state supreme court races nationwide – the highest number in recent years, according to election tracking organization Ballotpedia – these down-ballot races are taking on a heightened significance and scrutiny. Four out of seven of Kentucky’s state Supreme Court seats are up on Nov. 8, with three of those races contested. But if the amendment loses, a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood attempting to overturn the ban would move forward before the state Supreme Court. A ‘new frontier’In Montana, Republicans have accused the seven-member state Supreme Court of holding a “liberal bias,” particularly while Democratic governors filled court vacancies in recent years.

“What a joyous occasion!” Bill Cunningham said last year of the Fifth Avenue Easter parade, calling it “a carnival celebration of spring.” He explained to us that the parade, which gained popularity in the 1880s, started as an after-church fashion procession by the residents of Fifth Avenue. It evolved into an occasion for people to dress up in even more whimsical costumes with “centuries of style represented,” he said. He started photographing the parade in the 1950s and continued until 2016, two months before he died. His pictures capture the humor, oddities and imaginativeness of the event, where fanciful hats, brightly colored clothes and enthusiasts of all things vintage are found on every block. Here are some of his photos, unpublished until now, from the past six years.

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