The real scandal of New York City's Sandy recovery and other top stories.

• The real scandal of New York City's Sandy recovery

  

  We know New York isn’t good at building train stations or tunnels. Last week, we learned New York can’t even build . . . houses. Surprise: The city’s plan to help people rebuild after Hurricane Sandy is way over budget — and eating into money for libraries, school-bathroom repairs and potholes. You can blame Bloomberg for part of this debacle. After the flood hit four years ago, Mayor Mike pledged a “simple and understandable” way for families to rebuild their homes. In most disaster programs —..

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• For New York's New Police Commissioner, Less Crime Is Just a Start

  

  I think that’s one thing about working with Commissioner [William J.] Bratton. I was able to travel to L.A., to Boston, to Chicago, to different police departments around the United States, just to see how they operate. I know just spending a couple days with a police department is not like running another police department, but it did give me exposure to how the people there do business. Photo Mr. O’Neill, center, and Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, going to a news conference after the explosion ..

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• Sugarfish to finally hit East Coast with New York City location

  

  Sugarfish, a beloved West Coast omakase sushi shop, and its sister hand roll haven, KazuNori, are finally launching in the Big Apple. Chef Kazunori Nozawa and partner Jerry Greenberg are slated to open a KazuNori, the Original Hand Roll Bar, at 15 E. 28th., between Broadway and Fifth Avenue, early next year. In addition, the group will launch Sugarfish, a high quality, reasonably priced sushi chain, at 33 E. 20th St. this November. The two-story space is 1,600 square feet and will seat around 4..

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• LSU Fires Les Miles Despite Envied Record

  

  Photo Louisiana State Coach Les Miles during a game against the Auburn Tigers on Saturday. Miles was fired by the university on Sunday. Credit Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Les Miles, Louisiana State’s always eccentric, sometimes frustrating and never boring football coach, was fired four games into his 12th season, the university announced Sunday.Miles, 62, was as much a mascot of L.S.U. football as Mike the Tiger. His most famous quirk was tearing up a handful of grass fr..

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• A Moment of Truth for Presidential Debate Moderators

  

  Donald J. Trump has said, as he did on Thursday on “Fox & Friends,” that the NBC anchor moderating Monday’s debate, Lester Holt, should stay out of the way and leave it to him and Hillary Clinton to “take each other on” over the facts.Not surprising. But at least one of this year’s moderators, Chris Wallace of Fox News, said the same thing, as have some well-known television-news graybeards like the former PBS anchor Jim Lehrer, once a regular debate moderator himself. Photo The 2012 Republica..

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• Arnold Palmer, the Magnetic Face of Golf in the '60s, Dies at 87

  

  “Flying has been one of the great things in my life,” he said. “It’s taken me to the far corners of the world. I met thousands of people I otherwise wouldn’t have met. And I even got to play a little golf along the way.”He was a part owner of the Pebble Beach Resort in California and principal owner of the Bay Hill Club and Lodge in Orlando, the site of the annual Arnold Palmer Invitational tournament on the PGA Tour. True to his roots, he made his primary home in Latrobe, but he spent winters ..

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• A Week In New York On A $70000 Salary

  

  Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking millennials how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we're tracking every last dollar. (Thanks, New York mag, for the inspiration.)This week, an attorney drinking green juice every day, restocking her weed supply, and sharing a daily iced coffee with her husband.Industry: LawAge: 30Location: Astoria, QueensSalary: $70,000. My husband is also ..

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• Live! From New York! It's Monday Night! And Possibly The Most ...

  

  Enlarge this image Vice President Richard Nixon speaks at the first general election presidential debate as Sen. John F. Kennedy listens on Sept. 26, 1960. Sitting in the center is moderator Howard K. Smith. AP hide caption toggle caption AP Vice President Richard Nixon speaks at the first general election presidential debate as Sen. John F. Kennedy li..

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• How to be human: how to be happy and alone in New York City

  

  Leah Reich was one of the first internet advice columnists. Her column "Ask Leah" ran on IGN, where she gave advice to gamers for two and a half years. During the day, Leah is a Senior User Researcher for Slack, but her views here do not represent her employer. You can write to her at askleah@theverge.com and read more How to be Human here. Dear Leah, Eight months ago I graduated from a university and moved to New York City to chase my dreams. In the process of doing so, me and my girlfriend (..

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• Writer Charged With Insulting Islam Is Killed as Extremism Boils ...

  

  Jordan, an important American ally surviving in part on billions of dollars of aid from Washington, has sought to find ways to keep its Islamist forces in check. The Muslim Brotherhood, outlawed in Egypt, was allowed, through its political wing, to take part in Jordan’s parliamentary elections last week. The wing, along with other Islamists, won 15 of 130 seats, while women won 20, a record for the nation. By happenstance, Jordan’s government resigned on Sunday, part of the normal process after..

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