It gets dark early here.” That’s what the philosopher Yogi Berra supposedly said about the old Yankee Stadium. It’s feeling true for the whole city these days.

It’s not unusual for a high-profile defendant to ask the Justice Department under a new administration to take a fresh look at a case.

Like the very messy bail reform bill passed by the state Legislature and signed into law by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the overhaul of the state’s discovery laws, also demands refinement. Gov. Hochul ...

Mr. Adams and former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo have both been popular with Black voters, setting up a potential showdown that could decide the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City.