On the Cover: Reasons to Love New York in 2023

Read the cover story, features, and more from New York Magazine’s December 4 issue.   Photo: Hugo Yu The mayor had his phones seized by the FBI, rents were never higher, and library hours and 3-K alike found themselves in peril. Also, it rained for eight consecutive weekends. It’s been a mediocre-to-poor year for New York. But every December, this magazine puts out a “[Reasons to Love New York](” issue, and even during this cursed year, we found 37 particularly excellent reasons why we all should. Here’s a heaping pile of tiny miracles that will remind you that even if, yes, that was indeed a rat you just stepped on, there’s still no other place anyone in their right mind should want to live. —The Editors [READ THE COVER STORY »](   What to Read Now [The National Interest]( [Why Nikki Haley appeals to a party that pretends its problems don’t exist.](   //linkst.vulture.com/click/33620949.81131/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudnVsdHVyZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS90aW1vdGhlZS1jaGFsYW1ldC1tb3ZpZXMtbmV4dC1sZWFkaW5nLW1hbi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3EmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWNvdmVyZHJvcF9ydGxueV9jdXJiZWQmdWVpZD1jMzViNTA5MDI4OWEwMzBkNWY3MTcyM2RiODlkZDIzMw/5eba4c9d4b2ef4616473f2eeB0f5d96c0//linkst.vulture.com/click/33620949.81131/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudnVsdHVyZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS90aW1vdGhlZS1jaGFsYW1ldC1tb3ZpZXMtbmV4dC1sZWFkaW5nLW1hbi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3EmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWNvdmVyZHJvcF9ydGxueV9jdXJiZWQmdWVpZD1jMzViNTA5MDI4OWEwMzBkNWY3MTcyM2RiODlkZDIzMw/5eba4c9d4b2ef4616473f2eeC0f5d96c0//linkst.vulture.com/click/33620949.81131/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudnVsdHVyZS5jb20vYXJ0aWNsZS90aW1vdGhlZS1jaGFsYW1ldC1tb3ZpZXMtbmV4dC1sZWFkaW5nLW1hbi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9c2FpbHRocnUmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbF9hY3EmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWNvdmVyZHJvcF9ydGxueV9jdXJiZWQmdWVpZD1jMzViNTA5MDI4OWEwMzBkNWY3MTcyM2RiODlkZDIzMw/5eba4c9d4b2ef4616473f2eeE0f5d96c0[Timmy Wéek](Timothée Chalamet could be our next great leading man — if he can figure out what kind he wants to be. 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