New York Election Live Results 2024

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1 year ago

November 5, 2024

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Thomas SchiavoniT. SchiavoniSchiavoni Democrat 56%

Stephen KielyS. KielyKiely Republican 44%

81%

Jodi GiglioJ. GiglioGiglioincumbent Republican 65%

Tricia ChiaramonteT. ChiaramonteChiaramonte Democrat 35%

84%

Joseph De StefanoJ. De StefanoDe Stefanoincumbent Republican 61%

Trina MilesT. MilesMiles Democrat 39%

71%

Rebecca KassayR. KassayKassay Democrat 50.4%

Edward FloodE. FloodFloodincumbent Republican 49.6%

58%

Douglas SmithD. SmithSmithincumbent Republican 65%

Michael ReynoldsM. ReynoldsReynolds Democrat 35%

73%

Philip RamosP. RamosRamosincumbent Democrat 65%

Daniel MitolaD. MitolaMitola Republican 35%

61%

Jarett GandolfoJ. GandolfoGandolfoincumbent Republican 63%

Garrett PetersenG. PetersenPetersen Democrat 37%

80%

Michael FitzpatrickM. FitzpatrickFitzpatrickincumbent Republican 66%

Steven BasileoS. BasileoBasileo Democrat 34%

85%

Michael DursoM. DursoDursoincumbent Republican 66%

Steven DellaVecchiaS. DellaVecchiaDellaVecchia Democrat 34%

73%

Steve SternS. SternSternincumbent Democrat 56%

Aamir SultanA. SultanSultan Republican 44%

75%

Kwani O’PharrowK. O’PharrowO’Pharrow Democrat 50.2%

Joseph CardinaleJ. CardinaleCardinale Republican 49.8%

71%

Keith BrownK. BrownBrownincumbent Republican 57%

Thomas CoxT. CoxCox Democrat 43%

81%

Charles LavineC. LavineLavineincumbent Democrat 57%

Ruka AnzaiR. AnzaiAnzai Republican 43%

51%

David McDonoughD. McDonoughMcDonoughincumbent Republican 60%

Ellen Lederer DeFrancescoE. Lederer DeFrancescoLederer DeFrancesco Democrat 40%

51%

Jake BlumencranzJ. BlumencranzBlumencranzincumbent Republican 55%

William MurphyW. MurphyMurphy Democrat 45%

54%

Gina SillittiG. SillittiSillittiincumbent Democrat 51%

Daniel NorberD. NorberNorber Republican 49%

66%

John MikulinJ. MikulinMikulinincumbent Republican 62%

Harpreet ToorH. ToorToor Democrat 38%

44%

Noah BurroughsN. BurroughsBurroughs Democrat 85%

Danielle SmikleD. SmikleSmikle Republican 15%

44%

Edward RaE. RaRaincumbent Republican 64%

Sanjeev JindalS. JindalJindal Democrat 36%

80%

Eric BrownE. BrownBrownincumbent Republican 63%

Tina PosterliT. PosterliPosterli Democrat 37%

57%

Judy GriffinJ. GriffinGriffin Democrat 55%

Brian CurranB. CurranCurranincumbent Republican 45%

51%

Michaelle SolagesM. SolagesSolagesincumbent Democrat 64%

Ian BergstromI. BergstromBergstrom Republican 36%

45%

Stacey Pheffer AmatoS. Pheffer AmatoPheffer Amatoincumbent Democrat 51%

Thomas SullivanT. SullivanSullivan Republican 49%

87%

David WeprinD. WeprinWeprinincumbent Democrat 61%

Ruben CruzR. CruzCruz Republican 36%

75%

Nily RozicN. RozicRozicincumbent Democrat 53%

Kenneth PaekK. PaekPaek Republican 47%

69%

Edward BraunsteinE. BraunsteinBraunsteinincumbent Democrat 68%

Robert SperanzaR. SperanzaSperanza Conservative 32%

74%

Sam BergerS. BergerBergerincumbent Democrat 57%

Angelo KingA. KingKing Republican 43%

79%

Andrew HevesiA. HevesiHevesiincumbent Democrat 58%

Jonathan RinaldiJ. RinaldiRinaldi Republican 42%

83%

Alicia HyndmanA. HyndmanHyndmanincumbent Democrat 86%

Dwayne MooreD. MooreMoore Republican 14%

78%

Steven RagaS. RagaRagaincumbent Democrat 60%

Brandon CastroB. CastroCastro Republican 40%

74%

Khaleel AndersonK. AndersonAndersonincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Vivian CookV. CookCookincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Clyde VanelC. VanelVanelincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Jessica Gonzalez-RojasJ. Gonzalez-RojasGonzalez-Rojasincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Larinda HooksL. HooksHooks Democrat

Uncontested

Zohran MamdaniZ. MamdaniMamdaniincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Claire ValdezC. ValdezValdez Democrat

Uncontested

Jenifer RajkumarJ. RajkumarRajkumarincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Catalina CruzC. CruzCruzincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Ron KimR. KimKimincumbent Democrat 55%

Philip WangP. WangWang Republican 45%

67%

Kalman YegerK. YegerYeger Democrat

Uncontested

Rodneyse BichotteR. BichotteBichotteincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Brian CunninghamB. CunninghamCunninghamincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Robert CarrollR. CarrollCarrollincumbent Democrat 85%

John BennettJ. BennettBennett Republican 15%

91%

Michael NovakhovM. NovakhovNovakhovincumbent Republican 50.5%

Joey Cohen-SabanJ. Cohen-SabanCohen-Saban Democrat 49.5%

75%

Alec Brook-KrasnyA. Brook-KrasnyBrook-Krasnyincumbent Republican 53%

Chris McCreightC. McCreightMcCreight Democrat 47%

75%

William ColtonW. ColtonColtonincumbent Democrat 61%

David SepiashviliD. SepiashviliSepiashvili Republican 39%

72%

Simcha EichensteinS. EichensteinEichensteinincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Lester ChangL. ChangChangincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Emily GallagherE. GallagherGallagherincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Marcela MitaynesM. MitaynesMitaynesincumbent Democrat 77%

Erik FrankelE. FrankelFrankel Republican 23%

67%

Jo Anne SimonJ. SimonSimonincumbent Democrat 94%

Brett WynkoopB. WynkoopWynkoop Conservative 6%

>95%

Maritza DavilaM. DavilaDavilaincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Erik DilanE. DilanDilanincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Latrice WalkerL. WalkerWalkerincumbent Democrat 92%

Berneda JacksonB. JacksonJackson Republican 8%

63%

Stefani ZinermanS. ZinermanZinermanincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Phara ForrestP. ForrestForrestincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Monique Chandler-WatermanM. Chandler-WatermanChandler-Watermanincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Jaime WilliamsJ. WilliamsWilliamsincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Nikki LucasN. LucasLucasincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Charles FallC. FallFallincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Michael ReillyM. ReillyReillyincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Sam PirozzoloS. PirozzoloPirozzoloincumbent Republican 58%

Matthew MobiliaM. MobiliaMobilia Democrat 42%

80%

Michael TannousisM. TannousisTannousisincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Grace LeeG. LeeLeeincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Deborah GlickD. GlickGlickincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Linda RosenthalL. RosenthalRosenthalincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Edward GibbsE. GibbsGibbsincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Micah LasherM. LasherLasher Democrat

Uncontested

Jordan WrightJ. WrightWright Democrat 91%

Seson AdamsS. AdamsAdams Republican 9%

72%

Al TaylorA. TaylorTaylorincumbent Democrat 87%

Joziel AndujarJ. AndujarAndujar Republican 13%

68%

Manny De Los SantosM. De Los SantosDe Los Santosincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Alex BoresA. BoresBoresincumbent Democrat 74%

Awadhesh GuptaA. GuptaGupta Republican 26%

91%

Harvey EpsteinH. EpsteinEpsteinincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Tony SimoneT. SimoneSimoneincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Rebecca SeawrightR. SeawrightSeawrightincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Landon DaisL. DaisDaisincumbent Democrat 75%

Norman Sobe McGillN. McGillMcGill Republican 21%

57%

George AlvarezG. AlvarezAlvarezincumbent Democrat 74%

John SantiagoJ. SantiagoSantiago Republican 26%

62%

Chantel JacksonC. JacksonJacksonincumbent Democrat 80%

Sharon DarbyS. DarbyDarby Republican 16%

58%

John ZaccaroJ. ZaccaroZaccaroincumbent Democrat 68%

Nicholas MarriccoN. MarriccoMarricco Republican 27%

73%

Jeffrey DinowitzJ. DinowitzDinowitzincumbent Democrat 77%

Kevin PazminoK. PazminoPazmino Republican 23%

84%

Michael BenedettoM. BenedettoBenedettoincumbent Democrat 69%

Juan De la CruzJ. De la CruzDe la Cruz Republican 31%

90%

Carl HeastieC. HeastieHeastieincumbent Democrat 89%

Stephanie LiggioS. LiggioLiggio Republican 11%

74%

Amanda SeptimoA. SeptimoSeptimoincumbent Democrat 77%

Rosaline NievesR. NievesNieves Republican 20%

59%

Emerita TorresE. TorresTorres Democrat 79%

Kelly AtkinsonK. AtkinsonAtkinson Republican 18%

61%

Yudelka TapiaY. TapiaTapiaincumbent Democrat 75%

Woodrow Hines, Jr.W. Hines, Jr.Hines, Jr. Republican 23%

57%

Karines ReyesK. ReyesReyesincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Amy PaulinA. PaulinPaulinincumbent Democrat 61%

Thomas FixT. FixFix Republican 39%

23%

Gary PretlowG. PretlowPretlowincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Nader SayeghN. SayeghSayeghincumbent Democrat 55%

John IsaacJ. IsaacIsaac Republican 45%

13%

Steven OtisS. OtisOtisincumbent Democrat 62%

Katie MangerK. MangerManger Republican 38%

17%

MaryJane ShimskyM. ShimskyShimskyincumbent Democrat 59%

Alessandro CroccoA. CroccoCrocco Republican 41%

18%

Chris BurdickC. BurdickBurdickincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Matthew SlaterM. SlaterSlaterincumbent Republican 64%

Zachary CouzensZ. CouzensCouzens Democrat 36%

70%

Dana LevenbergD. LevenbergLevenbergincumbent Democrat 60%

Michael CapalboM. CapalboCapalbo Republican 40%

29%

Patrick CarrollP. CarrollCarroll Democrat 58%

Ronald DizR. DizDiz Republican 42%

80%

John McGowanJ. McGowanMcGowanincumbent Republican 50%

Aron WiederA. WiederWieder Democrat 46%

63%

Karl BrabenecK. BrabenecBrabenecincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Christopher EachusC. EachusEachusincumbent Democrat 51%

Tom LapollaT. LapollaLapolla Republican 49%

61%

Paula KayP. KayKay Democrat 52%

Louis IngrassiaL. IngrassiaIngrassia Republican 48%

83%

Brian MaherB. MaherMaherincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Christopher TagueC. TagueTagueincumbent Republican 64%

Janet Tweed TweedJ. TweedTweed Democrat 36%

93%

Sarahana ShresthaS. ShresthaShresthaincumbent Democrat 64%

Jack HayesJ. HayesHayes Republican 36%

95%

Jonathan JacobsonJ. JacobsonJacobsonincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Anil BeephanA. BeephanBeephanincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Didi BarrettD. BarrettBarrettincumbent Democrat 58%

Stephan KrakowerS. KrakowerKrakower Republican 42%

66%

Chloe PierceC. PiercePierce Democrat 55%

Scott BendettS. BendettBendettincumbent Republican 45%

62%

John McDonaldJ. McDonaldMcDonaldincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Gabriella RomeroG. RomeroRomero Democrat 72%

Alicia PurdyA. PurdyPurdy Republican 28%

81%

Phillip SteckP. SteckSteckincumbent Democrat 58%

Jeff MaddenJ. MaddenMadden Republican 42%

93%

Angelo SantabarbaraA. SantabarbaraSantabarbaraincumbent Democrat 62%

Joseph MastroianniJ. MastroianniMastroianni Republican 38%

86%

Mary Beth WalshM. WalshWalshincumbent Republican 61%

Joe SeemanJ. SeemanSeeman Democrat 39%

20%

Carrie WoernerC. WoernerWoernerincumbent Democrat 56%

Jeremy MessinaJ. MessinaMessina Republican 44%

19%

Matthew SimpsonM. SimpsonSimpsonincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Billy JonesB. JonesJonesincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Scott GrayS. GrayGrayincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Kenneth BlankenbushK. BlankenbushBlankenbushincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Robert SmullenR. SmullenSmullenincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Marianne ButtenschonM. ButtenschonButtenschonincumbent Democrat 50.5%

Christine EspositoC. EspositoEsposito Republican 49.5%

79%

William BarclayW. BarclayBarclayincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Joe AngelinoJ. AngelinoAngelinoincumbent Republican 66%

Vicki DavisV. DavisDavis Democrat 34%

64%

Brian MillerB. MillerMillerincumbent Republican 63%

Adrienne MartiniA. MartiniMartini Democrat 37%

61%

Donna LupardoD. LupardoLupardoincumbent Democrat 59%

Lisa OKeefeL. OKeefeOKeefe Republican 41%

81%

Christopher FriendC. FriendFriendincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Anna KellesA. KellesKellesincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

John LemondesJ. LemondesLemondesincumbent Republican 54%

Ian PhillipsI. PhillipsPhillips Democrat 46%

74%

Albert StirpeA. StirpeStirpeincumbent Democrat 58%

Timothy KellyT. KellyKelly Republican 42%

75%

Pamela HunterP. HunterHunterincumbent Democrat 62%

Daniel CiciarelliD. CiciarelliCiciarelli Republican 38%

62%

William MagnarelliW. MagnarelliMagnarelliincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Brian ManktelowB. ManktelowManktelowincumbent Republican 54%

James SchulerJ. SchulerSchuler Democrat 46%

35%

Jeff GallahanJ. GallahanGallahanincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Philip PalmesanoP. PalmesanoPalmesanoincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Andrea BaileyA. BaileyBailey Republican 65%

Colleen Walsh-WilliamsC. Walsh-WilliamsWalsh-Williams Democrat 35%

94%

Josh JensenJ. JensenJensenincumbent Republican

Uncontested

Jen LunsfordJ. LunsfordLunsfordincumbent Democrat 60%

Kimberly DeRosaK. DeRosaDeRosa Republican 40%

84%

Sarah ClarkS. ClarkClarkincumbent Democrat 69%

Orlando RiveraO. RiveraRivera Republican 31%

75%

Demond MeeksD. MeeksMeeksincumbent Democrat 72%

Marcus WilliamsM. WilliamsWilliams Republican 28%

47%

Harry BronsonH. BronsonBronsonincumbent Democrat 62%

Tracy DiFlorioT. DiFlorioDiFlorio Republican 38%

74%

Stephen HawleyS. HawleyHawleyincumbent Republican

Uncontested

William ConradW. ConradConradincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Crystal PeoplesC. PeoplesPeoplesincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Patrick BurkeP. BurkeBurkeincumbent Democrat 50.7%

Marc PrioreM. PriorePriore Republican 49.3%

>95%

Patrick ChludzinskiP. ChludzinskiChludzinski Republican 52%

Monica Piga WallaceM. Piga WallacePiga Wallaceincumbent Democrat 48%

>95%

Paul BolognaP. BolognaBologna Republican 62%

Michelle RomanM. RomanRoman Democrat 38%

>95%

Angelo MorinelloA. MorinelloMorinelloincumbent Republican 61%

Jeff ElderJ. ElderElder Democrat 39%

>95%

Karen McMahonK. McMahonMcMahonincumbent Democrat 60%

Deborah KilbournD. KilbournKilbourn Republican 40%

95%

David DiPietroD. DiPietroDiPietroincumbent Republican 68%

Darci CramerD. CramerCramer Democrat 32%

88%

Joseph SempolinskiJ. SempolinskiSempolinski Republican 64%

Daniel BrownD. BrownBrown Democrat 36%

30%

Jonathan RiveraJ. RiveraRiveraincumbent Democrat

Uncontested

Andrew MolitorA. MolitorMolitor Republican 63%

Mike BobseineM. BobseineBobseine Democrat 37%

>95%

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Inside the NYC Power Stations That Keep Trains Moving — or Bring Them to a Halt

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April 20, 2026

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Inside the NYC Power Stations That Keep Trains Moving — or Bring Them to a Halt

It was one of the worst commutes in years. A power outage stranded more than 3,500 New York City subway riders in stuffy, crowded train cars for more than two hours on Dec. 11, 2024, during the evening rush.

Firefighters evacuated riders from the disabled trains, but not before some passengers were forced to relieve themselves between cars, according to people who were present. The ensuing delays, which affected the A, C, F and G lines in Brooklyn, stretched well into the morning, snarling the commute for thousands more riders.

But the foul-up didn’t start on the tracks — it began about 40 feet beneath the sidewalk, in a concrete bunker called a substation, like this one.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which runs the New York City subway, operates 225 of these substations. They provide the electricity that keeps trains moving.

Some are deep underground, while others are in fortresslike buildings close to train tracks. Dozens of the facilities are nearing 100 years old, and some components have gone decades without substantial upgrades.

The electrical outage in 2024 started after a critical failure in a Downtown Brooklyn substation that dates to the 1930s. Heavy rainfall most likely seeped into equipment and caused an explosion so forceful that it knocked a door off its hinges, according to the M.T.A.

Without adequate electricity, trains that were closest to the damaged substation could not move, and their ventilation systems shut down.

Such major failures are rare, but are responsible for some of the subway’s worst logjams, said Jamie Torres-Springer, the head of the authority’s construction and development division.

“That’s what causes the most difficult, painful disruptions in the system that drive people out of their minds,” he said.

In hopes of preventing the next nightmare commute, the M.T.A. is making the biggest investment in power in its history. Transit officials plan to spend $4 billion on new power systems by 2029, including upgrades to 75 subway substations. That’s three times as many as were renovated during the last major round of repairs, which ended in 2024.

They have their work cut out for them.

Hidden beneath a steel-trap door on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, 36 steps below the surface, is one of the system’s oldest remaining substations.

“This is a blast from the past,” said David Jacobs, the M.T.A.’s acting general superintendent for power stations, who donned a hard hat and safety glasses on a recent weekday before disappearing into the underground space.

The substation, near 73rd Street and Central Park West, was built in the 1930s, and is expected to be renovated during the current blitz.

A dirty tarp hung in one corner of the cavernous room, to catch water that seeped through worn concrete. Rows of machines hummed with the constant surge of power feeding the electrified third rail on nearby tracks.

It takes about 2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity to run the subway system annually. That’s enough power to light 128,000 homes for a year.

The substations’ main function is to convert raw, high-voltage electricity from the electrical grid into lower-voltage power that can be delivered to the third rail.

But the aging equipment has become progressively less efficient and reliable, and harder to maintain.

The substations are spaced out across the city, to help keep electricity flowing to trains even if one of them malfunctions. But the equipment has sometimes failed when asked to carry an extra load, leading to cascading problems.

Last year, there were 758 “major incidents” on the subway, ones in which 50 or more trains were delayed. Substations cause a small but disruptive share of the problems, according to M.T.A. data.

Every time a nearby train passes, it pulls electricity from the substation. A series of gauges, each corresponding to a train track, tick up as power is transmitted. The heavier the train, the more power is pulled.

“Power is everything,” said John Ross, a recently retired transit worker who was dispatched to help after several service disruptions in the subway, including the outage in 2024. “When it breaks, it breaks good.”

M.T.A. officials assessed the condition of every substation in recent years, and found that 36 percent of the equipment was in poor condition or in need of replacement.

While the main purpose of the upgrades is to reduce train delays, the changes have other benefits. The M.T.A. is installing a new signal system that relies on wireless technology to automatically control train movement.

The system, known as Communications-Based Train Control, or C.B.T.C., will allow trains to operate more reliably. It will also enable transit workers to monitor train traffic more closely from a dedicated room in Midtown Manhattan, known as the operations control center.

But switching to that signal system requires upgrading the rest of the subway’s archaic equipment. “In order to run more trains, we need more power,” Mr. Torres-Springer said.

For Mr. Jacobs, 36, who joined the M.T.A. nearly two decades ago as an electrical apprentice, working with machines younger than him would be a welcome change.

Today he runs a department of almost 400 people, and much of the work remains hands-on: diagnosing problems in the machinery by reading small flags with numbered codes, searching for replacement parts that are no longer manufactured, and generally eking out more life from obsolete machines.

“I do love this equipment,” he said with a smile.

But he’s ready for an upgrade to something built in this century.

“It’s like a B.M.W. versus a 1940 Cadillac.”

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Essential New York City Movies Picked by Ira Sachs and Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein

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April 18, 2026

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Essential New York City Movies Picked by Ira Sachs and Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Chris Stein

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Leo McCarey’s “Make Way for Tomorrow” (1937). The Criterion Collection

‘Make Way for Tomorrow’ (1937), directed by Leo McCarey

The log line: After the bank forecloses on their home, an elderly couple must separate, each living with a different one of their adult children.

The pitch: “It’s a film that Orson Welles famously said ‘would make a stone cry,’” says Sachs, 60, about McCarey’s movie, singling out a long sequence at the end that depicts “a date through certain lobbies and bars of New York City that offers a snapshot of Midtown in the ’30s.”

Tippy Walker (left) and Merrie Spaeth in George Roy Hill’s “The World of Henry Orient” (1964). United Artists/Photofest

‘The World of Henry Orient’ (1964), directed by George Roy Hill

The log line: A wily 14-year-old girl and her best friend follow a ridiculous concert pianist, on whom they have a crush, around the city.

The pitch: Hill’s 1960s romp inspired Sachs’s film “Little Men” (2016), which is about boys around the same age as these protagonists. “It’s an extraordinarily sweet film that also seems, to me, very honest,” he says.

Rip Torn (left) in Milton Moses Ginsberg’s “Coming Apart” (1969). Courtesy of the Everett Collection

‘Coming Apart’ (1969), directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg

The log line: Rip Torn plays an obsessive psychiatrist who secretly films all the women passing through his home office, inadvertently capturing his own mental breakdown.

The pitch: Shot in one room with a fixed camera, Ginsberg’s film “really feels of a time,” says Sachs. It’s also “very sexual and very free,” reminding him of what’s possible when it comes to making movies.

Don Murray and Diahn Williams in Ivan Nagy’s “Deadly Hero” (1975). Courtesy of the Everett Collection

‘Deadly Hero’ (1975), directed by Ivan Nagy

The log line: A disturbed, racist cop saves a cellist from a crook, only to become her tormentor.

The pitch: Harry, 80, and Stein, 76, were extras in Nagy’s film, which stars Don Murray, Diahn Williams and James Earl Jones as the cop, the cellist and the crook, respectively. The pair call the movie “[expletive] weird,” but also say that their day rate — $300 — “was the most money we’d ever made on anything” up to that point.

‘News From Home’ (1976), directed by Chantal Akerman

The log line: An experimental documentary by Akerman, a Belgian filmmaker who moved to New York in her early 20s, the film features long takes of the city and voice-over in which the director reads letters from her mother.

The pitch: “I’m intrigued by how beauty contains sadness in the city,” says Sachs. Not only is her film a “beautiful record of the city” but it captures “what it is to be alone here, to have left some sort of community and, in particular for Chantal, separated from her mother.”

Michael Wadleigh’s “Wolfen” (1981). Orion/Courtesy of the Everett Collection

‘Wolfen’ (1981), directed by Michael Wadleigh

The log line: Albert Finney stars as a former N.Y.P.D. detective who returns to the job to solve a violent and bizarre string of murders.

The pitch: Wadleigh’s film is not only a vehicle for Finney, says Stein, it also “has a lot of footage from the South Bronx when it was still completely destroyed” by widespread arson in the 1970s.

Seret Scott in Kathleen Collins’s “Losing Ground” (1982).

‘Losing Ground’ (1982), directed by Kathleen Collins

The log line: Collins’s film — the first feature-length drama for a major studio directed by an African American woman — observes a rocky relationship between a college professor and her painter husband.

The pitch: Sachs calls “Losing Ground” “a revelation.” The characters are “so human and fascinating and extremely modern,” he says, adding that he loves a movie that “exists in some very complete version of the local.”

Griffin Dunne in Martin Scorsese’s “After Hours” (1985). Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/Everett Collection

‘After Hours’ (1985), directed by Martin Scorsese

The log line: In Scorsese’s black comedy, an office worker (Griffin Dunne) has a surreal and bizarre evening of misadventure while trying to get back uptown from a woman’s apartment in SoHo.

The pitch: Harry and Stein recommend this zany tale and borderline “nightmare” for the way it captures a bygone era of New York. “It’s this great image of [Lower Manhattan] when it was still raw, you know, Wild West territory,” Stein says.

A scene from Edo Bertoglio’s “Downtown 81” (1980-81/2000). Courtesy of Metrograph Pictures

‘Downtown 81’ (shot in 1980-81, released in 2000), directed by Edo Bertoglio

The log line: Bertoglio’s film is a striking portrait of a young artist who needs to raise money so he can return to the apartment from which he’s been evicted.

The pitch: Jean-Michel Basquiat stars as the artist in this snapshot of life in New York during the ’80s. Despite all the drama surrounding it — postproduction wasn’t completed until 20 years after filming, and for many years the movie was considered lost — the film is notable, says Stein, because “it’s got all the characters and all our buddies in it.”

These interviews have been edited and condensed.

13 Actors You Should Never Miss on the New York Stage

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3 days ago

April 17, 2026

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