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The Group Portrait: The Guggenheim Goes Dark • A group of artists on the perils of being seen.

Mike Crumplar • The self-mythologizing Substacker of the Dimes Square literary scene gives up.

THE POWER ISSUE • Billionaire whisperers, City Hall string-pullers, low-profile art collectors, cult-cabbage sellers, and other quietly powerful New Yorkers who could very well be sitting next to you on the subway right now.

ENFORCE THE MAYOR’S PETTY GRUDGES • Ingrid Lewis-Martin “is the Adams administration.”

MAKE (OR BURY) A CAREER AT THE ‘TIMES’ • Carolyn Ryan decides who gets a good beat, and who gets beaten down.

SWAY CITY POLITICIANS • They all read Mara Gay’s column.

PROPEL COMEDIANS ONTO NETFLIX • Mike Lavoie and Carlee Briglia have charted a path from small theater to Broadway to beyond.

MONOPOLIZE THE HARBOR • Tim O’Brien and his Hornblower armada have taken over the rivers.

ADJUDICATE PICKLEBALL • For every decision about Manhattan Parks, Steve Simon is there.

Murder Airbnb • As a hotel-union boss, Peter Ward set the platform’s local demise in motion. Next project: A casino in Queens.

Stop a Sunset Park Development • It was the work of environmental activists Elizabeth Yeampierre and Eddie Bautista.

KEEP CONTROL OF THE BRONX • The game of politics changes. The Yankees lobbyist and election lawyer Stanley Schlein doesn’t.

KEEP PUBLIC HOUSING PUBLIC • Nothing happens at the Smith Houses without going through Aixa Torres.

BROKER PEACE BETWEEN TECH AND CITY HALL • The reason they don’t hate each other—like they do in San Francisco—is Julie Samuels.

SEAT YOU DOWNSTAIRS AT THE POLO BAR • Nelly Moudime decides if you make the cut.

KEEP BROADWAY’S LIGHTS ON • Theater landlord Bob Wankel can prop up a struggling musical—and maybe an entire industry.

FIX THE KIDNEY LIST • The transplant process relied on a racist algorithm. Michelle Morse changed that.

START A BIDDING WAR FOR A BOOK • Now that she has secured deals for Clint Smith and Nikole Hannah-Jones, publishers trust Alia Hanna Habib’s taste.

AND GET IT ALL TO REESE WITHERSPOON • Her book club mints best sellers. Jon Baker is one of her scouts.

Mainstream the Queerest Manuscripts • Jackson Howard got a book narrated by a queer mountain lion published by FSG.

LEAD YOUR FORMER BOSS’S REVENGE CAMPAIGN • When Andrew Cuomo was governor, Melissa DeRosa was his right hand. With an eviscerating new book, she’s settling scores and prepping a comeback.

GET YOU PAST THE CO-OP BOARD • Serena Boardman doesn’t just sell you a $50 million apartment.

BUY A NEW HIGH SOCIETY LIFE • Zhang Xin escaped China with her fortune. Now she’s one of New York’s most significant cultural philanthropists.

Reinvigorate Harlem Politics • Keith Wright knows his neighborhood.

DESTROY A CANDIDATE • Nobody whispers oppo research to the tabloids like Jonathan Davis.

JUMP-START A CAMPAIGN • Any Latino politician considering a run meets with Eduardo Castell.

Channel the Asian Vote • As a bloc, they’re moving rightward. Yiatin Chu is making Democrats pay attention.

SQUEEZE ENTIRE ECONOMIES • After breaking Argentina, the debt investor Jay Newman is back with a new list of targets.

ANOINT A HEDGE FUNDER • Every Bill Ackman wannabe wants an invitation from Graham Duncan.

INHERIT A MEGAGALLERY (MAYBE) • Of the Zwirner children working in their...