The Amazing Race
How Hurricane Sandy scrambled the political landscape, upended the election and sent officials running for cover
By Colin Campbell and Hunter Walker
EDITORIALS
COLUMNS
Shrinking Brain: Let the Great Work Begin
By Kevin Baker
Shindigger: After the Storm
By Charlotte Lytton
Mothers Superior: Baa Baa Black Sheep
By Una LaMarche
FEATURES
‘A Very Active and Serious Night’
Inside NYC’s Hurricane Sandy command central
By Matt Chaban
We’re Sweet on Honey!
New Yorkers could learn a lot from this would-be pageant baby
By Daniel D’Addario
The Fray Lady
Times public editor Margaret ‘The Slugger’ Sullivan comes out swinging
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Chelsea Mourning
New York’s art district goes all ‘Raft of the Medusa’ post-Sandy
By Dan Duray and Andrew Russeth
Like a Bad Neighbor
With more Sandys on the horizon, insurers could dump coastal homes altogether
By Patrick Clark
THE TRANSOM
Marathon of the Mind
By Drew Grant
People Get Ready
By Matt Chaban
Mob Scene
By Colin Campbell and Hunter Walker
Built to Last
By Kim Velsey
BETABEAT
Sandy Drudges Up Trolls
By Kit Dillon
Surge or Scourge?
By Nitasha Tiku and Jessica Roy
MANHATTAN TRANSFERS
15 CPW Comes Back Swinging
By Kim Velsey
Condé Nast Scion Sells
By Kim Velsey
Deutsche Chief Drops $7.2 M.
By Kim Velsey
OFF THE RECORD
DNAinfo Editor Slams the Daily News
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Too Soon?
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
BuzzFeed Goes Long-Form
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Gawker Is Back
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Speaking of A.J. Daulerio
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
ART & CULTURE
On Art’s To-Do List: Climate Change
After Sandy, The Scream screamed and Peter Fend asked ‘What to do next?’
By Andrew Russeth
Wet Paint
Sandy’s devastation at galleries was matched by her destruction of studios
By Rozalia Jovanovic
Mommy Dearest
In his first memoir, Richard Russo tells the story of his mother
By Molly Fischer
Arid Abe
Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a presidential performance, while Tommy Lee Jones steals the show
By Rex Reed
Man With the Golden Touch
Director Sam Mendes revives 007, stripping excess novelties from tired franchise, but Craig still looks good
By Rex Reed
Distorted Conceptions
Jason Brinkerhoff, ‘Some Women,’ at Zieher Smith; ‘The Artists of Gugging’ at Ricco-Maresca; Seth Price, ‘Folklore U.S.’ at Petzel Gallery
By Will Heinrich
Beauty and the Beast
Moises Kauffman’s The Heiress is a bore—and Jessica Chastain can’t shake her looks
By Rex Reed
The Eight-Day Week
By Daniel D’Addario
GALLERISTNY
Picking Up the Pieces
By Sarah Douglas
Velvet Above Gound
By Dan Duray