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News Archive

Every story this newsroom has published, kept in one place. Browse the full run by date, jump to the beat you follow, or search across the archive for a name, a place, or a topic you remember reading about.

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The full run, newest first

This archive holds every piece the desk has filed, from technology and business reporting to policy, sports, local New York stories, society, opinion, and world events. The newest entries sit at the top; older work stays exactly where it was published, so links you saved continue to land on the story you read.

If you are chasing a single thread, the beat pages below the archive collect the same stories by subject, and the sections index gives you the shorter route. Readers who arrive looking for torchys coverage can follow the business and technology beats, where franchise operations and restaurant software reporting sit side by side.

Stories filed most recently

Each entry below links straight to the published story. Datelines are the dates the reporting ran.

These ten entries are the most recent run. Earlier work stays online and is grouped by beat below, so you can read a subject from its latest development back to where the reporting began.

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Browse the archive by beat

The archive is one run of stories, but most readers arrive with a subject in mind. The files above sit in the same order every week: technology and business on one side of the desk, policy and world events on the other, with sports, local New York, society, and opinion filling the middle drawers.

Pick a beat below and the same stories open in their own index, grouped by the section desk that filed them. Business and technology readers can follow franchise operations and restaurant software coverage together; policy readers can trace a single hearing across several months.

Technology

AI models, infrastructure buildouts, chips, data centers, and the tools that run on them.

Business

Franchise operators, restaurant software, pricing tools, and how companies file their quarterly numbers.

Policy

City council hearings, liability rules, land use fights, and the paperwork behind public decisions.

Sports

Postseason baseball, the league calendar, and the front-office moves that shape a roster.

Local New York

Borough politics, neighborhood disputes, transit, and the stories that never leave the five boroughs.

Society

Public life, gatherings, cultural shifts, and how city residents respond to both.

Opinion

Columns and arguments from the editorial desk, kept distinct from the news reporting.

World

Conflict, elections, climate, and the international developments that reach New York readers.

Prefer the whole picture? The sections index lists every beat on one page with its latest entries.

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Getting around the archive

Three habits make the archive easier to use. Sort by what you want to do first: read the newest filing, follow one beat across months, or hunt for a story you half remember.

  • Newest first
    The ledger above is the full run in publication order. Dates are the days the reporting ran, not the days a story was updated.
  • One beat at a time
    The beat pages hold the same stories grouped by section desk, which is the fastest route when you are following a single thread across the archive.
  • Following a name
    Company names, agencies, and neighborhoods repeat across beats. Use your browser's find-in-page on the beat pages to pull every mention of a term such as torchys, a franchise, or a street.

Links to old stories stay live, and corrections are appended at the foot of the piece rather than folded quietly into the text. If you spot a broken link in the archive, write to the desk and we will repair it.

Still being read from the last run

A few pieces from the recent weeks that keep drawing readers back into the archive.

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Questions readers ask about the archive

Short answers about dates, corrections, and how far back the run goes.

What is the date shown next to each story?

It is the publication date — the day the story first appeared. If a piece is later corrected or updated, the change is noted at the foot of the story instead of shifting its place in the archive.

Can I search the whole archive for a word?

Yes. Open a beat page and use your browser's find-in-page to jump through matches on that index. For a term that crosses beats, start with the sections index, which links every desk in one place.

How do I report a correction or a broken link?

Write to the desk and describe the story and the passage in question. You can reach the newsroom by email at TheodoreMeyer@elishayong.com or by phone at +18332923148 during working hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM. Corrections are logged with a short note on the story page.

Do you keep older stories online?

They stay up. Older work is never quietly retired, and the beat pages carry it alongside this month's filing so context is easy to trace from a current story back to its first report.

What the archive covers

The desk files across a fixed set of beats. Here is how the archive is organised and what a reader can expect to find inside each lane.

8 Beat desks in the index

Technology, business, policy, sports, local New York, society, opinion, and world events — each with its own index page and a running list of stories.

12 Stories on each beat page

A beat page keeps its twelve most recent entries in publication order, so the top of the page is always the latest filing from that desk.

10 Stories in the latest run

The ledger at the top of this page lists the ten most recent filings across every desk, newest first, with the date and beat beside each title.

1 Standards page, always public

Sourcing, verification, and correction practice for every story in this archive lives on one page that stays visible all year.

Where to go next

If the archive is not the right doorway, three routes lead you in more directly: the beat pages for subject readers, the sections index for a single overview, and the newsroom's own page for how the desk works.

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Elisha Yong Journal publishes from 354 E 31st St, Brooklyn, NY 11226. Reach the desk at TheodoreMeyer@elishayong.com or +18332923148, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM.

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