Around the nursing home where she lives, in Phoenix, Dorinda Lopez, seventy-one, mostly keeps to herself. People can tell she’s from somewhere else, on account of her southern accent. When she gets angry, as she sometimes does when she talks about the past, it gets thick. The word “aggravate gets like ten syllables.”Only Lisa, who lives across the hall, has heard the whole story. But Lisa is forgetful. She recently complimented Dorinda on her pretty nightgown. “Lisa, you gave it to me!”“Oh, I did?”Lisa is not a risk to spread gossip.Ron, Dorinda, and U.S. Marshals in November 1986.Abby...…Around the nursing home where she lives, in Phoenix, Dorinda Lopez, seventy-one, mostly keeps to herself. People can tell she’s from somewhere else, on account of her southern accent. When she gets angry, as she sometimes does when she talks about the past, it gets thick. The word “aggravate gets like ten syllables.”Only Lisa, who lives across the hall, has heard the whole story. But Lisa is forgetful. She recently complimented Dorinda on her pretty nightgown. “Lisa, you gave it to me!”“Oh, I did?”Lisa is not a risk to spread gossip.Ron, Dorinda, and U.S. Marshals in November 1986.Abby...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.This article was featured in , New York’s reading recommendation newsletter.  to get it nightly.On 106th Street in Rockaway Beach, a lime-green bunker faces the sea. From this concrete outpost, Peter B. Stein oversees the largest lifeguard corps in the United States. His 1,374 guards protect 13.3 million annual visitors to 14 miles of beach and 53 outdoor pools, from Coney Island to the Bronx.In a city flush with generous contracts for civil servants, Stein, 75, has earned New York Post headlines for his...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.This article was featured in , New York’s reading recommendation newsletter.  to get it nightly.On 106th Street in Rockaway Beach, a lime-green bunker faces the sea. From this concrete outpost, Peter B. Stein oversees the largest lifeguard corps in the United States. His 1,374 guards protect 13.3 million annual visitors to 14 miles of beach and 53 outdoor pools, from Coney Island to the Bronx.In a city flush with generous contracts for civil servants, Stein, 75, has earned New York Post headlines for his...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.This article was featured in , New York’s reading recommendation newsletter.  to get it nightly.On 106th Street in Rockaway Beach, a lime-green bunker faces the sea. From this concrete outpost, Peter B. Stein oversees the largest lifeguard corps in the United States. His 1,374 guards protect 13.3 million annual visitors to 14 miles of beach and 53 outdoor pools, from Coney Island to the Bronx.In a city flush with generous contracts for civil servants, Stein, 75, has earned New York Post headlines for his...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.This article was featured in , New York’s reading recommendation newsletter.  to get it nightly.On 106th Street in Rockaway Beach, a lime-green bunker faces the sea. From this concrete outpost, Peter B. Stein oversees the largest lifeguard corps in the United States. His 1,374 guards protect 13.3 million annual visitors to 14 miles of beach and 53 outdoor pools, from Coney Island to the Bronx.In a city flush with generous contracts for civil servants, Stein, 75, has earned New York Post headlines for his...WW…

Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Charles W. Howard is the porta-potty king of New York City. The seat of his vast empire is Broad Channel, Queens; from this windswept rock in Jamaica Bay, you can see the lights of Manhattan twinkling across the water. Early every morning, while the city sleeps, dozens of trucks — tagged with WE’RE #1 AT PICKING UP #2 decals — snake through the five boroughs to clean his 18,000 toilets. The company boasts more than $35 million in annual revenue, thanks in part to “salesgirls” who head out each day in the company’s signature...…Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.Charles W. Howard is the porta-potty king of New York City. The seat of his vast empire is Broad Channel, Queens; from this windswept rock in Jamaica Bay, you can see the lights of Manhattan twinkling across the water. Early every morning, while the city sleeps, dozens of trucks — tagged with WE’RE #1 AT PICKING UP #2 decals — snake through the five boroughs to clean his 18,000 toilets. The company boasts more than $35 million in annual revenue, thanks in part to “salesgirls” who head out each day in the company’s signature...WW…