A man jumped a fence early on New Year’s Day, entered the New York mayor’s official residence and stole a Christmas ornament, the police said. The mayor, Eric Adams, was not there.

Thea Traff for The New York Times Several decades and dozens of Top 40 hits later, Billy Joel — the oysterman turned piano man — bought that very mansion on Centre Island in 2002.

James Estrin/The New York Times In the early 1980s, Mr. Zuckerberg’s parents bought this humble, 1,200-square-foot home in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., a small village in Westchester County, about 30 ...

The New York Times Mr. Musk, 53, was trying to keep a disagreement with his neighbors over the construction of a 16-foot, chain-link fence and a metal gate with a camera at the mansion under wraps.