launched in april 1968 by the editor clay felker and the graphic designer milton glaser, new york in its early days was the place to read tom wolfe, gloria steinem, pete hamill, jimmy breslin, and gail sheehy. in the five decades since, it has received 49 national magazine awards from the american society of magazine editors (asme), with felker and adam moss (editor-in-chief from 2004 to 2019) both named to the magazine editors’ hall of fame. new york won a george polk award in 2016 for its cover story on the women accusing bill cosby of sexual assault, and in 2018, art critic jerry saltz won the magazine’s first pulitzer prize. new york was named magazine of the year in adweek’s hot list in 2016, 2019, and 2022, with editor-in-chief david haskell named editor of the year in 2021.