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In the Hamptons, the Sound of Summer Was a Love Song for NYC

The city’s social scene has started its comeback.

From left: Amy Griffin, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jessica Latham in the Hamptons. On the table: Dishes and décor that Goop created with Social Studies, a New York-based entertaining source founded by Griffin and Latham.   

From left: Amy Griffin, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jessica Latham in the Hamptons. On the table: Dishes and décor that Goop created with Social Studies, a New York-based entertaining source founded by Griffin and Latham.   

Photographer: Neil Rasmus/BFA.com

On a Saturday night in mid-August, Eric Adams dropped into a party in Water Mill, N.Y.—a campaign fundraiser at the home of real estate developer Jared Epstein—and laid down the gauntlet.

“January 2, I’m on a plane to Miami, and I’m telling everybody in Miami: ‘Get your ass back to New York. This is your city,’” Adams, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, said to whoops and hollers.