On HN, what matters is not the site but the article. If it's a bad article that shouldn't be on HN, flag it. Many users did in this case. (There's a small karma threshold of 30 before an account is able to flag.) Please don't post off topic complaints like this, which add nothing of value.

Like many other sites, the NYT publishes both articles that make good HN submissions and articles that make bad HN submissions. We want the good ones.