Stefanik Attacks New Columbia President Over 2023 Text Message

Claire Shipman is only days into her job as acting president of Columbia University but is already being targeted by a prominent House Republican who questions her commitment to fighting antisemitism on campus. Ms. Shipman, in a private text message in December 2023 to Nemat Shafik, who was then Columbia’s president, referred to congressional hearings … Read more

2 N.Y.P.D. Officers Are Charged With Burglary and Groping

Two rookie officers with the New York Police Department have been indicted on charges of burglary, forcible touching, petty larceny and official misconduct after prosecutors said they groped and robbed a sex worker while on patrol duty in Queens. The officers, Justin McMillan, 27, and Justin Colon, 24, who were assigned to the 115th Precinct … Read more

N.J. Police Chief Accused of Violent and Vulgar Harassment

Police officers in northern New Jersey have accused their chief of engaging in a campaign of strange and violent harassment, including stabbing his assistant with a hypodermic needle, shaving his body hair onto workers’ desks, pouring prescription drugs into the office coffee pot and defecating repeatedly on the floor of police headquarters. Descriptions of angry … Read more

When Banksy Came to Red Hook and Made His Mark

Good morning. It’s Tuesday. Today we’ll find out about what happened to a 7,500-pound chunk of a wall with a Banksy installation from 2013. We’ll also get details on a request from Mayor Eric Adams’s lawyer for a federal judge to hurry a decision on whether to drop corruption charges against the mayor. A dark-colored … Read more