Mahmoud Khalil Sues Columbia and Lawmakers to Keep Activists’ Names Secret

Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate detained by the Trump administration last weekend, and seven current students asked a federal court on Thursday to block the school from producing student disciplinary records to a House committee that demanded them last month. The committee’s request and the school’s compliance with it would violate the First Amendment … Read more

New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia

As hundreds of demonstrators made their way through Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to protest the detention of a prominent pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University, the White House defended the arrest and rebuked the school for what it called lack of cooperation. The activist, Mahmoud Khalil, was a leader of student protests on Columbia’s campus and … Read more

The Artifacts of New York’s Pandemic Era

The vintage aura of Sevilla Restaurant — the servers in bow ties, the leather booths, the glow of lanterns — reflects a bygone era of the West Village in Manhattan, where the establishment was founded almost a century ago. But alongside those period details, there is one dissonant design element that evokes a far more … Read more

Homes for Sale in Manhattan and Staten Island

Manhattan | 243 West 60th Street, No. 7A Lincoln Square Condo $1.775 million A two-bedroom, one-and-a-half-bath, 1,302-square-foot apartment with a large primary bedroom, a windowed en suite bath with a double vanity, a vented washer/dryer, walk-in closets, built-ins, gas fireplaces, 11-foot ceilings, zoned heat and air-conditioning and a terrace, on the seventh floor of a … Read more

How the Intrepid Moved a World War II Fighter Plane

Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out how a World War II fighter-bomber was squeezed into an exhibition space on the former aircraft carrier Intrepid. We’ll also get details on new census data that show that the population of New York City is growing again. “It was like moving a couch into your New … Read more

How NYC Has Changed Since the Covid Pandemic

The millionaires returned. Others are eyeing the exits. New York City lost, on net, close to 350,000 residents from 2020 to 2023. Policymakers were particularly worried about the departure of the very wealthy and its impact on the city’s tax base. In the first two years of the pandemic, the city lost about 17,500 residents … Read more