Last year, as a growing schism over Israel tore at the Democratic Party, Andrew M. Cuomo threw himself into the fray. He announced he would lead a new advocacy group leveraging his clout as New York’s former governor to beat back growing anti-Israel sentiment on the left. The group, Never Again, NOW!, offered an ambitious … Read more
Paul Mescal, Andrew Scott, Nina Hoss and More, Off Broadway in March
Paul D. Clement, the lawyer whom a federal judge asked to deliver independent arguments on the Trump Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, is to deliver his views to the court on Friday. The widely anticipated filing was sought by the judge, Dale E. Ho, because … Read more
ADLER What I learned immediately is if the critics didn’t like you, you didn’t have long. So at that point, not to spoil any of the excitement of coming out of London and L.A., and about the release of the film, I wanted to close as quickly as possible. If I regret it, I only … Read more
Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at how the spring-forward time change this weekend happens with some of New York’s most famous clocks. We’ll also get details on a filing due today in Mayor Eric Adams’s corruption case. There are places in New York where the spring-forward time change this weekend will be noticeable … Read more
Among the close-knit Muslim community of Yonkers, Mr. Rajpoot was not known to be devout, according to Shabbir Gul, a community activist who also belongs to the Andalusia mosque; for years, he recalled, he saw him only infrequently at Friday prayers, dressed in jeans and with a clean-shaven face. But about two years ago, Mr. … Read more
In November 2022, Justin Brannan, a city councilman who represents a big patch of South Brooklyn, was worrying about a woman who had been living in the same spot on the street in his district for so long — at least since he took office in 2018 — that she had been immortalized on Google … Read more
Prosecutors in western New York on Wednesday provided disturbing new details about the killing of a 24-year-old transgender man, Sam Nordquist, who they said was sexually assaulted and tortured for several weeks earlier this year in a motel room in Canandaigua, N.Y. In an 11-count indictment accusing seven people of first-degree murder and a battery … Read more
Pro-Palestinian Activists Occupy Barnard Building for 2nd Time in Week
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City insists that he is running for re-election. But if actions speak louder than words, evidence would strongly suggest otherwise. The mayor has taken few concrete steps to launch a serious campaign, even as he faces a growing field of prominent challengers in the June 24 primary, less than … Read more