Patina Miller may play a fearless New York City drug queenpin inspired by 50 Cent’s mother on television, but for a long time, something scared her: having a child of her own. “I thought maybe I wouldn’t be good at it,” said Ms. Miller, 40, who plays the indomitable Raquel Thomas on the crime drama … Read more
When Nancy Cantor became president of Hunter College last fall, she asked faculty, students and staff what they wanted from the school. One answer was more attention to Palestinian studies. Faculty members began working on possible approaches. They came up with a plan for two tenure-track faculty positions that would cross several departments and began … Read more
Senior leadership at the Guggenheim will not be taking pay cuts, according to a museum spokeswoman, Tina Vaz. The cuts are spread over six departments, including advancement, education, publications and archives, but do not affect curators and top executives. Additionally, the museum’s chief curator, Naomi Beckwith, who is organizing two major exhibitions in Europe for … Read more
The New York Police Department is reeling from an exodus of officers that shows little sign of slowing. One solution? Scale back education requirements. The department is reducing the number of college credits that applicants need to become cadets from 60 to 24, Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch said on Wednesday. At the same time, the … Read more
After months of shunning his rivals at political candidate forums, Mayor Eric Adams was finally going to make his debut at a gathering on Wednesday night run by a major New York City union. It didn’t happen. Mr. Adams withdrew at the last minute from the forum, telling reporters on Wednesday afternoon that his defense … Read more
We all make mistakes on the job. But rarely do they involve moving funds that dwarf the gross domestic product of every country in the world. Citigroup accidentally credited a client’s account with $81 trillion when it meant to send only $280, the latest mistake at a bank that is struggling to repair its reputation … Read more
Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll look at a push by street vendors to change city permitting regulations that they say keep them from operating legally. We’ll also get details on a move by the City Council speaker in advance of a potential campaign against Mayor Eric Adams. Thousands of street vendors in New York … Read more
As she fought a losing battle with her superiors over their effort to drop corruption charges against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan put forward a tantalizing piece of information about the case. The prosecutor, Danielle R. Sassoon, wrote in a letter to the U.S. attorney general earlier this … Read more
Last week, 60 or so mostly wealthy Democrats gathered uptown in a Fifth Avenue apartment, chicly done in modernist white, to hear what Andrew Cuomo had to say about New York City, and the prospect, wished for by so many who had come, that he would be their next mayor. Front of mind was the … Read more
New York state authorities and a union representing corrections officers have reached a deal to end the most widespread strikes in the state’s prisons in more than four decades, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday. It was unclear how the union would enforce the agreement, as it did not authorize the stoppage. The striking officers also … Read more