Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll find out about the push to unionize backstage crews Off Broadway. We’ll also get details on the Trump administration’s seizure of $80 million that was supposed to cover some of the city’s expenses for housing migrants. For more than a month, striking stage crews have idled the nonprofit Atlantic … Read more
Students at North Carolina’s public universities can no longer be required to take classes related to diversity, equity and inclusion to graduate. The University of Akron, citing changing state and federal guidance, will no longer host its “Rethinking Race” forum that it had held annually for more than two decades. The University of Colorado took … Read more
The bar on Avenue A was already packed when a New York University junior joined the door line on a recent Friday night in the East Village. Outside, a stern bouncer scrutinized each person’s driver’s license to keep out underage drinkers like this 20-year-old. Inside, patrons piled their coats onto stools, clamored for drinks, then … Read more
Quiet luxury is dead. That refrain has already emerged as a potent theme of this fashion month, which kicked off last week with New York Fashion Week. The clothes worn on and off runways suggested that, after a long-held fascination with subdued attire, people are craving something more exquisite. Amid the usual sea of wintry … Read more
The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it had fired four employees from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the agency’s chief financial officer, over their roles in disbursing federal funds to house migrants in New York City hotels. The firings capped a startling chain of events that began on Monday with an early-morning social … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has quietly explored running in this spring’s Republican primary as he searches for a path to a second term, according to one Republican official and two people familiar with his deliberations. The mayor, a Democrat, had privately weighed for weeks whether to change his party affiliation or seek … Read more
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that it was suing New York State over its migrant policies, accusing state officials of prioritizing “illegal aliens over American citizens.” Attorney General Pam Bondi, in her first news conference, specifically cited New York’s “green light” law, which allows people in the state to get a driver’s license regardless … Read more
In the New York City mayoral race, challengers seeking to unseat the embattled incumbent, Eric Adams, are vying for any edge to help them emerge from a crowded pack of mostly progressive Democratic candidates. One such challenger, State Senator Zellnor Myrie, received such a boost on Monday, when he appeared on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” — … Read more
As Mayor Eric Adams awaited a decision by federal prosecutors in Manhattan over whether to heed the Justice Department’s order to dismiss his five-count corruption indictment, he delivered an address on Tuesday to staunchly defend his character and profess his innocence. He insisted that the prosecution was based on sensational claims and had put him … Read more
Salman Rushdie was preparing to give a talk to more than 1,000 people in an idyllic amphitheater along Chautauqua Lake when he suddenly became aware of a figure onstage, rushing toward him. “I was very struck by his eyes,” Mr. Rushdie, the renowned author, said. They were dark, he said. And ferocious. Before he could … Read more