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☆ City College, Against Its Nature, Asks Police to End Campus Protest
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Protesters were wielding lit flares, the campus was descending into chaos, and the college’s security guards were outnumbered and exhausted. The college president faced a momentous decision: Watch the chaos grow, or ask the New York Police Department to restore order? And so Vincent Boudreau, president of the City College of New York, invited the police onto the campus. But City College, “the Harvard of the proletariat,” has a unique place in New York, with a mandate to educate the poorest residents, and a long history of radical politics and protest. To many in the City College community, welcoming a police presence onto the Harlem campus was unthinkable.

Persons: Vincent Boudreau, Brown, ” Organizations: New York Police Department, City College of New, City College, Harvard Locations: Upper Manhattan, City College of New York, Columbia, New York, Harlem

☆ What Charges Will the Protesters Occupying the Columbia Building Face?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Student protesters at Columbia University who took over a building on campus Tuesday morning could face a variety of felony or misdemeanor charges, but probably will not be found guilty of criminal charges, said Martin R. Stolar, a Manhattan lawyer and former president of the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, with more than 50 years of experience defending protesters. Protesters broke into Hamilton Hall early Tuesday, hours after university administrators said they had begun suspending students who refused to leave a tent encampment on campus. Videos show a person breaking windows in a door to gain access to the building. Other photos taken inside and posted on social media show protesters using chairs and desks to barricade the doors. Columbia announced later Tuesday that the students occupying the building faced expulsion.

Persons: Martin R, “ We’re, ”, Stolar, Alvin L, Bragg, Jeffrey Maddrey, Maddrey Organizations: Columbia University, New, National Lawyers, Protesters, Hamilton Hall, Columbia, Police Locations: Manhattan, New York City, New York

☆ What’s So Funny About a Dead Comedian?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A few weeks after Kenny DeForest died, a group of his friends gathered in an apartment in Los Angeles. The mood was somber — Mr. DeForest was only 37, and he had died from traumatic brain injuries after falling off an electric bike in Brooklyn. But Mr. DeForest was a professional comedian, and his friends were all comedians, and any gathering of comedians eventually comes to feel like a party. They were playing a game where everybody gets a card with a single word and then gives clues to help their teammates guess the word. Will Miles, one of Mr. DeForest’s best friends, plucked a card from the deck.

Persons: Kenny DeForest, DeForest, Will Miles, DeForest’s, “ Kenny Locations: Los Angeles, Brooklyn

☆ Nobody Saw Andy Kim Coming. That’s What He Was Counting On.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A day later, Andy Kim, a little-known Democratic congressman from southern New Jersey, gathered his top advisers for a conference call. Everyone present assumed that Mr. Kim would announce his intention to challenge Mr. Menendez for his Senate seat. And Mr. Kim would need the blessing of political bosses across the state, an especially urgent task in New Jersey, where local party leaders have held enormous sway over primary elections for generations. “You don’t upset a two-term incumbent by flying by the seat of your pants,” Mr. Carroll said. Mr. Kim listened quietly.

Persons: Robert Menendez, Andy Kim, Kim, Menendez, Zack Carroll, Kim’s, Mr, Carroll Organizations: Benz, Congress Locations: New Jersey

☆ A Deadly Dog Attack Upends an Elite Westchester Farm
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Christopher Maag | Daniel E. Slotnik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a cool, windy day in February, two big white dogs escaped from a well-known nonprofit farm in Westchester County and ended up on a public footpath deep in a New York State park. They encountered a 10-pound miniature poodle on a leash. The larger dogs attacked, killing the poodle and then severely injuring its owner. Acting on the recommendations of state law, a local judge ordered the dogs to be euthanized. The farm, Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, which is connected to Blue Hill at Stone Barns, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Pocantico Hills, filed an appeal on Thursday to stay the dogs’ euthanization.

Persons: Yong Ging Qian Organizations: Stone Barns, Food, Agriculture, Michelin, Mount Pleasant Justice Court Locations: Westchester County, New York State, Stone, Pocantico Hills, Mount Pleasant

☆ A Divided America Agrees on One Thing: The Eclipse Was Awesome
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Aidan Hernandez lay on the sidewalk wearing his eclipse glasses and staring up. The day was cloudy in Eagle Pass, Texas, and for a while he was silent. There it is!” said Aidan, 7, alerting everyone that the total eclipse was visible. “Now it’s gone.”Eagle Pass, a border town facing Mexico across the green valley of the Rio Grande, was the first American city on the path of totality. The eclipse also passed over Houlton, Maine, a small town pressed between rolling potato fields and the international border with Canada.

Persons: Aidan Hernandez, ”, Aidan, it’s Locations: Pass , Texas, Mexico, Rio, Houlton , Maine, Canada, United States, Texas, Arkansas, Cleveland, Buffalo

He had planned to lead a team of 15 local journalists reporting on the eclipse. Journalists at The Democrat & Chronicle have worked without a contract since 2019, said Susan DeCarava, president of the NewsGuild of New York, the union that represents them. Workers also seek a policy regarding the ethical use of artificial intelligence in reporting and writing articles, Mr. Craig said. “We had this incredible story that would touch a lot of people in our community,” Mr. Craig said. “Hopefully we’ll be back at the negotiating table tomorrow morning,” Mr. Craig said.

Persons: “ I’m, I’m, ”, Gary Craig, Susan DeCarava, “ Gannett, Ms, DeCarava, Craig, ’ bylines, “, ” Amy Garrard, ” Mr, we’ll Organizations: Democrat, Chronicle, Gannett, Journalists, The Democrat, The New York Times, ” Gannett, USA, Workers Locations: Rochester , N.Y, New York, newsrooms, United States, Rochester

☆ Man Killed by No. 4 Train After He Is Pushed Onto Subway Tracks
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Christopher Maag | More About Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A man was killed Monday evening after being pushed onto the subway tracks in an unprovoked attack at the 125th Street station at Lexington Avenue in East Harlem, according to the Police Department. At 6:48 p.m., a man on the uptown platform shoved the person onto the tracks in front of the oncoming No. 4 train, which was unable to stop, a police spokeswoman said. Train service at the station resumed by 9 p.m., but a large number of police officers remained at the scene. “The subway has been insane lately,” Ray Velez, 60, from the Bronx, said as he waited on the 125th St. platform two hours after the attack.

Persons: ” Ray Velez, It’s, ” Organizations: 125th, Police Department Locations: Lexington, East Harlem, Bronx

☆ After Another Subway Shooting, New York Wrestles With Question of Safety
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The subway crime that Jimmy Sumampow had been hearing about in recent years — as well as his own experience — had already led him to make plans to leave New York City. Then, on Friday, he saw a video online of the shooting on an A train this week. “I feel I should move out for a while and see if New York takes action and gets better,” he said. For Elise Anderson, however, the shooting did not raise her level of concern. Subway crime data in recent years shows a muddled picture, and just as they have in surveys of riders and polls of residents, New Yorkers’ opinions diverge.

Persons: Jimmy Sumampow, —, “ I’m, ”, Sumampow, Elise Anderson, Ms, Anderson, Yorkers Organizations: Amtrak, Port Authority Locations: New York City, Elmhurst , Queens, Florida, York, Brooklyn, New

☆ Former M.I.T. Student Pleads Guilty in 2021 Killing of Yale Student
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A former graduate student at M.I.T. has pleaded guilty to killing a Yale graduate student in January 2021 in a gruesome shooting that shocked people on both university campuses. That changed on Thursday, when Mr. Pan pleaded guilty, possibly bringing an end to a case that had caused some Connecticut residents to question the competence of local police. Mr. Pan faces a single charge of murder, according to a statement by John P. Doyle Jr., the state’s attorney in New Haven. ’s department of electrical engineering and computer science, Mr. Pan met Zion Perry, an undergraduate student at M.I.T., and they became friends.

Persons: Qinxuan, Pan, John P, Doyle Jr, Zion Perry, Perry, Kevin Jiang Organizations: Yale, New Haven, Facebook Locations: M.I.T, Connecticut, New Haven

☆ Long Island’s Scallops Keep Dying. Not Everyone Has Given Up Hope.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mike Tehan pilots a fishing boat called Nibbles out of Shelter Island. But you hope.”He bashed north against the waves, toward the protected bay off Orient, at the far northeast corner of Long Island. He dropped four rusty dredges into the water, just as the bay turned pink with sunrise. He let the outboard rumble the boat around for five minutes. Then he pulled the dredges back up and dumped the contents into a sorting tray.

Persons: Mike Tehan, Tehan, ” Locations: Shelter, Peconic, Orient, Long

☆ Lawsuit Accuses Eric Adams of Sexual Abuse Three Decades Ago
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Christopher Maag | More About Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Mayor Eric Adams of New York has been accused in a lawsuit filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Act of sexually assaulting a Florida woman three decades ago. The suit, which was filed Wednesday in Manhattan, accuses the mayor of assaulting the woman in 1993 when Mr. Adams was a New York police officer. He denied the claim and said he does not recall ever meeting the woman who filed the suit. Mr. Adams on Thursday denied its central claim. They see how I am, how I carry myself,” the mayor told reporters, adding, “This never took place, and I do not recall ever meeting the accuser.”

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, ” Organizations: Police Department Locations: New York, Florida, Manhattan

☆ Booker Says Menendez Should Resign, Breaking Silence
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Christopher Maag | More About Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Cory Booker called on Senator Robert Menendez, his fellow New Jersey Democrat, to resign Tuesday morning, ending days of silence after Mr. Menendez was indicted on bribery charges. As New Jersey’s junior senator, Mr. Booker often has described Mr. Menendez, the senior senator, as a friend, ally and mentor. His decision to condemn Mr. Menendez, and to join the growing chorus of state and federal officials calling on him to step down, demonstrates the deepening crisis facing a senator who until last week had occupied one of the most powerful and secure positions in American politics. “The details of the allegations against Senator Menendez are of such a nature that the faith and trust of New Jerseyans as well as those he must work with in order to be effective have been shaken to the core,” Mr. Booker said, adding: “I believe stepping down is best for those Senator Menendez has spent his life serving.”Mr. Menendez was charged on Friday with using his power as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee to assist the government of Egypt and businessmen in New Jersey in exchange for bribes that included bars of gold bullion, a Mercedes-Benz convertible, exercise machines and more than $500,000 in cash.

Persons: Cory Booker, Robert Menendez, Menendez, Booker, Mr, ” Mr Organizations: New, New Jersey Democrat, Foreign Relations, Mercedes, Benz Locations: New Jersey, Jerseyans, Egypt

☆ Prince William Draws a Star-Struck Crowd Downtown
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Christopher Maag | More About Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In New York, nothing draws a crowd like a crowd. Sidney Giustra has lived a block south of the World Trade Center for 17 years, long enough to know when somebody famous is about to arrive. That observation served Ms. Giustra well Tuesday afternoon, an hour before Prince William arrived for a tour of Ten House, the Fire Department of New York station made famous for its response to the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. “I knew he was coming to downtown,” Ms. Giustra, 52, said. “But then I saw the crowd and figured, yeah.

Persons: Sidney Giustra, Robert De Niro, George W, Bush, Joe Biden, Andrew Cuomo, loos, Giustra, Prince William, “, ” Ms, ” Organizations: World Trade Center, New York Police, Ten, Fire Department of New Locations: New York, lookie, Fire Department of New York, ”

☆ His Mind Helped Rebuild New York. His Body Is Failing Him.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Christopher Maag | More About Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A journalist who hears the Olympics pitch describes Mr. Doctoroff as a man whose eyes “gaze past you, out towards the horizon.”Why this constant drive? His brother Andy says Mr. Doctoroff should be more introspective, and who knows. Mr. Doctoroff is aware that he graduated Harvard aimless and lazy. Wound up in New York by following his wife, Alisa, who got a job in town. It is hard work seeing the future, and so Mr. Doctoroff puts everything into the job.

Persons: Doctoroff, Andy, Harvard aimless, Alisa, “, ”, Stephen Ross, Doctoroff’s, ’ ” Sharon Greenberger Organizations: Harvard, Companies, Ivy League Locations: New York, Bluffed, Bronx, Staten Island

☆ For Years, Quiet Gilgo Beach Was a Place of ‘Murders and Mayhem’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The straight, quiet stretch of Ocean Parkway would give him plenty of time to listen and watch for coming cars. The isolation provided investigators their first clue: The killer knew Long Island well enough to find perhaps its most secluded place. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that four bodies wound up in this area,” Richard Dormer, the Suffolk County police commissioner, told reporters days after the discovery. The investigation into the murders became mired in a police corruption scandal, after which the case went cold for years. Some local politicians grew frustrated and worried that police had bungled the case.

Persons: Long, ” Richard Dormer Locations: Gilgo Beach, Suffolk County

☆ As Politicians Cry ‘Crisis,’ Some Migrants Are Finding Their Way
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Christopher Maag | Raúl Vilchis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At around 7 a.m. one day last August, the first migrants sent to New York City by the governor of Texas arrived with little warning on a bus, and walked sleepily into their new lives. They joined others who moved into shelters, then hotels, then white tents on an island in the East River and, as more came, into empty office buildings and school gyms. They enrolled their children in nearby schools, ate boxed meals served by the city, and clothed themselves in castoff pants and shirts donated by volunteers. Roughly half moved into public shelters, and the city’s shelter system reached 100,000 that month. City officials added up the costs of housing them: an estimated $4.3 billion by next summer.

Persons: Eric Adams, Biden Locations: New York City, Texas, East

☆ ‘Never Seen Pizza Boxes at a Wake Before’: Mourning a N.Y. Pizza Legend
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the far corner stood Ravenna Wilson, owner of The Native Bread and Pastry in East Williamsburg. Beside her was Justin DeLeon of Apollonia’s Pizzeria on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, who flew in for Mr. Bellucci’s wake. At the center of the room stood Drew Nieporent, whose list of New York restaurants includes Nobu and Tribeca Grill. Into this assemblage walked Paul Giannone, founder of Paulie Gee’s, a pizza parlor in Greenpoint with locations from Baltimore to Chicago. Scanning the room, his eyes locked on a pair of pizza boxes featuring oversized pictures of the deceased.

Persons: Andrew Bellucci’s, Bellucci, Ravenna Wilson, Justin DeLeon, Bellucci’s, Drew Nieporent, Paul Giannone, Paulie Gee’s Organizations: Mr, Tribeca Locations: Astoria, New York City, Ravenna, East Williamsburg, Wilshire, Los Angeles, New York, Greenpoint, Baltimore, Chicago

☆ An Unusual Effort to Fix a Notoriously Troubled Police Department
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Christopher Maag | Bryan Anselm | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When police officers in Paterson, N.J., responded to a 911 call in March from a man in the midst of a mental health crisis, they found someone they knew well. But now, Mr. Seabrooks, 31, had barricaded himself in a bathroom. After a four-hour standoff, Mr. Seabrooks emerged with a knife. The police shot and killed him. Police officers in Paterson have robbed, beaten, shot and killed scores of Black men, earning the department a reputation as one of the most troubled in New Jersey.

☆ After 20 Years, an Arrest in the Murder of a Detective’s Daughter
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Christopher Maag | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Megan McDonald’s body was discovered near a dirt path on the outskirts of Middletown, N.Y., on March 15, 2003. The search for her killer would last 20 years, one month, and four days. On Wednesday, Edward Holley, 42, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Ms. McDonald, the New York State Police announced Thursday. Mr. Holley, who had once dated Ms. McDonald, was arrested inside Orange County Correctional Facility in Goshen, N.Y., where he had been incarcerated on unrelated probation violation charges stemming from a narcotics arrest. The murder charges are a dramatic step in a case that has frustrated Ms. McDonald’s family, local law enforcement and Middletown residents for two decades.

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