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“Get a warrant.” That’s still official policy if agents from Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) show up at the school house door, District 2 Schools Superintendent Kelly McGuire assured the Community Board 2 (CB 2) Schools and Education Committee at its February 24th meeting. Alarmed by Mayor Adams’ January 13, 2025 memo to city workers—which

Thousands of protesters gathered in Union Square on President’s Day, February 17th, 2025, for the National Day of Protest and Resist the Dictator march. The park filled angry spectators with Donald Trump masks, hateful signs and banners and the sounds of blaring snare drums, the high-pitched jingling of tambourines, and the banging of cowbells. Protesters

Ignoring vehement community objections and the more muted misgivings of local City Council Member Erik Bottcher, the city is proceeding with plans for a 60-story, 600-foot-tall luxury residential spire at the current site of the Gansevoort Meat Market, on Little West 12th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues in the Meatpacking District. The city is

More than a few of the writers in this month’s paper seem to be questioning how our country got to this current place. It’s of course something I’ve been trying to figure out as well. Lots of other people are also wondering. One of them is Bill Gates. Bill and I are just about the

When I first moved to the West Village, I wondered why people were clogging up the sidewalks on Perry Street and taking pictures in front of this beautiful brownstone. Then I learned the exterior of 66 Perry Street had been used for Carrie Bradshaw’s home in the popular HBO series “Sex and the City.” Since