After Pro-Israel Crowd Assaults Woman, Protesters Rally in Brooklyn

After Pro-Israel Crowd Assaults Woman, Protesters Rally in Brooklyn

A small group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, shadowed by a heavy police presence, rallied in Brooklyn on Monday night to condemn the actions of a crowd of pro-Israel counterprotesters who verbally and physically assaulted a woman there last week. After gathering at Barclays Center, the pro-Palestinian group, which numbered in the dozens, set out for the … Read more

A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds

A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds

For more than a century and a half, Central Park has been a leafy barometer of New York’s shifting fortunes. Projecting the city’s vast ambitions and ideals in the 19th century, it morphed into a Hooverville during the Depression, becoming a beehive of ball fields and “Be-Ins” during the 1960s. A decade later it was … Read more

Roosevelt Hotel Shelter, Symbol of NYC Migrant Crisis, Will Close

Roosevelt Hotel Shelter, Symbol of NYC Migrant Crisis, Will Close

The Roosevelt Hotel, nicknamed “the new Ellis Island” for its role as an arrival center during New York City’s migrant crisis, will shelter its last immigrant by June, Mayor Eric Adams announced on Monday, as officials dismantle the emergency shelter system they established nearly three years ago. The century-old hotel in the heart of Midtown … Read more

Prosecutors Charge Man They Say Is Tied to Burglary of Joe Burrow’s Home

Prosecutors Charge Man They Say Is Tied to Burglary of Joe Burrow’s Home

A Georgian man charged with buying and reselling stolen watches, handbags and other luxury items in Manhattan’s Diamond District is linked to a group believed to have burglarized the home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, according to a person with knowledge of the case. The man, Dimitriy Nezhinskiy, and another suspect, Juan Villar, were … Read more