Day: April 15, 2025

Trump Admin May Seek Consent Decree Over Columbia University Amid Federal Crackdown on Campus Antisemitism By: Fern Sidman In a potentially precedent-setting move, the Trump administration is exploring the use of a federal consent decree to enforce any agreement it reaches with Columbia University, according to a report that appeared on Thursday in The New […]

Columbia Pro-Hamas Organizer Nabbed by ICE During U.S. Citizenship Appointment Amid Crackdown on Extremist Campus Activism By: Fern Sidman In a striking development highlighting the Trump administration’s growing effort to confront radicalism on U.S. campuses, Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student and co-founder of Columbia University’s Palestinian Student Union, was detained Monday by immigration authorities at […]

In March, the Independent Rikers Commission, of which I am a proud member, released an updated blueprint to close Rikers Island. The publication is timely: just three months into 2025, five people …

Tourism is a driving force of our economy, pumping billions into New York City every year. Nearly 65 million tourists came to the city in 2024 — the second highest number on record. That’s a major …

Seven in ten Americans now say they are either very or somewhat concerned about the president’s import tax plan.

The British luxury liner RMS Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland just over two and a half hours after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage.