Dorm Rooms With Bragging Rights
Michelle Obama. Anderson Cooper. Adlai E. Stevenson. Alan Alda. They all went to college in the metropolitan region, and now students, some aware, some not, live in their old rooms.
View ArticleGhosts of Dorm Rooms Past
Readers reminisce about the famous denizens of their old dorm rooms.
View ArticleA Whale of a Whoops in a City Council Race
Early campaign filings from Helen Sears, who ran for re-election for City Council, omitted a little more than $100,000 in billings from her political strategists.
View ArticleSign Says Mohawk. But You’re in Red Sox Camp.
Staff members at Camp Mohawk, a girls' sleep-away camp in northwestern Connecticut, are admonished to leave all Yankee gear home.
View Article3 Years After a Windfall, an Unexpected Reality for the Genealogical Society
The decision of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society to sell its Manhattan headquarters may have been as pragmatic as it was bold, but it suffered from the timing.
View ArticleA Short Second Life for a Building With History
On the Records: An 18th-generation rabbi from Long Island who had brought his razzle-dazzle-packed services to Manhattan takes a pause, after his dreams of expansion are tripped up by the poor economy.
View ArticleBest Known for Mad, Also Read by Chabad Youngsters
Even Al Jaffee's biggest fans may not know that his work has appeared steadily for more than 25 years in a Brooklyn-based magazine called The Moshiach Times.
View ArticleWhy Some Polling Places Were Tardy on Primary Day
The e-mail that was supposed to open schools early.
View ArticleFloccinaucinihilipilificationism: A Word as Big as the Man
Newly released correspondence and memos from the desk of Daniel Patrick Moynihan show the man behind the statesman.
View ArticleThe Chancellor’s Official Job Description: What a Difference 8 Years Make
An inspection of documents from 2002 and 2010 describing the job of the New York City schools chancellor reveals a few key differences.
View ArticleA Guide to Houses No Gentleman Would Dare to Frequent
On the Records: A 114-year-old guidebook to New York offers a glimpse into the nightlife of another time.
View ArticleLifting the Veil on the Practice of Billing Patients Who Sue
On the Records: A cache of court documents opens a window into the state’s debt collection practices.
View ArticleOn the Records | The Candidate, the Treasurer and the Gynecologist
An election filing by Senator Carl Kruger’s campaign committee notes that the candidate, his treasurer and a gynecologist friend were authorized to sign checks.
View ArticleGlimpses of Salinger Tucked Inside ‘Catcher in the Rye’
Two of J.D. Salinger's letters were found this spring inside his illustrator's copy of "The Catcher in the Rye." A third was inside the illustrator's passport, and is now on view at the Morgan Library...
View ArticleMay We Car-Pool? Wed at Macy’s? It’s Up to the Conflicts Board
On the Records: Fielding inquiries from city employees in need of guidance, the Conflicts of Interest Board’s legal arbiters consult the City Charter and render their decisions.
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