Nosh Pit
Why the Whole New York City Council Killed Le Dive's Dimes Square Sidewalk Seating
A classic New York City neighborhood-level street fight with a 2025, outdoor-dining twist.
Cultural Capital
Umber Majeed Brings Her 'Digital Diasporic Experience' to the Queens Museum
In Majeed's new exhibit "J😊Y TECH," open on March 16, she explores the little-remembered Pakistan Pavilion at the 1964-65 World's Fair.
Morning Spew
And On Top of Everything Else, the Rent Is Going Up
Plus: dog-found shore whiskey, a Pirate's Booty mayor on Long Island, and more links for your weekend.
Cultural Capital
We're Still Living in the City That Killed Michael Stewart
Elon Green's "The Man Nobody Killed" puts the Transit Police's 1983 beating of a young artist in its full, shameful context.
Fresh Hell
It Is Time to Get Into St. John's Men's Basketball
A quick primer on New York City's college basketball team to prepare you for March Madness.
Morning Spew
Trump DOJ Subpoenas NYC Hotels, Looking for Names of Immigrants
And more news for your Thursday.
Power
‘Unprecedented,’ ‘Ugly,’ ‘McCarthyism’: Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawyers Fight His Detention in Court
Government lawyers defending the effort to deport Khalil told a judge he lacked jurisdiction to stop it because Khalil was flown to Louisiana within hours of being taken into custody.
$20 Dinner
The New West Village Tashkent Was Worth the Wait
Get ready for a Hot Central Asian Picnic Summer.
Morning Spew
'I Won't Wear Any Columbia Gear. I Feel Ashamed'
We spoke to Columbia University students about Mahmoud Khalil's arrest and detention—and more links to start your Wednesday.
Power
What NYC’s Elected Officials (And Our Next Mayor) Are Saying About the Detention of Mahmoud Khalil
Some are outraged. Others are saying nothing at all.
The State of New York
ICE Arrested a New Yorker in a Schenectady Courthouse Without a Warrant
The arrest, supposed to be banned by a 2020 law, took place a week before a new memo to court officers advised them to step aside if ICE proceeds, sans warrant.
Fresh Hell
'They've Chosen to Concede and Capitulate': New Yorkers Seethe Over Columbia's Collaboration and Trump Administration's Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil
Downtown, thousands of New Yorkers took to the streets to call for the Columbia campus activist's release from ICE detention. Meanwhile, uptown, Columbia professors for accountability from their administrators.
Katie Way and Nick Pinto