admin 01:05 pm | By Albert Amateau More than 300 people turned out in below-freezing weather on Wednesday night to rally against New York University’s plan to develop 2.4 million square feet in four new jumbo-sized buildings on the university’s two superblocks south of Washington Square Park by 2031. The development plan began its…

admin 01:03 pm | By Aline Reynolds In light of Army Private Danny Chen’s death three months ago, Councilmember Margaret Chin and Council Speaker Christine Quinn have introduced a resolution in the City Council, calling on the U.S. Department of Defense to examine policies on the Army’s cultural diversity and sensitivity training for soldiers.…

admin 12:56 pm | By Lincoln Anderson One of the most lasting images of Occupy Wall Street’s effort to take over Trinity Wall Street’s lot at Duarte Square on Dec. 17 was of retired Bishop George Packard — in his red clerical robe, large gold cross dangling from his neck — climbing over the…

admin 12:45 pm | In a wrenching ending to 2011 for red-tailed hawk watchers in Washington Square Park, a hawk that had a chick on N.Y.U. President John Sexton’s window ledge last year died Thurs., Dec. 29, after her severely injured right foot was amputated. According to reports, Violet emerged from surgery on Long…

admin 12:39 pm | By Ed Koch I was surprised to learn of the letter sent by Congressman Jerry Nadler — who is my congressman, by the w ay — to Attorney General Eric H. Holder requesting the attorney general to investigate, as The New York Times stated, “whether the police in New York…

admin 12:36 pm | By Clayton Patterson Up until Aug. 6 to 7, 1988, my main focus was making art, Clayton Caps and documenting different Lower East Side cultural scenes and people who interested me. The night of Aug 6. into the morning of Aug. 7 dramatically shifted the direction of my concentration and…