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More than 10,000 protestors gathered in Battery Park on Sunday to voice condemnation of immigration policies newly announced by President Donald Trump, which refugees from around the world and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim nations from entry into the United States. The rally was slated to start at 2pm, but thousands began assembling a few minutes...

(Editor’s note: This is the third in an occasional series that will explore questions and answers of City-wide significance raised at Senator Daniel Squadron’s recent Community Town Hall meeting. This installment focuses on the local impact of the presidency of Donald Trump.) State Senator Daniel Squadron is urging constituents who are distressed at the prospect...

At the January 20th inauguration ceremony for President Donald Trump, one of the dozens of chairs that went unfilled was reserved for Congressman Jerrold Nadler, who represents Lower Manhattan. Mr. Nadler, one of more than 60 Democratic members of the House of Representatives who chose to boycott the event, instead spent the afternoon at his...

Deborah Glick, the State Assembly member who represents northern Battery Park City, Tribeca, SoHo, and the West Village in Albany, has issued a stinging condemnation of President Donald Trump’s decision to cut off federal funding for non-profits operating abroad that offer abortions. This order compels such organizations to choose between continuing to offering safe abortion...

Today (Wednesday, January 25), the City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, through its “Percent for Art” program, is holding the final meeting to determine the winning proposal for public art commemorating the “Little Syria” neighborhood of Lower Manhattan. The City’s Department of Parks & Recreation is constructing a new 20,000 square foot park, Elizabeth H. Berger...

Yuh-Line Niou, the Assembly member who was elected in November and now represents Downtown in the lower house of the State legislature, was ceremonially sworn in at an event held in the Museum of Jewish Heritage last Thursday. (She officially took office on January 4, at a ceremony in Albany.) The local event was attended...