Tag: New York City

  • New Rabbi at Manhattan’s Central Synagogue ‘a Pioneer’ The Wall Street Journal 2014-01-17 Sophia Hollander Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl Is Daughter of a Korean Buddhist Immigrant and an American Jew Growing up as the daughter of a Korean Buddhist immigrant and an American Jew in Tacoma, Wash., Rabbi Angela Warnick Buchdahl said some family members…

  • The Mixed Marriage The New York Times 2014-01-11 Interview by Lise Funderburg Lise Funderburg, a journalist, interviewed Yael Ben-Zion, a photographer raised in Israel, about her new book, “Intermarried,” published by Kehrer, which features families from the Washington Heights neighborhood where she lives with her French husband and 5-year-old twins. Q. What inspired this project?…

  • Yael Ben-Zion uses photography and text to reflect on intermarriage.

  • De Blasio Sworn In as New York Mayor The New York Times 2014-01-01 Michael M. Grynbaum Bill de Blasio was sworn in as the 109th mayor of New York City early Wednesday, at two minutes past the stroke of midnight. The oath of office was administered by Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New…

  • De Blasio’s Daughter Reveals Substance Abuse The New York Times 2013-12-24 Javier C. Hernandez and Michael M. Grynbaum Chiara de Blasio, right, with her parents in September. Michael Appleton for The New York Times Days before her father’s inauguration, the 19-year-old daughter of Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio disclosed a history of drug and alcohol abuse…

  • Poll Finds Hope Is Running High for Next Mayor of New York City The New York Times 2013-12-13 Kate Taylor and Dalia Sussman With Bill de Blasio’s inauguration less than a month away, New Yorkers are highly optimistic about his mayoralty — but they remain skeptical that he can achieve major changes on some of…

  • White mayor, black wife: Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray shatter an image in New York City Minneapolis Star-Tribune 2013-11-16 Jesse Washington, National Writer/Race and Ethnicity The Associated Press Another milestone is passing in America’s racial journey: The next mayor of New York City is a white man with a black wife. Even in a…

  • Many Black New Yorkers Are Seeing de Blasio’s Victory as Their Own The New York Times 2013-11-10 Michael M. Grynbaum Reporting was contributed by Michael Barbaro, Kia Gregory, Winnie Hu, Sarah Maslin Nir, Julie Turkewitz and Vivian Yee. A black janitor in Brooklyn almost shouted out the name when asked about his vote in the…

  • The 99% Mayor New York Magazine 2013-10-27 Chris Smith Bill de Blasio’s promise may also be his problem. He is joking, but he’s not kidding. “When I spoke last time, they needed a much smaller room,” Bill de Blasio says to laughter. “This is the glory of American democracy!” Exactly one year earlier, De Blasio…

  • Biracial Cool: Bill de Blasio’s Fresh Electoral Asset The Atlantic 2013-11-06 Kevin Noble Maillard, Professor of Law Syracuse University The New York mayor-elect’s family—both fascinatingly ordinary and shockingly modern—proved to be one his greatest strengths. “I’m Bill de Blasio, and I’m not a boring white guy.” How’s that for a political opener? This is how…