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Monday, November 16, 2015

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Jonathan Holloway, a professor of African-American Studies and the first black dean of Yale College, has often been a sounding board for student concerns.
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Jonathan Holloway, a professor of African-American Studies and the first black dean of Yale College, has often been a sounding board for student concerns.

Jonathan Holloway, the first black dean of Yale College, has striven to reconcile protesters and the administration, but has been criticized by some students as failing to do enough.

State Senator Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, the former Republican leader in the Senate, with his son, Adam Skelos, in May.
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State Senator Dean G. Skelos of Long Island, the former Republican leader in the Senate, with his son, Adam Skelos, in May.

The corruption trial for the state senator and his son, Adam Skelos, begins Monday; both face multiple federal charges, including bribery and extortion.

Marchers Warn of Safety Crisis Amid Spate of Pedestrian Deaths in New York

At a rally and march on Sunday for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, people held up pictures of loved ones who had been killed.

Ankle Monitors Weigh on Immigrant Mothers Released From Detention

Some women, required to wear tracking bracelets as part of a release program from family detention, say the devices are a painful reminder of the circumstances they fled.

New York State Workers Laud Higher Minimum Pay

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s announcement to increase the hourly rate to $15 for about 10,000 public workers may mean more money for food and clothing, and less worry about checks bouncing.

Crime Scene
Man Who Gave Psychics $718,000 ‘Just Got Sucked In’

Two psychics vowed to reunite Niall Rice with the woman he loved. Even after it was discovered that she was dead.

Side Street
A Street-Level Search for Women to Put on a Manhattan Pedestal

Lois Evans, a playwright and performance artist known as LuLu LoLo, has taken the role of Joan of Arc to advance a push to honor Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton with a Central Park statue.

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A Reunion Is Cut Short by a Mother’s Illness

An altercation, brought on in part by family financial trouble, sent Rajon Thomas away from home as a teenager. He returned in 2014, and learned his mother had cancer.

Around New York

Beneath New York Public Library, Shelving Its Past for High-Tech Research Stacks

After abandoning a much-criticized plan to move most of its research books to New Jersey, the library is creating a new storage and retrieval system under Bryant Park.

Ask Real Estate

Putting a Stop to a Neighbor’s Slurs

This week: A co-op board steers clear of a squabble among residents; a business is run out of a residential home; and a wish for a backyard cabana.

On the Market

Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey

This week’s properties include a five-bedroom in Hamilton, N.J., and a four-bedroom in Lloyd Neck, N.Y.

A Good Appetite

Thanksgiving Vegetables Get Freshened Up

Professional chefs offer ideas for replacing the same old tired, soggy side dishes on the holiday table. (Article plus video.)

Metropolitan

As Lives Lengthen, Costs Mount

Some elderly New Yorkers receive too much income to be eligible for assistance, but not enough to pay for the services they need.

Wary of Mainstream Medicine, Immigrants Seek Remedies From Home

Emporiums of plant-based medicines offer products for what ails the mind, body and soul, even though scientific studies about their efficacy are inconclusive.

New York Panorama

Every Sunday in the Metropolitan section, a photographer offers a new slice of New York.

From Opinion
Op-Ed Contributor

More Scrutiny, Better Policing

Law enforcement must embrace innovations like body cameras.

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