JOHN LELAND
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A Battle Over Drag Queen Story Hour Shut Down This Town’s Library
In April, the event was announced. Protests erupted, and in September, the library was forced to close. It still hasn’t reopened.
What Endures After a Climate Activist’s Suicide: Grief, Anger and Hope
Five years ago, David Buckel violently ended his life in a public park in Brooklyn. People who knew him were shocked and angry. Yet they...
He Thought His Chuck Close Painting Was Worth $10 Million. Not Quite.
A bittersweet ending for Mark Herman, the dog walker who was given the painting: It finally sold, but for far less than he had envisioned.
Attack on Israel Reverberates Through Jewish New York
Usually lively and often fractious, political conversations are set aside among the large community of Jews in the city.
Migrant Crisis Tests New Yorkers Who Thought They Supported Immigration
As the city’s resources strain under the influx of thousands of migrants, New Yorkers are still resolutely in favor of welcoming newcomers. But for how...
Tracing the March on Washington Back to Where It Began, in Harlem
Before Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech to 250,000 people, a group of civil rights activists spent a summer planning...
The Dog Walker’s Chuck Close Painting is Finally Going to Auction
Just when it looked as if Mark Herman’s painting was unsellable, his luck turned around. Now, who’s going to play him in the movie?
Was the Rolled-Up Painting in the Dog Walker’s Closet Worth Millions?
The dog walker thought so. Sotheby’s planned the auction — at first.
A Student at Saint Ann’s Committed Suicide. Was the School to Blame?
An eighth grader was asked to leave Saint Ann’s, a prestigious private school in Brooklyn. Three months later, he ended his life. Now his parents...
The History of an East Village House: Yoko Ono, Lou Reed, Tragedy and Peyote
Every building in New York has some history. The house at 64 East Seventh Street has a lot.
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