N.Y. Today: These Students Are Scared. Friends and Teachers Are Their Protectors.

October 13, 2025

Joel Camas, 16, hugs his mother, Elvia, while they sit on steps painted blue. Joel wears a dark blue hoodie, and Elvia, her long hair tied behind her, wears a dark blue shirt.

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These Students Are Scared. Friends and Teachers Are Their Protectors.

Sometimes, they offer a place to stay to immigrant children. Other times, they provide help navigating the legal system. They have become part of the resistance.

By Ana Ley

Letitia James walks in a courthouse hall.

What to Know About the Federal Indictment Against Letitia James

Ms. James, a Democrat and New York’s attorney general, is a longtime nemesis of President Trump, She is charged with committing bank fraud to obtain favorable loan terms.

By Hurubie Meko

Honeycomb Wings and Jellyfish: These Costumes Dance Too

Collaborating with the choreographer Jamar Roberts for the New York City Ballet fashion gala, Iris van Herpen created costumes that merged fantasy and form.

By Roslyn Sulcas and Nina Westervelt

Two women stand defiantly shoulder-to-shoulder. On the left, playing Kristi Noem, a pouty Tina Fey has just burst into a Senate hearing, toting a gun. Amy Poehler, as Attorney General Pam Bondi, is the focus of the hearing.

‘S.N.L.’ Trots Out Amy Poehler and Tina Fey for a Senate Judiciary Grilling

Now, it truly has been 50 years since the show’s debut, and that was celebrated with a few more surprises, including cameos by Charli XCX and Seth Meyers.

By Dave Itzkoff

A broken piece of the face of a Columbus statue, showing its left eye on some hair, is held up my a man in a flannel shirt and T shirt.

Beheaded and Sent to Watery Graves, Columbus Statues Get New Life

More than 30 monuments to Christopher Columbus were toppled or taken down in 2020. Now some are being restored, and finding new, usually less-public homes.

By Julia Jacobs

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