Eliza Shapiro

New York

Reporter at The New York Times

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Articles

Can a US$700 calendar save your marriage?

1 day ago | thestar.com.my | Eliza Shapiro

On a Thursday morning in March, my family needed to accomplish three things at exactly the same time. My husband had to board a plane to return from a business trip in London. I had agreed to moderate a panel discussion about how the cost of child care in New York City is harming the local economy. And someone had to sign our daughter up for a first-come-first-served preschool programme that typically fills its seats within 90 to 120 seconds of their online release at 10am.
The $700 Calendar That Wants to Save Your Marriage

2 days ago | nytimes.com | Eliza Shapiro

Does a product that promises to "externalize the primary caregiver's brain" actually work? Credit... hitandrun Does a product that promises to "externalize the primary caregiver's brain" actually work? On a Thursday morning in March, my family needed to accomplish three things at exactly the same time. My husband had to board a plane to return from a business trip in London. I had agreed to moderate a panel discussion about how the cost of child care in New York City is harming the local economy.
Hochul, Looking to 2026, Pushed to Weaken Oversight of Religious Schools

6 days ago | nytimes.com | Benjamin Oreskes |Eliza Shapiro |Grace Ashford

Changing a law that chiefly affects all-boys Hasidic Jewish schools, known as yeshivas, has been a top priority among leaders of New York's Hasidic communities, which tend to vote as a bloc. As Gov. Kathy Hochul prepares for what is likely to be a tough re-election fight next year, she is promoting a state budget deal stuffed with politically popular initiatives aimed at making life in New York more affordable.
New York May Weaken Its Oversight Over Religious Schools

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Eliza Shapiro |Benjamin Oreskes

A potential last-minute addition to the state budget would amount to a major victory for Hasidic Jewish leaders. New York lawmakers are considering a deal that would dramatically weaken their oversight over religious schools, potentially a major victory for the state's Hasidic Jewish community.
The Child Care Crisis Is Motivating These New York City Voters

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Eliza Shapiro

That's especially true because of which New Yorkers are most vocal about their anger: middle- and upper-middle-class parents who tend to be highly motivated voters and expect a return on investment, in the form of new entitlements like universal pre-K, for the high taxes they pay in the city.
The Child Care Crisis Is Motivating These New York City Voters

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Eliza Shapiro

That's especially true because of which New Yorkers are most vocal about their anger: middle- and upper-middle-class parents who tend to be highly motivated voters and expect a return on investment, in the form of new entitlements like universal pre-K, for the high taxes they pay in the city.
They Work All Day and Go Home to Shelters

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Eliza Shapiro |Jonah Markowitz

By four in the morning, the young woman has already signed out of the Blue Sky Residence, the Queens homeless shelter where she lives, and started her commute to work. The local bus doesn't run this early, so she sets out on foot, walking along the highway. She arrives at LaGuardia Airport before the first flight of the morning departs. For $22 an hour, she will spend her day directing travelers to their gates.
Government asks that detained Columbia student’s legal fight be moved to New Jersey or Louisiana

2 months ago | post-gazette.com | Benjamin Kail |Marc Tracy |Eliza Shapiro |Jake Offenhartz

NEW YORK — A government lawyer asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Wednesday to move the legal fight over the detention of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil to New Jersey or Louisiana, two locations where he has been held as the Trump administration seeks to deport him over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests at the school. Immigration enforcement agents arrested Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen, in New York on Saturday.
Among American Jews, a Schism Over ICE Arrest of Columbia Activist

2 months ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Marc Tracy |Eliza Shapiro

Share The arrest of a former Columbia University graduate student who gained prominence amid that campus’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations has divided the American Jewish community, which finds itself trying to reconcile a longstanding focus on Jewish safety and support for Israel with a historical commitment to civil liberties.A few hours after news broke on Sunday of the arrest of Mr. Khalil, who has not been accused of having contact with Hamas, the Anti-Defamation League, a century-old...
Immigration authorities arrest pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia

2 months ago | sanjuandailystar.com | Eliza Shapiro

By Eliza ShapiroFederal immigration authorities on Saturday detained a well-known activist who played a major role in Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian student movement last year, his lawyer said Sunday. The arrest of the activist, a legal permanent resident of the United States, was a significant escalation of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on what he has called antisemitic campus activity.