Ginia Bellafante

New York

Columnist for the New York Times; editorial director Times' Cities Conference. I am the one who knocks. New York City, just like I pictured it.

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Articles

Overwhelmed? Go See Some Cherry Blossoms.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante |Kholood Eid

Big CITYThe ephemeral, exquisite antidote to doomscrolling. Credit... On the first warm night of spring, at the end of a particularly draining day of work and news, a friend texted to see if I wanted to come over for a drink on her deck. There was an urgency in the message - When? Now! She was gathering whomever might be around, which on a Thursday night at about 7:30 turned out to be three other people.
Harvard tem o maior fundo do mundo, mas age como se não tivesse. Entenda

1 week ago | einvestidor.estadao.com.br | Ginia Bellafante

Entre as muitas distinções da Universidade de Harvard, está o fato de ser a corporação mais antiga em atividade no Hemisfério Ocidental. Essa designação tem origem em uma carta patente que autorizava um Conselho de dirigentes a supervisionar as finanças, propriedades e recebimento de doações da faculdade. CONTINUA APÓS A PUBLICIDADE Perto da morte em 1638, John Harvard, um ministro puritano, deixou metade de sua herança para a instituição que logo passaria a levar seu nome.
Harvard's War With Trump Forces Question of How Endowments Should Be Spent

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante

The Trump administration's war on elite universities has forced them to consider whether it's ever worth dipping into the trust. Among Harvard University's many distinctions remains the fact it is the oldest continuing corporation in the Western Hemisphere. The designation originates in a charter, authorizing a board of officers to oversee the college's finances, property and receipt of gifts.
He's a Foe of D.E.I. in Schools but Not a Fan of Trump's Crusade

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante

Steven Wilson was forced out of the charter school network he started for an essay that conflicted with antiracism initiatives. Five years later, he feels both vindicated and dismayed. In 2008, Steven F. Wilson, who had been an adviser to the former Massachusetts governor, William Weld, on education policy, opened a charter school to educate children from low-income families, in central Brooklyn.
The Formerly Incarcerated Person Who Turned Down Columbia's Ph.D. Offer

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante

Late in February, Ibrahim Rivera opened his email to receive the happy news that at 54, he had been accepted to the doctoral program in social work at Columbia University.
The Family That's Pushing Cuomo to Apologize Personally for Covid Deaths

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante

Thousands died in nursing homes at the outset of the pandemic. Will a campaign for accountability stall Andrew Cuomo's progress in the mayor's race? "There's only one thing standing between Andrew Cuomo and City Hall," the man next to me whispered.
Who's Against Banning Cellphones in Schools?

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante

Gov. Kathy Hochul is pushing a ban on smartphones in schools, and reaction is favorable, with one notable exception: parents who can't stop monitoring their children. A number of states are moving to limit cellphone use in schools. Credit...
As Trump Attacks Elite Colleges, Their Usual Allies Are Nowhere in Sight

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante

In a very short time, Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist who was questionably detained by federal immigration officials, has become a symbol of the Trump administration's escalating antagonism toward elite universities.
If Cuomo Became Mayor, Would He Really Stand Up to Trump?

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante

Last week, 60 or so mostly wealthy Democrats gathered uptown in a Fifth Avenue apartment, chicly done in modernist white, to hear what Andrew Cuomo had to say about New York City, and the prospect, wished for by so many who had come, that he would be their next mayor. Front of mind was the question about what New Yorkers could do to counter some of the expected blows of the second Trump presidency. "He is the bully in the schoolyard," Mr. Cuomo told the assembled.
Why an Unknown Centrist Thinks He Can Become New York's Next Mayor

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Ginia Bellafante

When Eric Adams was indicted on federal corruption charges last fall, resulting in the city of New York being left more or less unmanaged, Jim Walden decided to run for mayor. It was a quixotic idea, one in which even his family did not see an instant logic.