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Eric Adams ‘Worst Mayor in History’ for Historic Preservation

January 7, 2026 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

At the end of 2025, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation released an updated version of its first-of-its-kind report, Analyzing New York City Landmark Designations, A Review of Mayoral Influence and Policies: 1965-2025, covering nine Mayoral administrations.

For the first time ever, the report catalogued every landmark designation in New York City since the law took effect in 1965, and analyzed how each Mayor performed with regards to historic preservation. The results were stark. [Read more…] about Eric Adams ‘Worst Mayor in History’ for Historic Preservation

A History of Segregation in NYC Public Schools

November 24, 2024 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

The first schools in New York City were established in 1805 as the Free School Society, run by Quakers, and later by Baptist groups who renamed the school system, The Public School Society.

The Catholic Church dissuaded participation in The Public School Society believing it to be anti-Catholic, and with Irish Catholic immigration on the rise in the 1830s, the pressure to include their involvement in schools led to the establishment of the NYC Board of Education (BOE) in 1842. [Read more…] about A History of Segregation in NYC Public Schools

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