April 15, 2020

Draper James had a well-intentioned giveaway. But it went very wrong.

The pandemic has already cost universities millions of dollars. As they consider the possibility of remote classes into the fall, they’re worried about losing students, too.

Some people can do their best to socially distance. But there’s no distance on a city bus full of people who, virus or no virus, have to get to work.

With businesses closed and obligations mounting, state governments are looking at a mix of remedies.

When the complex opened in the 1930s, some mocked it. Now it’s a symbol of New York’s glory. Our critic chats with the historian Daniel Okrent.