Maria Torres-Springer Appointed President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation
NEW YORK, NY — 9/15/2025 — The Board of Trustees of the Charles H. Revson Foundation today announced the appointment of Maria Torres-Springer as President. She will succeed Julie Sandorf, who previously expressed her intention to step down at the end of the year. “The Revson Foundation has always stood for the belief that ideas and […]
The Battle for Press Freedom in the Streets
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW—New York media outlets are being proactive about defending their rights as they anticipate the deployment of federal law enforcement. Last month Carroll Bogert, the newly named chief executive of The City, a nonprofit digital news site that covers New York, sent a letter to the local field directors of Immigration and Customs […]
Q&A with Co-Chair of the Mamdani Transition Team
DOCUMENTED—Maria Torres-Springer talks about her own immigrant family and how the new administration will co-design with immigrants and other New Yorkers to create economic and workforce development projects. Journalist Aurora Martinez interviewed Maria Torres-Springer, the incoming President of the Revson Foundation and Mayor-Elect Mamdani’s Transition Co-Chair, for Documented. The conversation took place at the NYCETC […]
Safeguarding Democracy by Defending Free Speech and Enabling a Vibrant Press
FORUM—Mark Jackson ’85 remembers the framed newspaper article prominently displayed in the house where he grew up. It told the story of his father, a journalist, being “thrown out” of a Long Beach, Long Island city council meeting after he publicly objected to the council going into executive session. Mark’s father, Paul Jackson, cited the […]
It’s time to restore the civic function of US universities
FINANCIAL TIMES—Focusing on research at the expense of teaching has left institutions vulnerable to Trumpian attack The writer is professor and chair of the political science department at the City College of New York and Executive Director of its Moynihan Center The dirty secret of elite higher education in the US is that, long before […]
Julie Sandorf to Step Down After 18 Years as President of the Charles H. Revson Foundation
NEW YORK, NY — 7/24/2025 — The Board of Trustees of the Charles H. Revson Foundation today announced that Julie Sandorf, who has served as President since 2008, will step down at the end of the year. The Board has formed a search committee and has engaged PBR Executive Search to help identify the Foundation’s […]
Jewish book subscription program pushes back against publishing industry antisemitism
THE TIMES OF ISRAEL—Marking the centennial of one of the Jewish Book Council’s foundational programs, ‘Nu Reads’ delivers books bimonthly with aim to boost writers and send a message to publishers. Last year, a list circulated online targeting “Zionist” authors for a boycott. Dozens of blacklisted writers, nearly all Jews, had been condemned for infractions […]
Monday’s Headlines: Permanent Paseo Edition
STREETSBLOG NYC—Sunday was a celebration by and for the people of Jackson Heights as the 34th Avenue open street — the city’s self-proclaimed “gold standard” of car-light spaces — was officially co-named “Paseo Park.” The name isn’t new, of course, the Department of Transportation has been using that name for the stretch between 69th Street […]
One lesson of NYC’s mayoral election: Rabbis’ political endorsements come with a cost
JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY—The Book of Exodus begins with a sudden shift in fortunes. Joseph, the Jewish leader who rose to power in Pharaoh’s court, dies. The Pharaoh who favored him dies. And then: “A new king arose who did not know Joseph.” What follows is not just a story of oppression and liberation; it’s a […]
Bringing New Life to Empty Subway Shops
NEW YORK TIMES—Newsstands and other shops, the ghosts of a thriving economy, haunt New York City’s subway system. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has about 100 empty plots of real estate, many awkwardly shaped and lacking proper electricity, gas or plumbing. The M.T.A. wanted to give them new life, and in 2023, created the Vacant Unit […]