By NYO Staff 2/12/01 12:00am

Dude, Where’s My Bike? No Back-Seat Drivers Here

While no location in the city immediately comes to mind as being off-limits to crime, there are nonetheless certain areas that the savvy criminal knows are best to avoid. These include the frozen zones that the feds flood with Secret Service agents and cops during a Presidential visit and perhaps a Police Department promotion ceremony Read More

By Anne Roiphe 6/26/00 12:00am

Poetic Justice for My New Lawyer

Uneasily I write this column: In the fear-heavy shtetls , where superstition was as common as the common cold, folks refrained from pronouncing aloud the beauty, skill and fineness of their children. It was thought that such boasting would bring on the Evil Eye and that calamity would follow as night to day. These superstitions Read More