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For many New York City parents, the quest to find an affordable, convenient summer camp amounts to an unpleasant annual hazing ritual.

A waiter’s training takes an unlikely turn, panic on a crowded bus and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.

When Mahmoud Khalil was detained by immigration agents last year, the university’s response was restrained. It was different with Elmina Aghayeva this week.

Elmina Aghayeva has 114,000 followers on Instagram and has seemingly never posted about politics, unlike other Columbia University students detained by immigration officers.

Federal agents do not have any special privileges on campuses. To arrest a student at Columbia University this week, they used a tactic of questionable legality.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani said President Trump was receptive to partnering on a project to build some 12,000 homes in Queens. Many hurdles still await.

A federal judge in the case must decide whether she will approve dropping the charges against the brothers, who are accused of sex trafficking.

The disabled man had been released from jail when federal officers showed up and drove him to a coffee shop. His family searched for him for days.

What do you bring the president when you visit the White House? Mayor Zohran Mamdani made a choice that seemed to please Donald Trump.

One of the men recorded a live-streamed video as the other made racist and sexual comments during the incident in Manhattan, the police said.

Judge Zahid N. Quraishi said federal prosecutors in New Jersey had lost credibility on immigration issues. He’s the latest federal judge to show impatience with the Trump administration.

A top prosecutor, Robert E. McGuire, painted an extraordinary picture of senior Justice Department leaders peering over his shoulder and hurrying him along.

Sin Tung Chan was a member of a prominent hometown association in the city, one of hundreds of social clubs that often maintain close ties with the Chinese government.