https://www.ourtownny.com/news/city-council-mulls-bills-to-address-e-bike-speeding-and-safety-concerns-DB6245216 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-10-02T10:27:19-04:00 City Council Mulls Bills to Address E-Bike Speeding and Safety Concerns https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-30-at-5-38-19-pm_4-11150092_20260930174016.png The City Council held a hearing to discuss nearly two-dozen bills that aim to address the risk of speeding e-bikes, which Council Speaker Julie Menin described as a bid to make people “feel safe,” on September 30. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-30-at-5-48-40-pm_4-11150269_20260930174955.png One bill, pushed by Council majority leader Shaun Abreu, would push for the creation of “sidewalk detection” technology that would automatically slow down e-bikes that stray from the bike lane. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/daria-serkov-4-11118769-2026092016050_4-11150275_20260930185125.webp Fifteen-year-old Daria Serkov was killed when a Citi Bike where she was a passenger on a bike piloted by a 16-year-old friend, was struck by a truck turning onto First Ave. on Sept. 23. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/identity-revealed-of-20-year-old-who-fell-to-death-from-uws-building-MY6230196 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-10-02T12:21:23-04:00 Identity Revealed of 20-Year-Old Who Fell to Death from UWS Building https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/2182-broadway_4-11138611_20260925171738.jpg The intersection of Broadway and West 77th St. Police said a man later identified as 20-year-old William Crystal was discovered outside the Larstrand Building, a luxury rental building at 2182 Broadway on September 23. https://www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/a-glamorous-inaugural-style-is-ageless-fashion-week-event-at-fit-DB6210371 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-10-02T12:45:10-04:00 A Glamorous Inaugural “Style Is Ageless” Fashion Week Event At FIT https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2139_4-11118355_20261001120613.jpg A model walks the runway in an outfit for “city threads,” one of the three themes of the “Style Is Ageless” Fashion Week show at FIT. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2129-5_4-11118370_20261001120616.jpg The models dance together in dresses inspired by Puerto Rican culture. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2123-6_4-11118369_20261001120615.jpg Ana Jimenez, who hails from Colombia, said she felt “seen” as she walks the runway in a look from a Puerto Rican designer. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2188-copy_4-11118356_20261001120617.jpg A model wears a look for the segment “a day in the city.” https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2214-4_4-11118371_20261001120618.jpg A model wears a look with a colorful yellow hat in the “day in the park” theme. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2300_4-11118360_20261001120620.jpg Ana Jimenez wears an white dress for the “city nightlife” segment of the show. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2181-copy_4-11118357_20261001120621.jpg The Seoyeon Im Trio play together while the models walk down the runway. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2302_4-11118372_20261001120622.jpg A model wears an Audrey Hepburn inspired look. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/9-11-photographer-recalls-three-iconic-shots-taken-amid-chaos-LL6184841 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-10-02T14:23:34-04:00 9/11 Photographer Recalls Three Iconic Shots Taken Amid Chaos https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/shannon-stapelton_4-11080304_20260911130536.jpg Photographer Shannon Stapleton at a visit to the reflecting pool marking the 20th anniversary of 9-11 in 2021. He’s proud of the award winning work he did that day, but says he rarely ventures back to Ground Zero. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/photo-of-mychal-judge_4-11094227_20260911135757.jpg An exhibit in the Fire Museum features the Shannon Stapleton photo of Father Mychal Judge who died on 9-11. At the time, Stapleton said he had no idea that he had captured a photo of the beloved FDNY chaplain. It would become known as the “American Pieta.” https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/turnout-jacket-of-fr-mychal-judge_4-11094230_20260911135758.jpg The turnout coat and helmet worn by FDNY chaplain Father Mychal Judge is on permanent display at the recently reopened Fire Museum on Spring Street. Shannon Stapleton’s iconic photo is part of the exhibit. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fr-mychal-judge-sculpture-flickr-crea_4-11094233_20260911135758.jpg A Waterford crystal etching of the famous Shannon Stapleton photo of FDNY chaplain Mychal Judge being carried in a chair by five men sits in the firehouse directly across the street from St. Francis of Assisi Church. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/nypd-increases-bus-lane-enforcement-on-34th-street-after-fatal-accident-DD6252445 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-10-03T21:08:30-04:00 NYPD Increases Bus Lane Enforcement on 34th Street After Fatal Accident https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-10-02-at-6-31-05-pm_4-11160797_20261002183314.jpg An NYPD traffic sign set near the site of a deadly crash was attempting to tell drivers that bus lane only laws were being strictly enforced, but drivers were having a hard time deciphering the warning when Chelsea News visited on Sept. 25. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/fixed-street-sign-on-34th-st_4-11160837_20261003211533.jpg The glitch prone sign near the site of a deadly crash on Sept. 28 seemed to be doing a better job warning drivers that “bus lane strictly enforced” when Straus News returned on Oct. 2. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2628_4-11160502_20261002144506.jpg Two police officers stand on West 34th street as police stepped up their presence on the problem plagued street after a deadly crash on Sept. 28 when a dump truck struck a woman on a delivery bike. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2640_4-11160643_20261002151147.jpg An NYPD police truck drives towards a very busy intersection near Penn Station. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2638_4-11160640_20261002151144.jpg A view of West 34th Street near 7th Avenue where police were stepping up their presence. A sign that was supposed to warn drivers “bus lanes strictly enforced” was on the fritz when Straus News visited a few days after a deadly crash that killed a woman delivery driver on Sept. 28. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2642_4-11160646_20261002151150.jpg A New York State Trooper drives near 34th Street and 7th Avenue.