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<news:title>Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting 2024 Anti-Jewish Terror Attack</news:title>
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<image:caption>Muhammad Shahzeb Khan after his arrest in Ormstown, Quebec, on Sept. 4, 2024.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/mamdani-s-first-veto-nixes-school-protest-buffer-zone-bill-LL5793409</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-26T17:19:33-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Mamdani’s First Veto Nixes School Protest “Buffer Zone” Bill</news:title>
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<image:caption>Mayor Mamdani explaining his veto of the school protest buffer zone bill on YouTube.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/e-bike-scooter-injuries-rising-sharply-nyu-langone-study-EM5790723</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T02:17:14-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>E-Bike &amp;amp; Scooter Injuries Rising Sharply: NYU Langone Study</news:title>
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<image:caption>E-Bikes going through red light at Broadway and West 25th Street.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>E-bikes at 9th Avenue and 45th Street, Hell’s Kitchen, August 2024.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Two riders approach the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 38th Street in Midtown Manhattan.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>DOT rendering of 2026 Brooklyn Bridge bike lane plan; note absence of e-bikes, scooters, mopeds in the rendering.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Engine powered Amazon “micromobility” trucks on a Brooklyn Greenway, note bike lane symbols.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/east-river-esplanade-seven-blocks-to-shut-down-for-repairs-due-to-sinkhole-MG5796358</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T11:24:42-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>East River Esplanade: Seven Blocks to Shut down for Repairs Due to Sinkhole</news:title>
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<image:caption>A new sinkhole has opened up on the East River Esplanade, resulting in another closure. </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/vandals-destroy-dozens-of-blooming-tulips-on-park-avenue-mall-DL5793324</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T11:55:10-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Vandals Destroy Dozens of Blooming Tulips on Park Avenue Mall</news:title>
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<image:caption>In between East 76th and East 77th streets along Park Avenue, dozens of headless tulip stems remain after a vandal or group of vandals cut off the flowering blooms. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>The damage spanned two large flower beds and two circular planters. On one end, a few tulips remained.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Some of the damage was visible in one flower bed, where several tulip heads remained scattered throughout the stems.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/jerry-nadler-starts-farewell-tour-feted-at-cafe-arte-LG5796692</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T11:58:03-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Jerry Nadler Starts Farewell Tour, Feted at Cafe Arte</news:title>
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<image:caption>Photo at West Side Democrats Annual Gala at Arte Care. From left: Council member Gale Brewer, Assedmbly member Linda B. Rosenthal, Jerry Nadler, WSD Prez Christine Annechino, NYS Comptroller Tom DiNapoli.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/judge-blocks-movement-of-homeless-intake-center-to-east-3rd-street-MG5787934</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T14:24:26-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Judge Blocks Movement of Homeless Intake Center to East 3rd Street</news:title>
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<image:caption>A judge has granted a temporary pause to the conversion of a homeless shelter at 8 E. 3rd St. into the system’s citywide intake center for single adult men, after a lawsuit filed by locals. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>The movement of services was supposed to coincide with the closure of the crumbling “Bellevue” shelter on E. 30th St., which currently handles intake services. </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/east-village-deli-shooting-beloved-worker-killed-neighbors-bereft-HI5794229</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T15:28:20-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>East Village Deli Shooting: Beloved Worker Killed, Neighbors Bereft</news:title>
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<image:caption>Candles, flowers and a handwritten sign at the makeshift memorial outside Sal’s Deli and Grocery were Abdul Saleh was killed on the night of April 25. The photo shows him with his young son. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>”We will always miss you,” said a note on one bouquet left  outside Sal’s Deli &amp;amp; Grocery. Abdul Saleh, a worker in the store, died from a gun shot wound after an altercation with another man on the night of April 25.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A photo of Abdul Saleh and his young son taped to a handwritten RIP sign outside Sal’s Deli. Saleh died after an altercation with another man late on the night of April 25. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>District leader Ciara Lugo said the death of 28-year-old deli worker Abdul Saleh is “a great loss to the community”</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A 9th Precinct police cruiser from the sits outside Sal’s Deli where 28-year-old Abdul Saleh worked. He was killed after a scuffle with an unidentified man. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Jack Lugo, a neighborhood resident who put up the handwritten sign, lights a candle in memory of deli worker Abdu Saleh who was killed on April 25. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>An unidentified man staggered to the bench outside Pop’s Pizza on Avenue “B” after a scuffle with Abdul Saleh who worked in Sal’s Deli. Both had gunshot wounds. Saleh died of his wound. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Miguel (far right), a patron of Sal’s deli said he’d often sit for hours enjoying coffee with worker Abdul Saleh. Emory (left) said he’d often sweep up outside the store.  </image:caption>
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<image:caption>A handwritten sign outside Sal’s Deli &amp;amp; Grocery is in memory of Abdul Saleh, a beloved neighborhood fixture who was killed after getting in a dispute with another man on April 25. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>An argument erupted inside Sal’s Deli on E. 13th and Ave. B, and spilled across the street.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/launch-the-boats-ferry-solution-floated-to-beat-150-world-cup-train-fares-DK5792410</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T16:39:26-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Launch the Boats: Ferry Solution Floated to Beat $150 World Cup Train Fares</news:title>
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<image:caption>In order to offset sky-high $150 fares planned by NJ Transit, City Council Member Shaun Abreu is pushing for a new ferry service to New Jersey during the World Cup, as are U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (left) and Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal (right).</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Fan traveling by train to MetLife Stadium for eight World Cup matches will have to pay $150 for a round-trip ticket. Regular commuters will be barred from using NJ Transit, for four hours, before the start of games. Automobile travel to the stadium is banned. </image:caption>
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