https://www.ourtownny.com/news/blocked-streets-evacuations-after-steel-beams-buckle-at-midtown-tower-HH6009485 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-10T14:41:23-04:00 Blocked Streets, Evacuations After Steel Beams Buckle at Midtown Tower https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/shot-of-buckled-beam_4-10911586_20260710114756.jpg Workers installed temporary support beams inside the construction project where steel beams buckled and floors sagged on July 7. By July 10, temporary beams on floors nine through the roof of the 37-story building. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/structural-beams-buckle-at-under-reno_4-10898709_20260707220117.webp FDNY members wait outside the building at 235 E. 42nd St. on July 7 after construction workers spotted buckling steel beams and sagging floors that triggered a mass evacuation of nine midtown buildings. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2006_4-10898712_20260707220119.jpg A resident of the frozen zone in a dispute with an NYPD officer after being told he cannot return home. Nine buildings in the area were forced to evacuate over fears of a potential building collapse. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/workers-inside-235_4-10912361_20260710143322.jpg Workers can be seen inside the tower at 235 E. 42nd St. as they work to shore up the building after steel beams buckled on July 7. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/inflateable-rate-at-235_4-10912364_20260710143322.jpg Union members bring out an inflatable rat on July 8 to protest non-union contractors working at 235 E. 42nd St. which where a building under renovation was damaged when steel beams buckled and floors sagged. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/woman-pulls-suitcase-on-e-43-st-ap_4-10912367_20260710143323.jpg A woman who was forced to evacuate pulls a suit case near the site of a damaged building at 235 E. 42nd St. on July 7 https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/cross-town-bus-turned-away_4-10901586_20260708182700.jpg Cross town buses were still being turned as the street in front of the damaged building at 235 E. 42nd St. remained closed to traffic on July 8, a day after steel beams buckled causing several floors to collapse. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/carpenters-union-truck_4-10901589_20260708182702.jpg The Carpenters Union stationed a truck with the sign “Shame on Metro Loft” at Second Ave. and E. 43rd St. on July 8 to call attention to the developer who is converting an office tower to residential housing with a largely non-union workforce. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/mayor-mamdani_4-10899758_20260708112743.jpg Mayor Zohran Mamdani addresses the press at the scene of the former Pfizer HQ where there was a partial collapse of several floors in the 37-story building that is being converted to residential housing. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-1989_4-10898715_20260707220123.jpg Press gathers on Third Avenue while building workers take questions. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/traffic-allowed_4-10909012_20260709172810.jpg By Thursday, July 9, traffic was being allowed to pass in front of the stricken building (right) on East 42nd Street but traffic was still blocked on East 43rd Street, on the side of building closest to the buckled steel beams. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/laborers-intenational-union_4-10909011_20260709172811.jpg Anthony Williamson (left), business agent and executive board member of the Laborers’ Intenational Union, blasted developer Metro Loft for using non-unionized contractors on the site of the damaged 235 E. 42nd St. building. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/yale-student-accused-of-sexually-abusing-mom-of-4-on-r-train-NA6020186 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-10T14:55:31-04:00 Yale Student Accused of Sexually Abusing Mom of 4 on R Train https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/yale-student-ari-shtein-webp-10911727-10911727_4-10911727_20260710143617.webp Ari Shtein, who is accused of sexually abusing a 30-year-old woman on the R train, fled the scene on June 28 but surrendered to cops on the morning of July 8. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/cms-mamdani-respond-to-city-immigrant-enclaves-map-controversy-NA6020294 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-10T15:52:46-04:00 CMs, Mamdani Respond to City Immigrant Enclaves Map Controversy https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-10-at-3-23-49-pm_4-10912357_20260710152440.png Mayor Zohran Mamdani responded to criticism over the exclusion of Little Italy on a NYC Immigrant Enclaves Map, promoted by NYC Tourism. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/madison-square-garden-database-tracked-lgbtq-status-of-celebs-BF6016157 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-11T06:09:30-04:00 Madison Square Garden Database Tracked LGBTQ Status of Celebs https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/madison-square-garden-jpg-10907889-10907889_4-10907889_20260710211511.jpg Madison Square Garden has been using facial-recognition systems since at least 2018. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-2706-4-5867879-20230117184803_4-10912585_20260711061632.webp When Assembly member Tony Simone (third from right) joined other lawmakers critical of James Dolan’s use facial recognition software at Madison Square Garden, he was disinvited from a Rangers Pride Night Game where he was supposed to drop the puck. https://www.ourtownny.com/voices/is-criticism-of-trump-overriding-plans-for-penn-station-AB6021442 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-11T19:23:17-04:00 Is Criticism of Trump Overriding Plans for Penn Station? https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/seal-of-president-at-penn_4-10912681_20260711191623.jpg The presidential seal with Donald Trump’s name is featured prominently on a wall just inside the Grand Entrance proposed for the Eighth Ave. side of Pennsylvania Station. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/new-penn-station-rendering_4-10912598_20260711064641.jpg The artist rendering of the winning proposal by the Penn Transformation Partners still has Pennsylvania Station emblazoned across the entrance, but is said to have a Donald Trump presidential seal on a plaque inside.