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<news:title>Archdiocese, Sexual Abuse Plaintiffs Miss Deadline but Settlement Talks Continue</news:title>
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<image:caption>Cardinal Timothy Dolan (left) began settlement talks with people claiming sexual abuse at the hands of priests and lay personnel but it will be up to newly installed Archbishop Ronald Hicks (right) to try to complete a deal.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/upper-east-side-neighborhood-event-calendar-sept-10-16-MG6181493</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-09T12:03:58-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Upper East Side Neighborhood Event Calendar:  Sept. 10 - 16</news:title>
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<image:caption>st john the divine via www.stjohndivine.org</image:caption>
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<image:caption>cooper hewitt via www.cooperhewitt.org</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/menin-threatens-to-join-legal-fight-against-guastavino-s-EJ6182464</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-09T16:53:15-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Menin Threatens to Join Legal Fight Against Guastavino’s  </news:title>
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<image:caption>Council Speaker Julie Menin has told Guastavino’s (pictured above), located at the foot of the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, that she could support a class-action lawsuit alleging that the restaurant has seized public space. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Council Speaker Menin is requesting that Guastavino’s meet with the Council to “to come to an agreement that resolves this issue.” </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/shelter-inn-place-takes-off-broadway-by-storm-XI6183415</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-10T13:12:06-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>“Shelter Inn Place” Takes Off-Broadway By Storm</news:title>
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<image:caption>The cast of "Shelter Inn Place” at Theatre Row on West 42nd Street: Front row (L-R): Haley Zale, Mike Roche. Back row (L-R): Alyssa Simon, Aaron Lamm and Martin Revere. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Award-winning actor Mike Roche plays Frank Bennett, the innkeeper in "Shelter Inn Place" who wants “his turn” to live his dream. A hurricane forces him to shelter in place with people who want him to put their needs first. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>"Shelter Inn Place” award-winning director Joan Kane is founding Artistic Director of Ego Actus and one of our own having graduated from the High School of Performing Arts, studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner, and earned an MFA in Directing from The New School.  </image:caption>
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<image:caption>”Shelter Inn Place” author Henry Feldman is an actor-turned-playwright who spent 40 years in Houston and now splits his time between Cold Spring, NY and NYC.  He studied acting and directing at the University of Houston after getting his engineering degree from Rice University. So far, his plays are all comedies. </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/9-11-legacy-revisited-in-the-straus-news-manhattan-archive-HL6184548</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-10T13:21:11-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>9/11 Legacy Revisited in the Straus News Manhattan Archive</news:title>
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<image:caption>The World Trade Center “Tribute in Light” installation sent beams of hope heavenard from Ground Zero on 9/11/25, the 24th anniversary of the terror attack.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Family of 9/11 victim Alejandro Cordero, 23, an accountant at Marsh McLennan, Sep. 11, 2025.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Missing photos on a fence at Union Square in the days after 9-11. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Family of 9/11 victim Alejandro Cordero, 23, an accountant at Marsh McLennan, Sep. 11, 2025.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Family of 9/11 victim Keith Broomfield, 49, a mechanic for Advent Industrial, Sep. 11, 2025.</image:caption>
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