https://www.ourtownny.com/food-drink/taylor-farms-recall-was-due-to-false-positive-but-worth-checking-all-warning-labels-GY6045877 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-23T01:40:40-04:00 Taylor Farms Recall Was Due to False Positive, but Worth Checking All Warning Labels https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/pexel-woman-washing-lettuce_4-10937236_20260720142404.jpg The rising number of cases of cyclosporiasis in the United States has prompled some to start avoiding lettuce, even though the FDA now says a report last week blaming the outbreak on Taylor Farms lettuce from Mexico was a false positive. Health experts recommend washing full heads of lettuce rather than using pre-packaged lettuce. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/developer-pursues-fidi-convert-project-after-midtown-disaster-YF6034357 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-23T16:40:30-04:00 Developer Pursues FiDi Convert Project After Midtown Disaster https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-15-at-5-00-23-pm_4-10923841_20260715170309.png MetroLoft is pursuing the residential-to-office conversion of 1 Whitehall Street (above), just as it faces an ongoing investigation in connection with the recent near-collapse of a similar project at 235 E. 42nd St. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/shot-of-buckled-beam-4-10911586-20260_4-10924166_20260715165611.webp Steel beams in the office-to-residential project on E. 42nd Street buckled, causing floors and ceilings to sag. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/world-cup-final-boosts-nyc-hotel-bookings-but-industry-says-tournament-fell-short-FB6056241 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-23T16:45:56-04:00 World Cup Final Boosts NYC Hotel Bookings, but Industry Says Tournament Fell Short https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-4-26-58-pm_4-10950658_20260723163826.png Spain fans celebrate their big World Cup win at the watch party in Central Park on July 19. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/widow-of-man-killed-in-ues-legionnaires-outbreak-plans-lawsuit-DF6052731 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-23T17:02:38-04:00 Widow of Man Killed in UES Legionnaires’ Outbreak Plans Lawsuit https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/img-6097_4-10943432_20260722171114.jpg Ida Goldstein, the bereaved widow of a man killed in the current Legionnaire’s outbreak striking the Upper East Side, plans on filing a negligence lawsuit against a building owner in connection with his death. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/tempimagefhjm7f_4-10943428_20260722235404.jpg Goldstein displayed a portrait of her late husband Robert during a July 21 press conference on the planned lawsuit. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/bike-lane-becomes-flashpoint-in-39m-park-avenue-vision-project-MX6055439 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-24T10:57:48-04:00 Bike Lane Becomes Flashpoint in $39M Park Avenue Vision Project https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-1-45-30-pm_4-10949605_20260723165133.png Park Avenue as it currently stands, with the green median and planters that gave the corridor its name in 1888. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-10-53-50-am_4-10949737_20260723165135.png The alternative proposals for the reimagined median: the proposed design without a bike lane is on the left, while the same but with a bike lane is on the right. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-1-41-39-pm_4-10949740_20260723135431.png A birds-eye view of how the Park Avenue Vision Project will fit into the surrounding city blocks, including iconic NYC structures and streets. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-1-55-25-pm_4-10949813_20260723140039.png The design team explained how the bike lane decision will influence other planning and construction plans, including paving (this slide depicts paving plans assuming no bike lane). https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-1-55-32-pm_4-10949816_20260723140041.png The design team explained how the bike lane decision will influence other planning and construction plans, including paving (this slide depicts paving plans assuming there is a bike lane). https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-1-55-40-pm_4-10949819_20260723140043.png The design team explained how the bike lane decision will influence other planning and construction plans, including public art (this slide depicts plans assuming no bike lane). https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-1-55-45-pm_4-10949822_20260723140045.png The design team explained how the bike lane decision will influence other planning and construction plans, including public art (this slide depicts plans assuming there is a bike lane). https://www.ourtownny.com/news/showdown-time-schneps-reporters-seeking-to-unionize-head-to-vote-AL6049398 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-24T11:01:37-04:00 Showdown Time: Schneps Reporters Seeking to Unionize Head to Vote https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/55285004503-dcae3ecc96-c-3-1_4-10942908_20260722142704.jpg City Council speaker Julie Menin (first row center) hosted journalists seeking to unionize Schneps Media at a rally at City Hall as the unionization drive kicked off earlier this year. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/politicos-divided-over-how-city-handled-ues-legionnaires-disease-outbreak-DF6052126 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-24T12:14:46-04:00 Politicos Divided Over How City Handled UES Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-22-at-2-24-17-pm_4-10942901_20260722142920.png City Council speaker Julie Menin, who represents an UES district, stands with Council Members including Harvey Epstein (far left), Virginia Maloney (second from left) and Queens Council member Lynn Schulman (third from left) to discuss the city’s response to a Legionnaires’ outbreak. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/manhattan-rents-soar-to-an-all-time-high-in-june-YD6050908 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-24T12:14:53-04:00 Manhattan Rents Soar to An All-Time High in June https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/manhattan-rent-all-time-high_4-10950836_20260723172449.jpg Rents for rent stabilized apartments have been frozen for two years while market rate apartments just hit a new all-time high. https://www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/new-book-highlights-marilyn-monroe-being-true-to-herself-CB6056664 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-24T13:13:17-04:00 New Book Highlights Marilyn Monroe: Being True To “Herself” https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/9781956474909_4-10951041_20260724075100.jpg “Herself,” by M. J. Moore, is a work of biographical fiction chronicling the last two months of the American icon’s life as told by her one-time assistant. Both are starting life anew and bond over music, books, and writing her autobiography. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/unknown_4-10951042_20260724075101.jpg Besides “Herself,” New Yorker M. J. Moore is the author of two biographies, “Star-Crossed Lovers: James Jones, Lowney Handy and the Birth of From Here to Eternity” and “Mario Puzo: An American Writer’s Quest,” and the novel “For Paris ~ With Love & Squalor.” https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/marilyn-monroe-at-ciros_4-10952630_20260724131319.jpg Marilyn Monroe arriving at the nighclub Ciro’s in 1954. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/marilyn-monroe-in-seven-year-itch_4-10952785_20260724131319.jpg She was photographed above a subway grate while filming “The Seven Year Itch.” Although it became one of the iconic photos of the era, a new book by A.J. Moore presents a far more nuanced look at the business woman side of one of the most famous personalities of the 20th century. https://www.ourtownny.com/city-arts/to-grandmother-s-house-we-go-in-the-wake-of-a-hurricane-YY6032098 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-24T14:57:33-04:00 To Grandmother’s House We Go...in the Wake of a Hurricane https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/stephanie-price_4-10920189_20260715105338.jpg New York native Nicole Gomez Fisher is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. “Hurricane Seasons” is her sixth turn at helming a film. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-02-at-7-16-17-am_4-10920190_20260715105339.png “Hurricane Seasons,” about a New York artist and her daughter, as well as her niece, on a last wish journey across Puerto Rico with the terminally ill Comacho family matriarch, opens this fall. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-05-at-5-11-40-pm_4-10920192_20260715105341.png The cast of “Hurricane Seasons”: Top row (l. to r.): Priscilla Lopez, Aida Rodriguez, and Justina Machado. Bottom row (l. to r.) Jearnest Corchado and Alycia Pascual-Pena. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/laura-magruder-2_4-10920194_20260715105343.jpg A scene from “Hurricane Seasons,” directed by Nicole Gomez-Fisher and written by Javier Ortiz. Angela Camacho (Priscilla Lopez) in yellow celebrates with her granddaughter Issa (Jearnest Corchado) and others in Puerto Rico. https://www.ourtownny.com/news/rats-flies-sewage-health-dept-closes-bagel-store-on-broadway-FL6058502 hourly Our Town - Eastsider en 2026-07-24T17:48:21-04:00 Rats, Flies, Sewage? Health Dept. Closes Bagel Store on Broadway https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-24-at-4-56-45-pm_4-10953524_20260724172032.png A bagel shop on Broadway has been shuttered by the NYC Health and Mental Hygiene Department, after inspectors found conditions that reportedly included pest and sewage contamination. https://www.ourtownny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-24-at-5-33-40-pm_4-10953799_20260724174105.png The UWS bagel store no longer belongs to the original Tal Bagels chain, with the founder clarifying that the numerous stores he still oversees—such as one on Lexington Ave. (above)—boast better health ratings.