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<news:title>E-Bike Tragedy: 15 y.o. Girl Hit by Truck Killed, Memorial Grows</news:title>
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<image:caption>A man named Tom was among a group of friends dining with the mother of Daria Serkov when she got a call from Bellevue Hospital that her daughter had been struck by a truck Sept. 18 around 9 p.m.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A family friend has started a GoFundMe page for the family of Daria Serkov, who was stuck and killed by a truck while riding a Citibike in the East Village on Sept. 18. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>The memorial to Daria Serkov continued to grow over the weekend after she was killed while riding a Citi Bike in the East Village near Stuyvesant Town. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Community residents and friends erected a makeshift memorial at the corner of East 14th Street and First Ave. where Daria Serkov was killed while riding an e-bike that was struck by a truck making a right hand turn. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>A steady rain did not stop a growing memorial at an intersection on the border of the East Village near Stuyvesant Town Sunday where a teenage girl was killed Sept. 18 when an e-bike she and a friend were riding together was struck by a truck. </image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-21T11:16:33-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Council Member Marte Takes on Battery Park Ticket Scammers—Again! </news:title>
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<image:caption>Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Christopher Marte at Sept. 14 ticket scammer event at Battery Park.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Ticket seller counterprotesterors at Sept. 14 ticket scammer event at Battery Park.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A Battery Park ticket seller offers assistance to female passersby, March 2025.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Warning: Scam Alert signs are all over Battery Park, trying to save tourists from deception.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/state-removes-regents-exams-from-graduation-requirement-GY6212899</loc>
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<news:title>State Removes Regents Exams From Graduation Requirement</news:title>
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<image:caption>Commissioner of Education Betty A. Rosa argued that, in order to best prepare students for life after graduation, the state must move away from over prioritizing teaching the Regents Exams in class.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/village-view-resident-goes-to-court-over-parking-lot-sale-AC6206288</loc>
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<news:title>Village View Resident Goes to Court Over Parking Lot Sale </news:title>
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<image:caption>A resident at Village View has taken the East Village cooperative to court over the proposed sale of a parking lot of the premises, which has driven shared outrage among his fellow shareholders. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Village View, a seven-building complex, belongs to the Mitchell-Llama program. </image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/sponsored-content/bonuses-aren-t-enough-anymore-what-makes-a-top-curacao-casino-in-2026-DD6216445</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-21T17:16:56-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Bonuses Aren’t Enough Anymore: What Makes a Top Curaçao Casino in 2026?</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.ourtownny.com/news/trump-admin-drops-funding-appeal-against-gateway-project-XI6219880</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-09-22T15:50:23-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Trump Admin Drops Funding Appeal Against Gateway Project</news:title>
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<image:caption>The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a ruling barring it from freezing promised funds to the Gateway Project, which is slated to connect rail lines from Penn Station to Newark, NJ.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>In a July ruling, a judge described the freezing of funds as a “flagrantly” illegal act. </image:caption>
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