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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/news/east-village-deli-shooting-beloved-worker-killed-neighbors-bereft-HI5794229</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-27T12:15:12-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>East Village Deli Shooting: Beloved Worker Killed, Neighbors Bereft</news:title>
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<image:caption>”We will always miss you,” said a note on one bouquet left at the growing memorial 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>There were candles, flowers and a handwritten sign at a growing, makeshift memorial outside Sal’s Deli and Grocery were Abdul Saleh was killed after a scuffle with another man 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 police cruiser from the 9th Pct 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 where worker Abdul Saleh and another man suffered gun shot wounds on April 25. Saleh died.</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>2026-04-27T13:12:34-04:00</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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