https://www.otdowntown.com/news/arson-charge-after-man-sets-self-on-fire-inside-hudson-square-tower-AX6154103 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-08-31T18:34:54-04:00 Arson Charge after Man Sets Self on Fire inside Hudson Square Tower https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/2_4-11056320_20260831154121.jpg https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/fullsizerender-5_4-11051520_20260830110348.jpg First responders outside 315 Hudson Street office building at 3:40 p.m.on Aug. 28 where a 63-year-old man earlier set himself on fire. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7647_4-11051523_20260830110351.jpg Police and fire vehicles outside 315 Hudson Street office building at 3:40 p.m. Aug. 28. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/gov-kathy-hochul-says-hello-to-upper-west-side-at-farmers-markets-GX6154800 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-01T02:13:49-04:00 Gov. Kathy Hochul Says Hello to Upper West Side at Farmers’ Markets https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7770_4-11051910_20260830173649.jpg Gov. Kathy Hochul made campaign stops at two farmers’ markets on the Upper West Side. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7903_4-11051937_20260830175856.jpg Gov. Hochul visits with the Katz family as Jacob Katz shows off his live drawing of the day. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7785_4-11051913_20260830173655.jpg Gov. Hochul complimented a supporter repping a Zohran Mamdani campaign shirt at the 79th Street Greenmarket. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7889_4-11051916_20260830173700.jpg Kristin Doney showed Gov. Hochul her upcoming children's book about New York. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7854_4-11051919_20260830173704.jpg Dara Lehon shows off Dolly Parton art by Natalie Katz which proclaimed, “It costs a lot of money to look this cheap.” https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7935_4-11051925_20260830173712.jpg (from left) State Assembly member Micah Lasher, Bazaar Executive Director Dara Lehon, Gov. Kathy Hochul and City Council member Gale Brewer pose for a photo together. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/woman-shot-dead-by-nypd-after-stabbing-two-and-killing-one-in-times-square-horror-NL6159681 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-01T10:15:59-04:00 Woman Shot Dead by NYPD, After Stabbing Two and Killing One in Times Square Horror https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-08-31-at-11-19-38-pm_4-11057166_20260831233642.png Detectives in Times Square on Aug. 31 after cops shot dead an emotionally disturbed woman who refused to drop two butcher knives after stabbing two people, killing one. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-2321_4-11057163_20260831233641.jpg In a matter of minutes, an emotionally disturbed 49-year-old woman was shot dead by cops in Times Square after she stabbed two victims, one fatally, and then refused to drop her weapons when confronted by cops around 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 31. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/nyc-wants-2100-public-restrooms-but-city-hall-s-bathroom-strategy-is-backed-up-CE6161150 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-01T11:37:52-04:00 NYC Wants 2,100 Public Restrooms, but City Hall’s Bathroom Strategy Is Backed Up https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/091924-bathroom-rally-1-scaled_4-11058369_20260901113545.webp Homeless rights and community advocates rally on the steps of City Hall in favor of a pair of bills to increase the number of publicly accessible bathrooms across the five boroughs, Sept. 19, 2024. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/082726-public-bathrooms_4-11058463_20260901132447.webp People use a public restroom in The Battery in Lower Manhattan, Aug. 27, 2026. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/ues-legionnaires-outbreak-death-toll-rises-to-eleven-AK6158516 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-01T15:09:31-04:00 UES Legionnaires’ Outbreak Death Toll Rises to Eleven https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/55380822704-2ee0e8bd45-c_4-11056081_20260831153958.jpg The death toll from a Legionnaires’ outbreak that struck the Upper East Side last month has risen to 11, NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Alistair Martin (above) says. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/55380641096-a40d142967-c_4-11056316_20260831153959.jpg New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin, who represents the area, called the latest update in the death toll “truly devastating.” https://www.otdowntown.com/news/alexandros-washburn-proposes-that-ai-agents-can-become-model-citizens-DF6160577 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-01T16:28:40-04:00 Alexandros Washburn Proposes That AI Agents Can Become Model Citizens https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/0-4_4-11058002_20260901131642.jpg Urban planner Alexandros Washburn thinks AI can be trained to become model citizens and has written a book and built a scale model of Manhattan to test his thesis. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/0_4-11057996_20260901131642.jpg Urban planner Alexandros Washburn in an appearance before the New York Historical Society in May, 2025 , when he advancing proposals for the redesign of Penn Station. He’s since turned his attention to solving the AI riddle. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/61dq8nq6uyl-uf1000-1000-ql80_4-11058089_20260901131642.jpg https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/0-1_4-11057999_20260901105212.jpg Urban planner Alexandros Washburn was a design guru in the Administration of Mayor Mike Bloomberg and more recently the executive director of the Grand Penn Community Alliance. He’s since turned his attention to the AI problem. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/0-2_4-11058008_20260901105215.jpg Urban planner Alexandros Washburn is the Executive Director of Grand Penn Community Alliance, which was proposing ways to remodel Penn Station. He earlier served as an urban planner within Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s Administration. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/0-3_4-11058005_20260901105214.jpg Urban planner Alexandros Washburn has studied urban planning for years, working within the Administration of Mayor Mike Bloomberg as an urban planner and pushing a classical redesign of Penn Station. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/the-families-a-9-11-anthology-about-resilience-gratitude-and-love-BJ6139344 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-01T17:39:35-04:00 “The Families”: A 9/11 Anthology About Resilience, Gratitude And Love https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/71rdfvp-kql-sl1500_4-11035501_20260824212541.jpg The Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund has published a book of 176 personal essays written by three generations of those who lost loved ones on 9/11. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-5491_4-11035508_20260824212542.jpg The editors of “The Families”: Cantor Fitzgerald Relief Fund co-founder Edith Lutnick (l.) and Relief Fund General Counsel Caroline Aiken Koster (r.). https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/peace-on-earth_4-11036607_20260825123528.jpg This “Peace on Earth” sign was first installed in 1998 on the steps of the plaza between the Twin Towers and became a centerpiece of the holiday festivities at the World Trade Center. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/empty-chairs_4-11036610_20260825123529.jpg Chairs for the Cantor Memorial that commemorates all those lost in the World Trade Center tragedy. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/julie-menin-among-those-who-fought-for-cancellation-of-john-galliano-exhibit-at-met-gala-ND6162078 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-01T17:42:21-04:00 Julie Menin Among Those Who Fought for Cancellation of John Galliano Exhibit at Met Gala https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/ap26243473960780_4-11059640_20260901163638.jpg Fashion designer John Galliano poses at the end of the presentation of the Dior Haute Couture spring/summer 2010 fashion collection on Jan. 25, 2010, in Paris. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/ap26124763010779_4-11060151_20260901171044.jpg Anna Wintour, Conde Nast chief content officer and long time editor of Vogue arrives at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the "Costume Art" exhibition on May 4, 2026. https://www.otdowntown.com/home/mayor-mamdani-signs-on-year-round-outdoor-dining-is-now-officially-back-DD6162342 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-01T20:42:09-04:00 Mayor Mamdani Signs On: Year-Round Outdoor Dining is Now Officially Back https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-09-01-at-5-03-48-pm_4-11060178_20260901172931.png Outdoor dining will now officially become an entirely year-round operation again, after Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a City Council bill on the matter into law. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-04-06-at-4-34-34-pm-4_4-11060212_20260901175156.webp Roadside sheds are now allowed to return to year-round operations, after two years of seasonal-only rules. Sidewalk dining sheds are now allowed to be enclosed during the winter, as well. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/55462897587-64515df140-c-4-11013172-2_4-11060187_20260901172939.webp City Council Members celebrated the passage of their now-enacted outdoor dining bill last month. Pictured above: Justin Sanchez, Lincoln Restler, Kamillah Hanks, Julie Menin, and Shanel Thomas-Henry. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/chelsea-downtown-manhattan-events-sept-3-9-AB6164147 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-02T12:11:30-04:00 Chelsea & Downtown Manhattan Events: Sept. 3 - 9 https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/washington-square-via-washingtonsquar_4-11062078_20260902121132.jpg washington square via washingtonsquarepark.org https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/seaport-museum-via-southstreetseaport_4-11062134_20260902121133.jpg seaport museum via southstreetseaportmuseum.org https://www.otdowntown.com/news/meta-axes-over-1000-workers-across-3-manhattan-offices-BC6163892 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-09-02T17:07:49-04:00 Meta Axes Over 1,000 Workers Across 3 Manhattan Offices https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/image_4-11056918_20260902120403.jpg Meta has axed over 1,000 workers across Manhattan but Mark Zuckerberg (above) is still CEO.