https://www.otdowntown.com/news/olmstead-hat-show-raises-record-shattering-54m-for-central-park-EK5837897 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-14T15:21:25-04:00 Olmstead Hat Show Raises Record Shattering $5.4M for Central Park https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/blair-husain_4-10723925_20260514144720.jpg Jewelry designer to the stars Blair Husain shares a laugh as she is escorted into the Hat Show in the Conservancy Garden in Central Park. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/big-hats-at-hat-show_4-10707706_20260514144720.jpg Luiza Diaz (right) is known as the “Queen of Kindness” for her work with her eponymously named charitable foundation. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/magee-hickey_4-10723928_20260514144720.jpg That’s Magee Hickey, WPIX broadcaster, decked out as a sunflower. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/jill-brooke-and-susan-magrino_4-10722298_20260514144720.png Jill Brooke, the editor of FlowerPowerDaily, meets up with Susan Magrino, the power PR executive who credited her chapeau to Kokin, the high-end milliner whose hats recently graced heads at the Kentucky Derby. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screen-shot-flower_4-10723931_20260514144721.png Mariam Korangy, of the Yale School of Medicine (left), signer/songwriter Kate Davis (center) and jewelry designer Blair Husain show off their spring hats at the charity fundraiser. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/tracey-huff-women-s-committee-preside_4-10723934_20260514144722.jpg Tracey Huff, Women’s Committee president added to her hat with a soft cerulean spring flowered dress and sparkling diamond sunflower necklace created by Harry Winston. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/diana-rice-and-genie-egerton-warburto_4-10712984_20260514144722.png Sothebys International Realtor Diana Rice and Genie Egerton-Warburton turn out every year. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/stove-pipe-hat-at-hat-show_4-10712987_20260514144723.jpg This stove pipe hat is a topper. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/promenade-two-by-two_4-10724739_20260514144723.jpg Promenading at the Central Park Hat Luncheon. https://www.otdowntown.com/food-drink/we-all-scream-for-ice-cream-cones-DL5850489 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-14T18:00:40-04:00 We All Scream for Ice Cream (Cones)! https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/kids-with-ice-cream_4-10725099_20260514174858.jpg The peak months for ice cream consumption are June and July, according to the International Dairy Foods Association, which predicts consumption will continue to rise well into the next decade. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/delmonicos_4-10725671_20260514174859.png The chef in the famed Delmonico’s in lower Manhattan is credited with creating the first ice cream cone, wrapping the desert in a waffle casing in 1894. But it was an ice cream pushcart operator who is credited with a patent for an upright cone in 1903. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/dot-500-outdoor-bike-parking-stations-coming-to-a-street-near-you-XG5844505 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-14T18:25:37-04:00 DOT: 500 Outdoor Bike-Parking Stations Coming to a Street Near You https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-05-12-at-2-46-58-pm_4-10712774_20260512144841.png Storage units where bikes will be held. Each unit will hold several bikes. https://www.otdowntown.com/migrant-pleads-guilty-in-shooting-of-federal-officer-in-inwood-FK5851153 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-15T07:36:21-04:00 Migrant Pleads Guilty in Shooting of Federal Officer in Inwood https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/milimg-5861-5652703-10725795-20260515_4-10725795_20260515165329.jpg Armed robbers on a motorbike target man and his girlfriend in Fort Washington Park, July 19, 2025.. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/mamdani-shortens-affordable-housing-approval-process-AL5850417 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-15T10:45:21-04:00 Mamdani Shortens Affordable Housing Approval Process https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/55268416090-1c4b650a66-k_4-10725232_20260514180746.jpg Mayor Mamdani (at mic) produced a set of reforms aimed at cutting red tape for affordable housing development. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/55268016071-34d33cd203-k_4-10725513_20260514180747.jpg Mamdani’s announcement garnered support from Carlina Rivera (pictured center-left), the former City Council Member and now-CEO of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/crime-watch/subway-shover-gets-20-year-prison-sentence-for-ues-attack-AK5851031 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-15T15:21:02-04:00 Subway Shover Gets 20 Year Prison Sentence for UES Attack https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/emine-ozsoy_4-10728538_20260515151434.png A talented artist before the attack by a deranged man on an UES subway in 2023, Emine Ozsoy was cut to the bone and initially left paralyzed from the shoulders down. Through intense therapy, she has learned to feed herself, brush her teeth and use a computer. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/subway-shover-sentenced-vicious-ues-a_4-10725839_20260515071553.jpg Convicted madman subway shover Kamal Semrade. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/milimg-5861-5652701-10725839-20260515_4-10728699_20260515154819.jpg Madman subway shover Kamal Semrade received a 20-year prison sentence for slamming a woman’s head into a moving subway train at an UES station, leaving her partially paralyzed. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/fire-breaks-out-at-penn-station-snarling-commutes-YH5854919 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-15T18:05:08-04:00 Fire Breaks Out At Penn Station, Snarling Commutes https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/inside-penn_4-10728791_20260515180511.png The LIRR level of Penn Station is nearly deserted as a tunnel fire on May 14 kept must service suspended throughout the day on May 15. The MTA was urging riders to use Grand Central Madison. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/tempimageawtal7_4-10728732_20260515172320.jpg Firefighters responding to a track fire that broke out at Penn Station on Thursday, April 14, which snarled commutes well into the next day. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/tempimagemobp7w_4-10728728_20260515180512.jpg The fire severely disrupted LIRR and NJ Transit service, although nobody was injured. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/foreclosure-crisis-east-village-landlords-YG5855247 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-05-16T13:04:22-04:00 Inside the $55 Million Foreclosure Crisis Facing an East Village Landlord https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/520-building-east-village_4-10728804_20260516132605.jpg This building at 441 E. 12th St. in the East Village is one of four owned by LLCs tied to David Jacobson and the late Michael Ricatto. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/520-building-east-village_4-10728820_20260515223156.png Another building in the Jacobson/Ricatto portfolio now under financial pressure sits at 520 E.14th St. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/199-building-east-village_4-10728823_20260515223159.png A convenience store at the base of 199 Ave A, one of four buildings in the Jacobson/Ricatto real estate portfolio that is now under financial pressure. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/346-building-east-village_4-10728826_20260515223202.png 346 East 13th Street.