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<news:title>Goldman Asks Congress for $15 Million African Burial Ground Expansion</news:title>
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<image:caption>Rep. Dan Goldman in Washington speaking of African Burial Ground in lower Manhattan.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Mayor Mamdani speaks at African Burial Ground, Tuesday March 24.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>African Burial Ground National Monument entrance at 290 Broadway.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Battery Park Brouhaha Gets Hotter as Pols Protest Ferry Fence</news:title>
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<image:caption>Battery Park Brouhaha ferry fence protest including (l to r) Chris Marte, Charles Fall, Dan Goldman, Grace Lee, Paula Recart, Brad Hoylman-Sigal.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The Battery Park Brouhaha is about a fence that keeps people distant from Lady Liberty.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Prayers Answered: Church of St. Mary Is Finally Landmarked! Parish Bicentennial Coming</news:title>
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<image:caption>Church of St. Mary’s at 440 Grand Street has been landmarked.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Inside the now landmarked Church of St. Mary’s.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Original fieldstone on the sides of the landmarked Church of St. Mary.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>St. Paul in stained glass in the now landmarked Church of St. Mary’s.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The now landmarked Church of St. Mary’s at 440 Grand Street.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-13T12:51:51-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Grand Central Horror: Machete Madman Attacks 3, Shot Dead by Cops</news:title>
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<image:caption>Anthony Griffin as seen in YouTube interview posted January 2023; machete recovered at Grand Central crime scene [inset].</image:caption>
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