https://www.otdowntown.com/news/crime-watch/man-pleads-guilty-to-plotting-2024-anti-jewish-terror-attack-HL5793678 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-04-26T13:45:23-04:00 Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting 2024 Anti-Jewish Terror Attack https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/man-pleads-guilty-to-plotting-anti-je_4-10655246_20260426001255.webp Muhammad Shahzeb Khan after his arrest in Ormstown, Quebec, on Sept. 4, 2024. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/mamdani-s-first-veto-nixes-school-protest-buffer-zone-bill-LL5793409 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-04-26T17:19:33-04:00 Mamdani’s First Veto Nixes School Protest “Buffer Zone” Bill https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/mamdani-s-first-veto-schools-protest_4-10655475_20260426171922.jpg Mayor Mamdani explaining his veto of the school protest buffer zone bill on YouTube. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/east-village-deli-shooting-beloved-worker-killed-neighbors-bereft-HI5794229 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-04-26T23:09:23-04:00 East Village Deli Shooting: Beloved Worker Killed, Neighbors Bereft https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/rip-abdul_4-10655410_20260426174110.jpg There were candles, flowers and a handwritten sign at a growing, makeshift memorial outside Sal’s Deli and Grocery were Abdul Saleh worked. He was killed after a scuffle with another man on the night of April 25. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/district-leader-ciara-lugo_4-10655419_20260426174111.jpg District leader Ciara Lugo said the death of 28-year-old deli worker Abdul Saleh is “a great loss to the community” https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/9th-pct-police-car-outside-sal-s-deli_4-10655413_20260426174112.jpg 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. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/scuffle-scene-ave-b-and-e-13th-st_4-10655416_20260426174114.jpg 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. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/pop-s-pizza_4-10655481_20260426174115.jpg 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. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/miguel_4-10655479_20260426174116.jpg 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. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/rip-sign_4-10655349_20260426174117.jpg A handwritten sign outside Sal’s Deli & 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. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/corner-of-scuffle_4-10655480_20260426174118.jpg 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. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/vandal-destroys-dozens-of-blooming-tulips-on-park-avenue-mall-DL5793324 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-04-27T00:19:28-04:00 Vandal Destroys Dozens of Blooming Tulips on Park Avenue Mall https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7808_4-10655221_20260427002255.jpg In between East 76th and East 77th streets along Park Avenue, dozens of headless tulip stems remain after a vandal destroyed the blooms. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7811_4-10655223_20260427002257.jpg The damage spanned two large flower beds and two circular planters. On one end, a few tulips remained. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/img-7812_4-10655225_20260427002258.jpg Some of the damage was visible in one flower bed, where several tulip heads remained scattered throughout the stems. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/e-bike-scooter-injuries-rising-sharply-nyu-langone-study-EM5790723 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-04-27T02:17:14-04:00 E-Bike & Scooter Injuries Rising Sharply: NYU Langone Study https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/e-bike-scooter-injuries-keith-j-kelly_4-10655572_20260427015242.webp E-Bikes going through red light at Broadway and West 25th Street. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/e-bike-scooter-injuries-rising-sharpl_4-10655560_20260427014419.webp E-bikes at 9th Avenue and 45th Street, Hell’s Kitchen, August 2024. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/e-bike-scooter-injuries-rising_4-10655563_20260427014420.webp Two riders approach the intersection of Seventh Avenue and 38th Street in Midtown Manhattan. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/e-bike-scooter-injuries-bike-lane-ren_4-10655566_20260427014901.jpg DOT rendering of 2026 Brooklyn Bridge bike lane plan; note absence of e-bikes, scooters, mopeds in the rendering. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/micromibility-amazon-trucks-greenway_4-10655569_20260427015048.webp Engine powered Amazon “micromobility” trucks on a Brooklyn Greenway, note bike lane symbols. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/crime-watch/nj-driver-ticketed-in-chelsea-for-chinatown-woman-s-death-CI5794352 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-04-27T09:54:21-04:00 NJ Driver Ticketed in Chelsea for Chinatown Woman’s Death https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/chinatown-woman-killed-in-chelsea-wai_4-10656225_20260427093212.jpg Funeral notice for Chinatown resident Wai Fun Tso, killed in Chelsea Dec. 22, 2025. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/new-jersey-driver-ticketed-chinatown_4-10656444_20260427094048.jpg Site of the fatal car crash between Hadi Qadir and Wai Fun Tso, Dec. 22, 2025.