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<news:title>East Village Residents Express Concern Over Homeless Shelter Plans</news:title>
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<image:caption>The Mamdani administration wants to move the Bellevue Shelter (above) from its current E. 30th St. location due to the building’s crumbling infrastructure. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>The Bellevue Shelter, currently on E. 30th St., is facing relocation due to its diminishing infrastructure, according to the Mamdani administration. </image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-13T21:46:35-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Scots Turn Midtown Plaid for Tartan Day Parade, 1000s Strong</news:title>
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<image:caption>Tartan Day Parade welcomes dogs who wear plaid too.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Grand Marshal Sam Heughan at the Tartan Day Parade April 11, 2026.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Tartan Day Parade marches up Sixth Avenue, plaid and pipers everywhere.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Tartan Day Parade marchers and spectators, everyone smiling in the sun.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Tartan Day Parade including the Shamrock &amp;amp; Thistle Pipes &amp;amp; Drums.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Tartan Day Parade pipers warm up in Bryant Park.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Scotland is one of the teams that qualified for the World Cup in soccer in June. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Scottish Marines step off on Tartan Day Parade.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.otdowntown.com/news/crime-watch/grand-central-horror-machete-madman-attacks-3-shot-dead-by-cops-EB5751699</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-14T07:09:51-04:00</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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<news:publication_date>2026-04-14T16:37:45-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>It May Be Loverly to Think Women Should Be More Like Men, But It’s Not Healthy</news:title>
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<image:caption>Julie Andrews, as Eliza Doolittle, and Rex Harrison, as Professor Henry Higgins, in the 1957 Broadway production of “My Fair Lady.”</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle on the set of the movie “My Fair Lady” with cinematographer Harry Stradling, Sr. (c. 1964)</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.otdowntown.com/news/fight-to-save-jimmy-s-corner-continues-with-spirited-rally-XJ5759213</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-14T17:24:35-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Fight to Save Jimmy’s Corner Continues With Spirited Rally </news:title>
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<image:caption>Jimmy’s Corner owner Adam Glenn (center-right), who inherited the dive bar from his late boxing legend father, rallied against a planned eviction of his business by the Durst Organization on April 10. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>City Council Members Emily Gallagher and Julia Salazar (center) used the rally as an opportunity to push their Small Business Rent Stabilization Act, which could apply to businesses such as Jimmy’s Corner.</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-15T12:13:27-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Chelsea &amp;amp; Downtown Manhattan Events: Apr. 16-22</news:title>
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<image:caption>eldridge street via www.eldridgestreet.org</image:caption>
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<image:caption>national arts club via www.nationalartsclub.org</image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-15T13:38:40-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Albany Lawmakers Take Up Sweeping Pension Reforms. A Big Winner? Themselves.</news:title>
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<image:caption>State lawmakers Jamaal Bailey, Jessica Ramos, Zellnor Myrie, Jessica Gonzalez Rojas, Claire Valdez and Jamaal Bailey, clockwise from left, are all in the Tier 6 pension plan.</image:caption>
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