https://www.otdowntown.com/news/new-scaffolding-rules-to-be-enforced-starting-august-13-GC6051697 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-07-25T01:04:53-04:00 New Scaffolding Rules to be Enforced Starting August 13 https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/tempimagevuwvqq_4-10942364_20260722131320.jpg 605 East 9th Street Scaffolding https://www.otdowntown.com/news/trump-admin-wants-to-divert-property-taxes-and-seeks-new-name-for-penn-station-LL6058519 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-07-25T09:56:45-04:00 Trump Admin Wants to Divert Property Taxes and Seeks New Name for Penn Station https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/new-penn-station-rendering-4-10912598_4-10953606_20260725094434.webp The original artist rendering by the winning bidder earlier this year featured the Pennsylvania Station name above the proposed new Grand Entrance on Eighth Ave. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/seal-of-president-at-penn-4-10912681_4-10953855_20260725094436.webp Inside view of the proposed new Penn Station shows a Presidential Seal with the name President Donald Trump prominently displayed https://www.otdowntown.com/news/hotel-industry-says-bookings-lag-despite-world-cup-final-surge-FB6056241 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-07-25T10:46:49-04:00 Hotel Industry Says Bookings Lag Despite World Cup Final Surge https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-23-at-4-26-58-pm_4-10950658_20260723163826.png Spain fans celebrate their big World Cup win at the watch party in Central Park on July 19. https://www.otdowntown.com/city-arts/to-grandmother-s-house-we-go-in-the-wake-of-a-hurricane-YY6032098 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-07-26T07:13:42-04:00 To Grandmother’s House We Go...in the Wake of a Hurricane https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/stephanie-price_4-10920189_20260715105338.jpg New York native Nicole Gomez Fisher is an award-winning writer, director, and producer. “Hurricane Seasons” is her sixth turn at helming a film. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-02-at-7-16-17-am_4-10920190_20260715105339.png “Hurricane Seasons,” about a New York artist and her daughter, as well as her niece, on a last wish journey across Puerto Rico with the terminally ill Comacho family matriarch, opens this fall. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-07-05-at-5-11-40-pm_4-10920192_20260715105341.png The cast of “Hurricane Seasons”: Top row (l. to r.): Priscilla Lopez, Aida Rodriguez, and Justina Machado. Bottom row (l. to r.) Jearnest Corchado and Alycia Pascual-Pena. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/laura-magruder-2_4-10920194_20260715105343.jpg A scene from “Hurricane Seasons,” directed by Nicole Gomez-Fisher and written by Javier Ortiz. Angela Camacho (Priscilla Lopez) in yellow celebrates with her granddaughter Issa (Jearnest Corchado) and others in Puerto Rico. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/showdown-time-schneps-reporters-seeking-to-unionize-head-to-vote-AL6049398 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-07-26T07:42:09-04:00 Showdown Time: Schneps Reporters Seeking to Unionize Head to Vote https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/55285004503-dcae3ecc96-c-3-1_4-10942908_20260722142704.jpg City Council speaker Julie Menin (first row center) hosted journalists seeking to unionize Schneps Media at a rally at City Hall as the unionization drive kicked off earlier this year. https://www.otdowntown.com/news/amazon-crime-e-bike-driver-hits-pedestrian-charged-with-assault-DE6060467 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-07-26T15:30:38-04:00 Amazon Crime: E-bike Driver Hits Pedestrian, Charged with Assault https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/57th-and-first_4-10953943_20260726103842.jpg The intersection where police say a 25-yearold driver delivering goods in an Amazon electric cargo bike, or “e-bike,” mowed down a 79-year-old pedestrian after exchanging words. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/amazon-e-van_4-10953934_20260726084141.jpg A driver of an Amazon electric cargo bike, or “e-bike,” similar to the one above deliberately drove the vehicle into a pedestrian who had admonished him at East 57th Street and First Ave. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/jogger_4-10953947_20260726110048.jpg An avid 43-year-old jogger known only as “Jean” was placed in a medically induced coma after she was rammed from behind by a wrong way e-biker on West Drive in Central Park on July 7. The incident sparked outrage across the city amid calls for tighter regulation of e-bikes. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/prime-van_4-10953950_20260726110851.jpg An Amazon Prime electric cargo bike, or “e-bike,” parked on East 57th St. on July 26. Days earlier, the driver of a similar vehicle was charged with two felony assults after he exchanged words with a 79-year-old man and then did a U-turn and drove into him, knocking him to the ground. https://www.otdowntown.com/uws-stabbing-attacker-charged-with-attempted-murder-as-hate-crime-LL6058379 hourly Our Town - Downtowner en 2026-07-26T16:51:01-04:00 UWS Stabbing Attacker Charged With Attempted Murder as Hate Crime https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/hate-crime-image-img-6057-jpeg-10953394-10953394_4-10953394_20260724181643.jpg City Councilmember Gale Brewer condemned the attacks at a gathering outside The Jewish Center on July 24. https://www.otdowntown.com/binrepository/hate-crime-image-img-6031-preview_4-10953805_20260724181645.jpg Attorney General Letitia James was also in attendance. “It’s really critically important that individuals understand that antisemitic acts have been growing in the City of New York,” she said. “Also, acts against the Asian community have also been on the increase.”