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Brad Lander Arrested by ICE Agents

19 hours ago | otdowntown.com | Keith Kelly

City comptroller Brad Lander was seized by ICE outside immigration court Manhattan on June 17 as he accompanied a migrant that the agents were trying to seize after he emerged from a court hearing. Someone can be heard saying, "step back guys, step back," according to video posted on X. "Show me your warrant, show me your badge," Lander said as he linked arms with a migrant who had just emerged from a court hearing where his case was dismissed.
The Woman Behind Jonathan Groff's Dance Moves

4 days ago | otdowntown.com | Angela Barbuti

Before her foray into choreography, Shannon Lewis spent 25 years as a dancer, including performing in 10 Broadway musicals. This year, for the first time in her career, she got to sit in the audience on the Great White Way and watch her work play out on stage. "As a performer, I didn't get to do that. I didn't get to feel all the excitement," she said. "I'm really enjoying that.
After Stabbing of Ferry Ticket Seller, Adams Says He Plans Crackdown on Illegal Vendors

6 days ago | otdowntown.com | Keith Kelly

It has taken the stabbing of one of the illegal ferry ticket sellers to get Mayor Eric Adams to take another look at the gauntlet of ticket sellers who pounce on unsuspecting tourists at the southern tip of Manhattan. On June 11, City Council members Keith Powers and Chris Marte scrapped an earlier version of a bill and introduced a new version designed to impose stiffer penalties on companies behind the scam tickets.
Damaged Mexican Tall Ship CuauhtĂ©moc Towed to Brooklyn Navy Yard

1 week ago | otdowntown.com | Brian Berger

The doomed Mexican Navy training ship the ARM Cuauhtémoc is one port of call closer to going home after the United States Coast Guard towed it on Friday morning June 6, from Pier 36 on the Manhattan side of the East River to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs.
It's a Celebration!

1 week ago | otdowntown.com | Brian Berger

Know this first: Juneteenth is a celebration! This is how the day was born on June 19, 1865- when Union Army General Gordon Granger's General Order No. 3 informed Texans that all slaves were free- and how it continued both in Texas and places that Black Texans migrated to, especially Los Angeles.
Store Robbed Twice by Same Man; Bragg Returns Antiquities to Pakistan

2 weeks ago | otdowntown.com | Brian Berger

NYPD is asking for the public's assistance in identifying an individual wanted in connection with a 19th Precinct robbery pattern. Details are as follows:On Sunday, May 11, at approximately 10 a.m., an unidentified man entered the Lululemon store at 1529 3rd Avenue and removed merchandise from the sales floor. As he began to flee, he displayed a sharp object and threatened a 31-year-old male. The suspect absconded southbound on 3rd Avenue towards 86th Street on foot.
3 Bandits Rob Teen at Union Sq.; Man with Dog Threatens Jewish Man

2 weeks ago | otdowntown.com | Brian Berger

Cops are hunting a trio of unidentified bandits in connection with a robbery that occurred within the confines of the 13 Precinct.
East River Park Reopens to High Praise & Some Concerns

2 weeks ago | otdowntown.com | Brian Berger

It's real, it's beautiful, mostly, and it's LOUD, in parts, most definitely, if not deafeningly. Say what?!Hold on, let's move away from the basketball courts that sit right next to the highway and are half rimmed by a stone block amphitheater, there's grass here-real grass that stains one green and that animals could graze on-where it's somewhat quieter. Feel that: soft and springy with long, luscious blades; isn't it nice? Makes you think of Walt Whitman, "Leaves of Grass," right?
Her Name Is Still Barbra

2 weeks ago | otdowntown.com | Michele Willens

One of the big stories in the musical world is that Barbra Streisand's third album of duets The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two will hit streaming platforms on June 27, teaming up with other legends, including Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and Sting.
Memorial Day Wreath Laying Brings Many Hundreds to Upper West Side

2 weeks ago | otdowntown.com | Brian Berger

Many hundreds of celebrants and patriots, civilians and military personnel alike, came to the Upper West Side on Monday morning, May 26, for the annual Memorial Day wreath laying ceremony at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Located just inside Riverside Park at Riverside Drive and West 89th Street, the monument stands as one the grandest-and, for many years, one of the most neglected-remembrance sites in all Manhattan.