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<news:title>Upper West Side Neighborhood Event Calendar: Jul. 23-29</news:title>
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<image:caption>met fifth avenue via www.metmuseum.org</image:caption>
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<image:caption>met cloisters via www.metmuseum.org</image:caption>
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<news:title>Anti-ICE Army Vet Who Set Federal Plaza Fire Charged With Arson</news:title>
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<image:caption>Black smoke and flames erupted in front of 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan on the morning of July 20 after Army veteran Andrew Arrabaca set fire to a staircase.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A person identified as Andrew Arrabaca, (right in dark clothing) was videoed throwing a rectangular object into the fire that he allegedly set outside 26 Federal Plaza before being tackled by law enforcement. The person with the dog removed an air soft rifle that Arrabaca had placed on the ground. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Law enforcement tackled Andrew Arrabaca to the ground after receiving 911 calls about fireworks and what some callers thought was an active shooter.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Taylor Farms Recall Was Due to False Positive, but Worth Checking All Warning Labels</news:title>
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<image:caption>The rising number of cases of cyclosporiasis in the United States has prompled some to start avoiding lettuce, even though the FDA now says a report last week blaming the outbreak on Taylor Farms lettuce from Mexico was a false positive. Health experts recommend washing full heads of lettuce rather than using pre-packaged lettuce. </image:caption>
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<news:publication_date>2026-07-23T11:26:25-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>NYCEM Defends Efforts to Alert Public about Legionnaires’ Disease</news:title>
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<image:caption>City Council speaker Julie Menin, who represents an UES district, stands with Council Members including Harvey Epstein (far left) and Virginia Maloney (second from left) and Queens Council member Lynn Schulman (third from left) to discuss the city’s response to a Legionnaires’ outbreak. </image:caption>
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<news:title>World Cup Final Boosts NYC Hotel Bookings, but Industry Says Tournament Fell Short</news:title>
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<image:caption>Spain fans celebrate their big World Cup win at the watch party in Central Park on July 19.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Manhattan Rents Soar to An All-Time High in June</news:title>
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<image:caption>Rents for rent stabilized apartments have been frozen for two years while market rate apartments just hit a new all time high. </image:caption>
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