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<news:title>Dancing Bird Sets Off Social Media Frenzy in Bryant Park</news:title>
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<image:caption>Many tiktok users are posting videos of the dancing wookcock set to music. This one is set to the tune of “The Safety Dance” by Men with Hats. It opens with the classic line: &lt;a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@mollybangles/video/7622375900826422558"&gt;“we can dance if we want to.”&lt;/a&gt;</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The American Woodcock in Bryant Park has created a birding frenzy on social media. </image:caption>
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<image:caption>Woman with a camera stands in front of woodcock bird to take photos</image:caption>
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<image:caption>A crowd stands around the gate at Bryant Park to admire and take pictures of the bird.</image:caption>
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<news:title>Amtrak Says ‘No Final Decisions’ on Penn Station Before Public Weighs In</news:title>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-05T20:14:05-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Battery Park Brouhaha as Security Fence Keeps Public from Waterfront</news:title>
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<image:caption>The Battery Bark Brouhaha and the fence that’s causing it.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The Battery Park Brouhaha is about fences, ferries, security and public access.</image:caption>
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<image:caption>The East Coast Memorial, two wall clad in yellow wood as the Battery Park Brouhaha rages nearby.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westsidespirit.com/news/crime-watch/central-park-attempted-rape-verdict-guilty-on-all-counts-JD5731487</loc>
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<news:publication_date>2026-04-06T01:02:07-04:00</news:publication_date>
<news:title>Central Park Attempted Rape Verdict: Guilty on All Counts</news:title>
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<image:caption>Central Park attempted rape suspect as seen and sketched in summer 2024.</image:caption>
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<loc>https://www.westsidespirit.com/robbery-in-chelsea-forcible-touching-on-penn-station-platform-HD5731584</loc>
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<news:title>Robbery in Chelsea; Forcible Touching on Penn Station Platform</news:title>
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<image:caption>Wanted for robbery in Chelsea; Forcibe. Touching in Penn Station (inset).</image:caption>
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<image:caption>Wanted to Forcible Touching in Penn Station, March 26.</image:caption>
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