https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/archdiocese-to-pastors-raise-millions-for-sexual-abuse-victims-or-go-bankrupt-LF5788692 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-04-25T09:28:54-04:00 Archdiocese to Pastors: Raise Millions for Sexual Abuse Victims or Go Bankrupt https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/dolan-and-hicks_4-10651415_20260423200043.jpg Cardinal Timothy Dolan (left) sold off real estate and cut staff at the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York over the past two years of his 16 year reign, but it will remain for Archbishop Ronald Hicks (right) to finally bring to a close the sexual abuse scandal. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/terrence-cardinal-cooke-building-wiki_4-10651421_20260423201305.jpg The Roman Catholic Archdiocese HQ, known as the Terrence Cardinal Cooke Building, was sold for $103 million to a developer who plans to turn it into residential housing. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/screenshot-2026-03-04-at-5-28-48-pm-4_4-10654730_20260424161239.webp St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church on E. 83rd St., once home to a weekly mass for the deaf and in the early part of the 20th century a thriving hub of Hungarian worship, was sold to a developer for $11.3 million who is tearing down the church to make way for a seven-story luxury condo. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/lotte-new-york-palace-hotel_4-10651418_20260423201305.jpg The archdiocese agreed to sell the land beneath the Lotte New York Palace Hotel to the hotel owner for $490 milion in December, one of the last big real estate deal executed by Cardinal Dolan before Pope Leo XIV accepted his resignation. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/launch-the-boats-ferry-solution-floated-to-beat-150-world-cup-train-fares-DK5792410 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-04-25T09:52:07-04:00 Launch the Boats: Ferry Solution Floated to Beat $150 World Cup Train Fares https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/hgssezxxwaensbl_4-10654760_20260424174005.jpg In order to offset sky-high $150 fares planned by NJ Transit, City Council Member Shaun Abreu is pushing for a new ferry service to New Jersey during the World Cup, as are U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat (left) and Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal (right). https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/meadowlands-station-terminus_4-10654898_20260424174007.jpg Fan traveling by train to MetLife Stadium for eight World Cup matches will have to pay $150 for a round-trip ticket. Regular commuters will be barred from using NJ Transit, for four hours, before the start of games. Automobile travel to the stadium is banned. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/vandal-destroys-dozens-of-blooming-tulips-on-park-avenue-mall-DL5793324 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-04-25T19:54:43-04:00 Vandal Destroys Dozens of Blooming Tulips on Park Avenue Mall https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/img-7808_4-10655221_20260425185956.jpg In between East 76th and East 77th streets along Park Avenue, dozens of headless tulip stems remain after a vandal destroyed the blooms. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/img-7811_4-10655223_20260425185958.jpg The damage spanned two large flower beds and two circular planters. On one end, a few tulips remained. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/img-7812_4-10655225_20260425190001.jpg Some of the damage was visible in one flower bed, where several tulip heads remained scattered throughout the stems. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/crime-watch/man-pleads-guilty-to-plotting-2024-anti-jewish-terror-attack-HL5793678 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-04-26T13:45:23-04:00 Man Pleads Guilty to Plotting 2024 Anti-Jewish Terror Attack https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/man-pleads-guilty-to-plotting-anti-je_4-10655246_20260426001255.webp Muhammad Shahzeb Khan after his arrest in Ormstown, Quebec, on Sept. 4, 2024. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/mamdani-s-first-veto-nixes-school-protest-buffer-zone-bill-LL5793409 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-04-26T17:19:33-04:00 Mamdani’s First Veto Nixes School Protest “Buffer Zone” Bill https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/mamdani-s-first-veto-schools-protest_4-10655475_20260426171922.jpg Mayor Mamdani explaining his veto of the school protest buffer zone bill on YouTube. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/news/east-village-deli-shooting-beloved-worker-killed-neighbors-bereft-HI5794229 hourly Chelsea Clinton News en 2026-04-26T23:09:23-04:00 East Village Deli Shooting: Beloved Worker Killed, Neighbors Bereft https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/rip-abdul_4-10655410_20260426174110.jpg There were candles, flowers and a handwritten sign at a growing, makeshift memorial outside Sal’s Deli and Grocery were Abdul Saleh worked. He was killed after a scuffle with another man on the night of April 25. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/district-leader-ciara-lugo_4-10655419_20260426174111.jpg District leader Ciara Lugo said the death of 28-year-old deli worker Abdul Saleh is “a great loss to the community” https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/9th-pct-police-car-outside-sal-s-deli_4-10655413_20260426174112.jpg A police cruiser from the 9th Pct sits outside Sal’s Deli where 28-year-old Abdul Saleh worked. He was killed after a scuffle with an unidentified man. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/scuffle-scene-ave-b-and-e-13th-st_4-10655416_20260426174114.jpg Jack Lugo, a neighborhood resident who put up the handwritten sign, lights a candle in memory of deli worker Abdu Saleh who was killed on April 25. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/pop-s-pizza_4-10655481_20260426174115.jpg An unidentified man staggered to the bench outside Pop’s Pizza on Avenue “B” after a scuffle with Abdul Saleh who worked in Sal’s Deli. Both had gunshot wounds. Saleh died of his wound. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/miguel_4-10655479_20260426174116.jpg Miguel (far right), a patron of Sal’s deli said he’d often sit for hours enjoying coffee with worker Abdul Saleh. Emory (left) said he’d often sweep up outside the store. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/rip-sign_4-10655349_20260426174117.jpg A handwritten sign outside Sal’s Deli & Grocery is in memory of Abdul Saleh, a beloved neighborhood fixture who was killed after getting in a dispute with another man on April 25. https://www.chelseanewsny.com/binrepository/corner-of-scuffle_4-10655480_20260426174118.jpg An argument erupted inside Sal’s Deli on E. 13th and Ave. B, and spilled across the street where worker Abdul Saleh and another man suffered gun shot wounds on April 25. Saleh died.