Crime · New York, NY
Twins Alon and Oren Alexander, 39, and their older brother Tal Alexander, 40—luxury real estate agents in New York and Miami—face sentencing on Oct. 27 in Manhattan federal court after being convicted of sex trafficking conspiracy spanning 2008 to 2021. Prosecutors are seeking life sentences and fines up to $1.75 million per brother, while the defense requests 15 years each. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni denied nearly all defense objections at a Monday conference hearing and will hear victim impact statements from women who did not testify during trial. Oren Alexander also faces two pending state rape cases in Miami-Dade court, with a status hearing rescheduled to mid-November.
Housing & Development · New York, NY
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal and Community Board 5 are urging the city to reject JEMB Realty's proposal for a four-story LED billboard at Herald Center, 1293 Broadway, across from Macy's. The developer seeks a zoning text amendment and special permit to install a 2,333-square-foot display spanning 58 feet and rising from roughly 60 to 100 feet above street level. Opponents cite light-trespass concerns for residents of Herald Towers, a 690-unit building at 48 West 34th Street owned by the same developer family, and warn the single-building exception could set precedent citywide. The City Planning Commission is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the application Wednesday, Oct. 28. Both the community board's September vote against the project and the borough president's Oct. 14 recommendation are advisory; the proposal has not received final approval.
Social Events · New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens "Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany" on October 22, 2026, in Galleries 691–693 on Fifth Avenue. The exhibition features nearly 120 works from the Museum's collection plus selected loans, exploring designs behind the studios' windows, lamps, mosaics, and interiors. Organized by Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen with Barbara Veith, it highlights contributions from artists including Agnes Northrop, Clara Driscoll, and Julia Munson. The Chrysler Museum of Art is lending "Woman in a Pergola with Wisteria" (1911), reunited for the first time in decades with its original wisteria transoms discovered in an Arizona home. The exhibition runs through February 7, 2027, and is made possible by Tiffany & Co.
Community News · New York, NY
The New York City Law Department released 40,000 additional records related to the September 11 attacks on Tuesday, October 20. This release adds to a public portal established last month, which now contains over 200,000 pages including the Harding Memo. Mayor Mamdani’s FY27 budget allocates $34 million for maintaining this records portal. Separately, jazz drummer Robby Ameen performs with his quintet at Smalls Jazz Club on Monday, October 26, with sets at 6:00 and 7:00 p.m.
