An Army veteran attacked 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan with an incendiary device and pellet gun on July 20, injuring three people; the FBI is investigating the attack as an anti-government incident.

A structural emergency at 235 East 42nd Street has forced the evacuation of seven Midtown buildings and approximately 400 schoolchildren after load-bearing columns buckled during active conversion work, with city engineers staging emergency shoring as the building continued to move.

The Gracie Mansion IED arrest is the most significant ISIS-linked domestic terrorism incident in years and confirms the threat environment has moved from warning to action.

A lone gunman killed four—including an NYPD officer—inside a Manhattan skyscraper before taking his own life, exposing vulnerabilities in corporate security and reigniting debate over lone-actor violence.