Democratic gov hopeful Andrew Cuomo expects to get thousands of people to sign his campaign pledge to clean up Albany. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver won’t be one of them. “I

In his testimony on Monday Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Bakshi Doron Shlita told the court that he did nothing wrong, pointing a finger of blame at Rishon L’Tzion Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu

Police investigators allege the heads of Israel’s four largest bakeries teamed up to create a cartel, arresting a number of senior officials as the case develops. Questioned in the case

Mounted policeman David Edri was sentenced to three months of community service on Tuesday by Jerusalem District Court Justice Rivka Friedman-Feldman for his unacceptable and life-threatening actions during the eviction

Israel Police investigators have recommended to the State Attorney General’s office that a criminal indictment be handed down against Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and former Israeli Ambassador to Belarus Ze’ev

A woman fell in front of an oncoming subway train on Monday night and survived. Emergency crews carried the woman out of the station on a stretcher and into a

New York City bus drivers took an average of two months paid days off last year after being spat upon by upset riders. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority said Monday that

Opponents of a mosque planned near Ground Zero may be getting some unexpected help from the City. The building at 45 Park Place was constructed in 1857 in the Italian

Oil company BP is expected to brief reporters Tuesday morning about its next attempt to contain the gushing oil in the Gulf of Mexico — a maneuver called a “top

A man convicted of killing a Brooklyn rabbi 16 years ago could walk out of court free today because the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office withheld evidence during his trial. Jabbar

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly today announced that New York City remains the safest big city in America, according to the FBI’s Crime in the

The United States Supreme Court, it was announced today, will be hearing an appeal of a U. S. Court of Appeals decision that declared an Arizona school choice program unconstitutional.

Motorists are advised that the State Department of Transportation will be conducting lane closures on Route 17 eastbound and westbound between Exit 119 (Route 302) and Exit 116 (Route 17K)

The Transport Workers Union will file legal papers today to force the MTA to award planned raises to transit workers, according to the New York Daily News. The TWU is

7:50PM IL: As Deputy Prime Minister & Interior Minister Eli Yishai made his way to make a shiva visit at the Meah Shearim home of Maran R’ Yosef Sholom Elyashiv

Assemblyman Dov Hikind is calling for an official inquiry into the botched arrest and prosecution of Ms. Chila Lati, a 39-year-old Brooklyn mother of four who was arrested in February

Last Wednesday, at approximately 8:00PM, reports came into Lakewood Police Department of assaults of persons walking on East County Line Road near Park Avenue. An officer further investigated those reports

7:30PM IL: In the past, reporting on chareidi violence and rioting was not a commonplace occurrence, but it appears the tide has changed and violence surrounding kevarim and arrests seems

Federal sentencing for former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin has been delayed. Rubashkin, who had worked at the meatpacking plant in Postville when it was raided in May 2008, is currently