In a Facebook post announcing, �Consider the gauntlet thrown,� the Bay Ridge Democrats indicate that the club is ramping up a possible primary challenge to Democratic Assemblyman Dov Hikind (who has endorsed a number of Republicans for various offices lately). Hikind has indicated that he will work to defeat President Obama for reelection � ideally […]
Three City Council members introduced a resolution Tuesday that would formalize support for Occupy Wall Street and its message condemning economic inequality. �The Occupy movement is more than occupying a public square,� said Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, one of the resolution�s authors, along with Councilman Jumaane D. Williams and Councilwoman Letitia James � all Democrats. �It […]
The percentage of school-age children living in poverty has grown in Orange and Ulster counties and leaped ahead in Sullivan County since the recession took hold, according to figures released
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Brooklyn, NY � A new music video shows exclusive footage from Rubashkin�s Game Plan, the long awaited documentary film focusing both on the Rubashkin case and dual reaction of anger and solidarity from the Jewish community following the harsh sentence handed down in the case. The song, titled Yedid Nefesh, features […]
President Obama’s slow ride down Gallup’s daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage
Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for a surprise visit to mark the close of the U.S. war in Iraq as troops prepare to return home by the end of the year. Biden�s visit is his eighth since he was elected vice president in 2008 and comes as the Obama administration works […]
Federal authorities have arrested a Brooklyn lawmaker on fresh corruption charges just weeks after a jury acquitted him on unrelated bribery charges, according to the FBI. An indictment unsealed Tuesday
[VIDEO & PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] More than a hundred educators participated in a school safety forum hosted by Misaskim on Monday, November 28th. The educators represented nearly 200 Yeshivas
The story is almost exactly identical to the�previous incident�which occurred on Motzei Yom Kippur. In that story a 2-year-old child was found wandering the streets by a Shomrim Volunteer. This time a child was found by a Hatzolah Volunteer at 3:30AM, early Tuesday morning. Sources tell BoroParkScoop.com, that Boro Park Hatzolah has a vehicle staffed […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Brooklyn � Councilman David G. Greenfield is urging non-profit organizations to fill out their property tax exemption forms in order to avoid facing property tax bills in 2012.� Every non-profit that receives exemption from property taxes is required to renew that exemption on an annual basis although, in recent years, the […]
On a conference call this morning, Cain told his team that he is ‘reassessing’ the campaign, a source told POLITICO. What exactly that means remains unclear – one source told
Britain�s hacking scandal was reported on Tuesday to have broadened significantly into areas of national security, with the police investigating whether private detectives working for the Murdoch media empire hacked into the computer of a cabinet minister responsible for Northern Ireland. Scotland Yard declined to comment on the report in The Guardian newspaper, saying it […]
Type 2 diabetes could be reversed in just four months by simply following a low-calorie diet, a study has revealed. According to the research, people who reduced their calorific intake
Could a hacker from half-way around the planet control your printer and give it instructions so frantic that it could eventually catch fire? Or use a hijacked printer as a copy machine for criminals, making it easy to commit identity theft or even take control of entire networks that would otherwise be secure? It�s not […]
New Yorkers were walloped with a 9.6 percent surge in their power bills last year, even though national electricity prices hardly budged, new government data show. A typical monthly Con
[MULTIPLE VIDEOS & HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS POSTED BELOW] A warehouse at Brooklyn, N.Y.�s Pier 12 erupted in dance Sunday night as approximately 4,500 people got on their feet, locked arms, and circled around the giant room to the rhythmic chords of traditional Chasidic melodies. Coming just after the traditional roll call portion of the gala […]
The parent company of American Airlines said on Tuesday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection, in an effort to reduce labor costs and shed its heavy debt load. American�s parent, the AMR Corporation, was the last major airline in the United States to resist filing for Chapter 11 in an effort to shed contracts, […]
Iranian protesters stormed the British Embassy compound in Tehran on Tuesday, smashing windows and burning the British flag during a rally to protest against sanctions imposed by Britain, live Iranian
About $200 million in customer money that vanished from MF Global is believed to have surfaced at JPMorgan Chase in Britain, according to people briefed on the matter. The discovery could be the most significant breakthrough in a monthlong hunt for the missing funds. During MF Global�s last chaotic days, the brokerage firm overdrew an […]
Fitch Ratings on Monday reaffirmed its AAA rating for U.S. government debt, but revised its long-term outlook to negative because of the failure of the congressional “super committee” to agree
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