9:30AM EST: A tragic accident in the heart of Flatbush has left a truck driver dead on Friday morning, YWN has learned. The accident occurred on East 15th Street and

Costs associated with the Gulf oil disaster have gone up more than $300 million in less than a week, BP said Friday. “The cost of the response to date amounts

People in parts of Queens and Long Island are still cleaning up Friday morning – and probably will be for weeks to come – after Thursday night’s storm left behind

The NY Daily News reports: An upstate Hasidic woman won a whopping $5 million legal settlement in a lawsuit over a Sept. 11, 2007, crash with a Brooklyn kosher-meat delivery

The city’s Rent Guidelines Board voted to raise rents on the city’s rent-stabilized apartments Thursday night. The board approved the increases of 2.25 percent for one-year leases and 4.5 percent

Brooklyn, NY – Despite a historic $3.2 billion deficit in the year’s budget, Councilman David G. Greenfield announced that a deal had been reached between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council

WCBSTV is reporting that a New York City budget agreement is expected to be reached Thursday night. Budget negotiations between the city and Mayor Michael Bloomberg have resulted in the

YWN EXCLUSIVE: According to several reliable sources, Priority 7 vouchers, which were eliminated from this year’s budget, have been restored by 50 percent. YWN tried reaching Councilman David Greenfield, who

House Republicans failed in a push Wednesday to force the release of White House documents related to potential job offers made to two Democratic Senate primary challengers, Andrew Romanoff in

Prominent Jerusalem askan R’ Shlomo Miller, a former deputy mayor, along with a number of rabbonim from the southern Talpiot area are protesting plans by Jerusalem City Hall to name

A truck being being loaded with personal belongings of Frum families heading to the Catskills, was stolen by a deranged man, and driven through the streets of Marine Park striking

A series of thunderstorms and a possible tornado caused a path of destruction and a number of injuries across the New York City area Thursday, officials said. Bridgeport (CT) Mayor

Washington, DC – Upon learning that the State Department has denied Ahmet Faruk Unsal, an IHH member and flotilla organizer, entry into the United States, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn and

The Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) has expressed shock and outrage at the sentencing of former chief executive officer and vice president at Agriprocessors Sholom Rubashkin to 27 years in

School may start a little later next year. The Education Department is negotiating with the teachers union to change the first day of school to Monday, Sept. 13, officials told

Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, declaring his candidacy for governor of New York, could not have been clearer. “The influence of lobbyists and their special interests must be drastically reduced