Attorney General Andrew Cuomo charged embattled Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada today with looting the Bronx-based nonprofit where he serves as President and CEO. The civil suit filed today in
It has been nearly two decades since New Yorkers faced their last doorman strike, but as the deadline for a new contract for building workers approached, the questions being posed
More European airports are reopening today, as air travel slowly returns to normal, five days after ash from an Icelandic volcano shut down airspace. The first flights since the shutdown
A former federal judge and a former U.S. attorney have authored a letter to the judge in the Sholom Rubashkin case, criticizing the recommendation of prosecutors that Rubashkin receive life
[VIDEO LINK BELOW] Lakewood Police say seven people, including two children, were tied up in a Lakewood home last Friday night at 1:30AM by four men robbing the house. According
The Five Towns will soon celebrate the dedication of the Anne and Jerome Gober Torah Center – the new home of the Agudath Israel of the Five Towns Mikdash Tzvi
He has been equivocal on the subject in the past, but on Monday night White House chief of staff and native Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel made no bones about it: He
4:50PM IL: A violent protest took place earlier in Bnei Brak, in front of Ponavez Yeshiva and the area of Chazon Ish and Yismach Moshe Streets as the nation marks
The following is a WPIX exclusive: It appears that some local 7-11’s have better video surveillance equipment than one of the top terrorist targets in the world — the Lincoln
Analysts grilled Goldman Sachs Tuesday for its role in structuring a security tied to subprime mortgages even as the firm reported a stronger-than-expected profit of $3.5 billion in the latest
As the state went another day without a new budget yesterday, Gov. Paterson was hard at work – meeting with his criminal defense lawyer. The NY Daily News spotted Paterson
The Israeli flag flown at the Ponavez Yeshiva in Bnei Brak every year on Yom Ha’atzmut. (Reposted from YWN archives 2009, 2008, 2007, & 2006)
Chacham Maran Ovadia Yosef Shlita announced that one is permitted to recite Hallel on Independence Day without a bracha. The Rav adds it is preferable to push off the recitation
The APP reports: Lakewood, NJ – A private Orthodox Jewish school has stepped up security following what many see as two bias attacks this month, the most recent being a
Chareidi MKs and askanim may be seen visiting former Jerusalem Mayor, R’ Uri Lupoliansky, who remains under house arrest in connection to his alleged involvement in the Holyland bribery investigation.
More than 1,000 pink slips were handed out Monday as St. Vincent’s Hospital prepares to close its doors for good. In a released statement, the hospital says, “As part of
On Monday night and Tuesday, Independence Day is observed in Israel, a legal holiday, with all government institutions closed. As is customary, the Central Bureau of statistics releases some population
Tefillos are requested for a small girl, 4-5, Rivka bas Yael, who fell from a structure on Shilo Street in Jerusalem on Monday night and remains in critical condition on
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs stopped just short of accusing the New York Times of journalistic malpractice on Monday after the paper ran excerpts of a Pentagon memo on
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