For a guy who claims not to care about the polls, Mayor Bloomberg is spending a fistful of dollars—perhaps $2 million—to raise his sagging approval numbers by blaming the city’s fiscal woes on Albany. The mayor dipped into his very deep pockets for a massive direct-mail campaign aimed at boosting his standing among voters—while blaming […]
To the soundtrack of chanting protesters who draped banners from staircases and banged on the doors of the legislative chambers, lawmakers finished approving Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s budget early Thursday morning, making for the state’s first on-time spending plan in five years. The State Capitol was a place of pandemonium well into the night, with […]
Nearly three weeks after a bus crash in the Bronx left 15 people dead, the chair of the National Transportation Safety Board says the bus was speeding at up to
President Obama has signed a secret presidential finding authorizing covert operations in Libya, a U.S. official told Fox News, although the administration says it still hasn’t decided whether to arm
Enraged by safety errors in a deadly 2009 plane crash from Newark, N.J., to Buffalo, N.Y., victims’ family members marched to Washington and demanded change. They got it in the
The House signed off Wednesday on reviving a school voucher program for low-income students in the District of Columbia. The House voted 225-195 Wednesday afternoon to allocate $20 million to
An October cyber attack on a service run by Nasdaq is now being investigated by the National Security Agency amid signs the breach may have been more severe than previously
Republican Congressman Michael Grimm of New York has become the latest governmental leader, and the first Republican Member of the House of Representatives, to call for Jonathan Pollard’s release. Pollard has spent more than 25 years languishing in a federal prison for passing classified information to Israel, an ally of the United States. Congressman Grimm, […]
A winter storm watch has been issued for eastern New York, parts of northern New Jersey and most of New England, where as much as 12 inches of snow may fall by week’s end, according to the National Weather Service. The system will be the second to move through the area this week, said Lauren […]
Two days after calling the state budget deal “an outrage,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg was much more conciliatory towards Albany lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Speaking at a press conference Wednesday in the Bronx, the mayor seemed eager to turn the conversation toward the cuts contained in the state budget. In the middle of responding to […]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is warning New Yorkers to be on guard against unqualified tax preparers and refund schemes revealed in a recent undercover investigation. During an inspection of more than
A United Airlines flight bound for Portland, Ore., from Washington, D.C. was diverted to Chicago because three passengers were being disruptive, the airline says. The three were taken off Flight
Last week’s column focused on the various types of surgery one can have to help achieve weight loss. We concluded that while some are definitely less invasive than others, all carry a fair to extremely high risk of serious side effects and post-surgical complications. Some of the side effects and complications include: Infection of […]
Israel is considering building an artificial island with sea and air ports off blockaded Gaza, as a long-term solution to shipping goods into the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave, the transport minister
A federal judge accused the Mets of ignoring a court order in a dispute with a vendor who sells kosher hot dogs at their ballpark. The Mets don’t want to disclose how many dogs they sell, saying that’s “highly confidential” and that releasing such details to the vendor “would cause a tremendous amount of harm.” […]
A Muslim couple who had a role in founding a controversial Islamic community center and mosque near the World Trade Center, but were effectively booted from the organization in January,
Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has blamed “conspirators” for two weeks of anti-government protests that have rocked the nation. In his first address to the nation since the start of
The head of the European Jewish Congress (EJC) sent a letter to Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday asking him to block a parliamentary vote scheduled for next week that would ban Shechita in the country. Below is the letter sent by Dr. Moshe Kantor, to the Prime Minister of Holland and to prominent Dutch […]
The Megillos have been packed away for next year, while the loads of mishloach manos and other chametz (and the nosh) are quickly being consumed. Brooms and mops are being
A suspected terrorist was arrested Tuesday by the RCMP at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The suspect — about to board a flight to London — was arrested without incident, police said. He is charged with attempting to participate in a terrorist activity, as well as counselling someone else to participate in a terrorist activity, the […]
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