The following is from the Algemeiner: “An event like this is so beyond the scope of life – so, so foreign, that it will probably take some time to recover.”
New York ambulances – including Hatzolah vehicles – can now use rear-projecting blue lights in an effort to make them more visible to oncoming motorists and therefore safer. The measure
U.S. counterterrorism officials are increasingly convinced that the killing of Osama bin Laden and the toll of seven years of CIA drone strikes have pushed al�Qaeda to the brink of collapse. The assessment reflects a widespread view at the CIA and other agencies that a relatively small number of additional blows could effectively extinguish the […]
Con Edison says New York customers used not a million, not a billion, but a trillion watt hours of electricity during last week’s brutal four-day heat wave. That’s one-sixth of
The front-runner in the fight to become New York’s next mayor isn’t even in the race. A new poll from Quinnipiac University found that city voters put Police Commissioner Raymond
Assemblyman David I. Weprin, the Democratic candidate to replace former Representative Anthony D. Weiner in a special election on Sept. 13, is a Modern Orthodox Jew who keeps kosher, observes
All that yellow plastic you see scattered around the floor of your favorite subway station may look cheap and disposable. But the MTA says it costs the agency $20 million
[PHOTO LINK IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] On Tuesday, July 26th, the NYPD was readying to wrap up their nearly two-week-long investigation at the Levi Aron house on East 2nd Street. Before
The following is a response by Tevi Troy to Rep. Steve Rothman’s (D-NJ) Politico op-ed which claims that Obama is a pro-Israel president: Rep. Steve Rothman’s attempt to convince people
A swastika was found on a Flatbush Hatzolah ambulance, Tuesday afternoon. The Ambulance had just brought a patient to Maimonides Medical Center on Fort Hamilton Parkway, when the driver noticed
The United States Postal Service announced today it’s mulling the closure of thousands of post offices nationwide, including dozens here in the city. Officials say that they are conducting studies
Boro Park – A massive memorial gathering for Leiby Kletzky A”H was held on Monday evening at the Ateres Golda Hall in Boro Park. The thousands of participants were joined
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has long been planning to bring cell phone and WiFi service to New York City subways. The company chosen to bring the service underground is Transit
The Rabbinical Council of America has today reaffirmed its position that those with reasonable suspicion or first hand knowledge of abuse or endangerment have a religious obligation to report that
It’s mayoral candidates 2, Sanitation Department 0 in the million-dollar battle over illegal campaign posters. Bill Thompson became the second major mayoral contender to beat the system last week, when
Peninsula hospital may be shutting its doors, which has raised serious concerns about medical services for the 100,000 people who live in the Rockaways. People familiar with the situation say
With all of the spotlights on the high-stakes debt maneuverings by President Obama and Speaker John Boehner the last few days, few people noticed what Vermont’s Sen. Bernie Sanders said:
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, amid a rash of tour bus crashes, on Monday said he will suspend the operating licenses of eight charter and tour bus companies and their 100 buses
New York City health officials have closed several beaches due to elevated levels of bacteria related to last week’s discharge of raw sewage into the Hudson River. Officials on Monday
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