New York’s aging natural-gas pipelines are ready to blow, experts warn. Huge swaths of infrastructure maintained by Con Ed, National Grid and a handful of interstate distributors are often older than the section of 62-year-old pipe that exploded Sept. 9 in suburban San Francisco, killing four. “We are looking at catastrophic failure that might be […]
12:30PM EST: A large fire is burning under Metro North’s 138th Street Lift Bridge in East Harlem. The bridge’s four tracks carry Metro-North trains in and out of Manhattan. There is currently no Metro-North service at the moment in and out of Grand Central Terminal. All Metro-North train traffic passes over the bridge on the […]
Ninety percent of Americans are concerned about the economy, according to a new CNBC poll, and two-thirds of those surveryed think neither Democrats nor Republicans have a clear vision for
Ally Financial Inc.’s GMAC Mortgage unit told brokers and agents to halt foreclosures on homeowners in 23 states including Florida, Connecticut and New York. GMAC Mortgage may “need to take corrective action in connection with some foreclosures” in the affected states, according to a two-page memo dated Sept. 17 and obtained by Bloomberg News. Ally […]
According to Israel’s Army Radio there is a new initiative to secure the release of Jonathan Pollard in return to the extension of the settlement freeze. Political source at the
Maybe this is why Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t take a salary. The billionaire mayor has only two pairs of work shoes, which he has been wearing for 10 years, the New York Post reported Monday. “The mayor owns only two pairs of work shoes,” Bloomberg spokesman, Stu Loeser, told the Post. “One day he’ll wear […]
Chacham Hagon Ovadia Yosef Shlita, turned 90 on Sunday, continuing his busy schedule of meeting people, delivering Shiurim, and writing Seforim. Rav Ovadia Yosef was born in Baghdad on September
Over the past few months, the Chevra Kadisha in Eretz Yisroel has invested significant resources in upgrading its technological services, in hopes of helping those looking for a loved-one’s final
World leaders are descending on the city this week for the United Nations General Assembly, bringing major traffic tie-ups and gridlock on the east side of Manhattan. An increased police presence is already visible in the area. All this week, First Avenue will be closed from 42nd Street to 48th Street, though the tunnel underpass […]
The White House is pushing back hard against a New York Times report that the president’s political team is considering a national ad campaign that would cast the GOP as taken over by tea party extremists. The story is “100 percent inaccurate,” a White House official told POLITICO. Times Washington bureau chief Dean Baquet counters […]
The United States under President George W. Bush was prepared to take in 100,000 Palestinian refugees as part of a Middle East peace deal, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
The longtime White House correspondent who resigned from Hearst newspapers in June in the wake of comments she made about Israel will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Council
U.S. officials formally declared an end to the worst oil spill in U.S. history Sunday, a milestone that followed nearly five months of dashed hopes and blistering criticism of nearly
From last minute kapparos and the start of sukkos preparations on Erev Yom Kippur to the Tisch by the Belzer Rebbe after the fast, the photographers of Kuvien Images hit
The travel period for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot is from September 19 through October 4, 2010. Observant Jewish travelers may carry four plants – a palm branch, myrtle twigs, willow twigs, and a citron – in airports and through security checkpoints. These plants are religious articles and may be carried either separately or as […]
A summit of U.S. Muslim organizations is scheduled to begin Sunday in New York City to address a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero and the anti-Muslim sentiment that has
Excerpts from a NY Post exclusive: Assemblyman Vito Lopez bullied and cajoled eight little old ladies during an arm-twisting session aimed at getting them to back his candidate in a
Bedbugs have infiltrated yet another NYC apparel giant — this time it was Niketown, the company’s flagship store on East 57th St., that was forced to close Saturday. Disappointed shoppers
Starting this Sunday and stretching through the winter of 2015 the Hudson Street entrance to the Holland Tunnel will be closed for improvements to the infrastructure. Drivers heading to New
The tornado that blew through New York City Thursday, knocking down thousands of trees and limbs has doubtless sent many people scurrying to their insurance papers to find out whether they’re covered for downed tree limbs damaging homes and cars. The Insurance Information Institute, an industry trade group, said people whose homes are damaged by […]
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