– New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday proposed three new laws aimed at stopping corruption by elected officials, after federal prosecutors brought two criminal cases against officials in
Rick Santorum says it would be “suicidal” for the Republican Party to support same-gender marriage. In an interview with The Des Moines Register on Monday, Santorum said that Sens. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) backing same-gender marriage is similar to the Republicans in the 1960s and 1970s who broke with the GOP and […]
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s (I) group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, will look to raise pressure on lawmakers to enact gun control by grading them based on their positions and votes on gun issues. The scoring system will be similar to that used by the nation’s largest gun rights lobby, the National Rifle Association, […]
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today announced the start of two pilot programs allowing motorists to pay parking meter remotely via
The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific said Tuesday that North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missiles represents a clear and direct threat to the United States and its allies in the region. Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that Kim Jong Un, […]
What business gets more customers every year, yet keeps losing money? The U.S. Postal Service delivers mail to 11 million more homes, offices and other addresses than it did a
New York City Council Member Peter F. Vallone Jr. today announced he has hired Jonathan Schenker to serve as an advisor to his campaign for Queens Borough President. Schenker will be conducting outreach to various ethnic groups in Queens, with a particular focus on Queens’ Jewish communities. “Council Member Peter F. Vallone Jr.’s deep roots […]
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization– expressed its support for federal legislation to prevent gun violence. Nathan Diament, UOJCA executive director for public policy, issued the following statement ahead of this week’s anticipated United States Senate consideration of gun safety legislation: “The Union of […]
New York City’s long delayed bike-sharing program is set to launch in May. The announcement was made Monday by Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. She said that roughly half the bike
A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran’s only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 30 people and injuring 800 as it devastated small villages, state media reported. The 6.3 magnitude
Iran said on Tuesday operations had begun at two uranium mines and a milling plant and that Western opposition would not slow its nuclear work, days after talks with world
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will pay a first visit to Israel since taking office later this month to bolster the allies’ cooperation in the Middle East, an Israeli official
The U.S. Air Force has designated six cyber tools as weapons, which should help the programs compete for increasingly scarce dollars in the Pentagon budget, an Air Force official said
With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families
The U.S. Navy said on Monday it will deploy for the first time a laser weapon on one of its ships that could be capable of shooting down drones and
A judge said he found it “stunning” to hear Monday that federal budget woes could delay the start of a terrorism trial for Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law. U.S. District Judge
A second lawsuit has been filed against a popular kosher market in Los Angeles over allegations about improper meat certification. City News Service says the suit filed Friday against Doheny
Following Superstorm Sandy, power outages and a fuel shortage led to many New York City residents purchasing gasoline to power generators and storing gasoline for use in automobiles. Improperly stored
NYC Public Advocate and Mayoral candidate released the following statement to YWN following the hate crime on Monday evening, at which eleven Mezuzas were burned: “Nothing but hatred can explain why someone would burn mezuzahs on Yom Hashoah, the day we remember the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. This is a sickening act of prejudice […]
A New York state assemblyman tarnished by a harassment scandal has filed to run for a New York City Council seat. The City Campaign Finance Board said Monday that Assemblyman
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