The heartbroken family of an elderly Queens woman who died while waiting three hours for an ambulance to get through the unplowed blizzard-blitzed streets is suing the city. Laura Freeman
A suspicious package led to the evacuation of offices for an Israeli bank in Midtown Wednesday morning – but it turned out to be just a greeting card, officials said.
[VIDEO & PHOTOS BELOW] The eleventh Annual Agudath Israel Winter Yarchei Kallah at the Ramada Renaissance hotel in Yerushalayim took off to great start with a ‘hachana seder limud’, as
US citizens with offshore accounts received yet another reminder this week about the need to become compliant and to consider entering the IRS’ voluntary disclosure program. As YWN reported on
In recent weeks, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has been mocked as a Manhattan elitist on “Saturday Night Live,” booed for his educational policies and accused of ignoring far-flung corners of
The completed World Trade Center will look more like Fort Knox with the NYPD’s plan to assign an army of nearly 700 cops to the area, Commissioner Ray Kelly announced
Agudath Israel of New Jersey applauds Governor Chris Christie on his State of the State Address and his commitment to Educational Reform. “We have attempted for a long time to
One of the many frustrations of Alzheimer’s disease is the difficulty in pinpointing just who has it. According to published research, as many as one in five people told they
Residents on Staten Island are still talking about the snow from weeks ago. The holiday weekend storm dumped up to 30 inches on the borough – and the city spent
Brooklyn, NY – The man at the till is wearing phylacteries (amulets) under his shirt. Abundant payot – the sidelocks worn by Orthodox Jews from eastern Europe – spill out
Sen. Joe Lieberman will announce Wednesday that he won’t seek re-election in 2012, multiple sources close to the senator said on Tuesday. Lieberman has scheduled a press conference for 12:30
Mayor Bloomberg wants to legalize the widespread — but officially illegal — practice of livery cabbies picking up passengers on the street. In his State of the City speech tomorrow,
Having admired the enormous success of the Baltimore program operated by Star-K, and the Queens Shidduch Initiative, several members of the Toronto Jewish Community have launched a similar program. Star-K’s
In a symbolic gesture, the Palestinians on Tuesday raised their flag for the first time over the PLO diplomatic mission in Washington, as they continue a push for international recognition
Mayor Bloomberg is – again – throwing snowballs at the outer boroughs, City Council members say. He’s refusing to send Sanitation Department reps to a series of Council hearings that
At least 12 firefighters were injured battling a blaze that raged overnight in a Queens warehouse, officials said Tuesday morning. The inferno at 95-20 150th St. in Jamaica erupted about
Just two years ago, YWN reported an incredible act of Chesed, which took place on September 23, 2008 at the Flatbush Bonei Olam Dinner. At that dinner, Mr. Abraham Banda,
[The following Op-Ed was written by Tevi Troy] While it is inappropriate to try to blame mainstream political movements for the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, there is at
MS Fish Corp is recalling Ossie’s Schmaltz Herring due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail,
U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against two people accused of stealing the email addresses and other personal data of about 120,000 users of Apple Inc’s iPad tablet computer. Daniel Spitler
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