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
New Jersey’s Motor Vehicle Commission is asking customers how it can improve service. MVC Commission chief administrator Raymond Martinez is visiting all 38 agency offices this summer to talk to
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] President Barack Obama delivered a statement to the nation at 9 p.m. EDT Monday to discuss the political stalemate over cutting the country’s deficit and raising the debt ceiling, the White House said Monday. Here is the statement, as prepared for delivery: Primetime Debt Speech Monday, July 25, 2011 Washington, DC To […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Good evening. I’m John Boehner. I serve as Speaker of the whole House — of the members of both parties that you elect. These are difficult times in the life of our nation. Millions are looking for work, have been for some time, and the spending binge going on in Washington […]
The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday will release a list of 3,653 post offices that could be shut down. These locations will be studied for possible closure, according to U.S.
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch is crossing party lines to endorse a Republican candidate for Congress, citing what he called President Barack Obama’s “hostility” towards Israel. “President Obama imposes conditions on Israel — says the ’67 Lines — and doesn’t impose any conditions on the Palestinian Authority, which now includes Hamas, a terrorist […]
The new lawyer for the man accused of killing and dismembering an eight-year-old Brooklyn boy talked to reporters for the first time Tuesday. Attorney Jennifer McCann joined the defense team
President Obama, who is locked in a stalemate with House Republicans over the debt ceiling, is taking his case directly to the public Monday night. White House press secretary Jay
It took three days for the Leiby Kletzky Memorial Fund to reach $100K in donations. Just two days later, the amount of the fund, the number of condolence messages to
Opponents to New York’s same-gender marriage law filed the first lawsuit challenging the measure, an anticipated salvo that came one day after weddings were celebrated around the state. A representative
The FBI in New Jersey is launching a campaign urging the public to report health care fraud — and if it helps generate tips, plans are to expand it nationwide.
The suspect in the deadliest attack in Norway since World War II has acknowledged carrying out the mass shooting and bombing, and claims to have worked with two other cells,
Today the IDF and Israel Police thwarted an attempt by two Palestinians to smuggle weapons from Jordan to the West Bank. A rubber-inflated boat carrying ten AK-47s, ten matching magazines
A former New Jersey prisoner’s demand for kosher food has triggered a debate over “who is a Jew.” At issue: Must a prisoner prove that he is Jewish in order to get kosher food and, more importantly, who gets to decide — the individual, the state, or an outside religious authority? Thomas Feldheim was being […]
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver urged Gov. Cuomo to sign a bill allowing livery cars to pick up street hails in the outer boroughs. Silver said the proposal would lead to better service and pump as much as $1 billion in needed revenue into the cash-strapped city’s coffers. “I’d hate to see firehouses closed and teachers […]
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