Undercover police arrested a man for allegedly selling cardboard tubes filled with makeshift explosives in a shopping center parking lot in Co-Op City, Bronx Thursday. Sources say Nicholas Lihnier, 37,
A powerful adversary emerged Thursday to slam Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to close 20 FDNY companies – Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Silver, one of the most influential pols in the state,
Debating politics can sometimes get very heated, and thankfully we have freedom of speech in this wonderful country that we are fortunate to live in. But sometimes people forget that
As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel heads to the White House on Friday for the seventh meeting since President Obama took office, the two men are facing a turning
A majority of Americans say they support legalizing same-gender marriage for the first time ever in a Gallup poll, according to a new survey released Friday. Gallup is the third
Federal regulators today overturned an order that would have zapped New York City residential electric bills by 10 percent to 12 percent. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission acted barely 24 hours after Albany lawmakers passed a law that eliminated the reason for the shocking price increase. If FERC’s original ruling stood, New Yorkers — who […]
A United Airlines ad across the street from ground zero that reads “You’re going to like where we land” has some New Yorkers saying the sign is insensitive because it
With his endorsement Thursday of a key Palestinian statehood demand, President Obama just rolled the dice with a small but vital segment of his base — the American Jewish community.
Mayor Bloomberg plans to eliminate 5,000 spots for after-schools programs and move an additional 10,500 similar slots for low-income children from local community programs to the Department of Youth and Community Development’s cheaper Out-of-School Time program. Those “draconian” cuts will leave thousands of kids with no place to go when the exit bell rings, city […]
Brooklyn state Sen. Martin Golden opposes same-gender marriage – and he wants to stop New York from recognizing same-gender nuptials performed in other states. Golden, a Republican, quietly introduced a
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that the controversial diabetes drug Avandia will no longer be sold at retail pharmacies beginning this November, due to the cardiovascular risks it poses to patients. According to the new rules, which will go into effect on Nov. 18, the medication will only be available to […]
[The following Op-Ed was written by Tevi Troy] Laura Meckler had a piece in this morning’s Wall Street Journal about Jewish donors’ warning Obama not to push Israel too hard in his Middle East speech today. If she’s right about Jewish discomfort with Obama’s Middle East policies — and I think she is — Jewish […]
President Obama “disrespected” Israel and threw it “under the bus” in a wide-ranging speech on the Middle East on Thursday, GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney charged. Romney strongly criticized Obama,
The Interior Ministry’s district committee for construction and planning approved Thursday evening two major plans for some 1,550 housing units in contentious Jerusalem neighborhoods. The construction plans for Har Homa
Responding to President Barack Obama’s major Mideast policy speech, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel will not be withdrawing to the 1967 borders as part of a peace deal with the Palestinians. The following is the statement by the Prime Ministers Office: Israel appreciates President Obama’s commitment to peace. Israel believes that for peace […]
President Barack Obama is endorsing the Palestinians’ demand for their future state to be based on the borders that existed before the 1967 Middle East war, in a move that
Following is a text of President Obama’s prepared speech on the Middle East, delivered on Thursday in Washington, as released by the White House: (NOTE: Text in bold below is part about Israel) I want to thank Hillary Clinton, who has traveled so much these last six months that she is approaching a new landmark […]
It looks like Brooklyn has the biggest share of fire house closings due to New York City budget cuts and the outspoken borough president isn’t happy about the news. Eight of the 20 fire houses on the possible closure list are from Brooklyn, that’s 40 percent of Brooklyn’s stations. Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz is […]
As YWN reported, two men from the organization Jews United Against Zionism, also known as Neturei Karta, spent Shabbos in Iran to attend the International conference on Global Alliance against
Some Jewish voters may be skittish about supporting President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, but there appear to be plenty who are ready to open their wallets. A high-dollar fund-raiser targeting the Jewish community is set for June 20 in Washington, according to a person familiar with the planning. Mr. Obama plans to speak at the […]
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