A senior Hamas leader on Thursday accused Israel of carrying out “countless holocausts” against the Palestinians while saying the Nazi genocide was a “lie.” Mahmoud al-Zahar made the remarks during
Planned parking meter rate increases in the four boroughs outside of Manhattan — and on streets north of 86th Street in Manhattan — have been deferred as part of a budget deal negotiated between the City Council and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, officials said Thursday. As The Wall Street Journal reported, the council successfully persuaded the […]
Train stations across London have been put on high alert amid fears of a terrorist attack on transport hubs. British Transport Police cancelled leave and called in extra officers after intelligence was received that terrorists could be planning attacks. A security source said there was no “imminent” threat and the overall threat level had not […]
Mayor Bloomberg’s Remarks as Delivered in the Blue Room at City Hall: “Good afternoon. I thought we’d have a brief update on forecast for snow. The forecast for tomorrow is S-N-O-W. Current projections call for between two and six inches of snow in all five boroughs. As you know, snow is greater in some places […]
Judge David G. Trager, a senior federal judge sitting in Brooklyn, died Wednesday after a long bout with pancreatic cancer. He was 73. Trager was nominated to the federal bench
Defense Secretary Robert Gates staged a pre-emptive attack Thursday in Washington’s looming budget battles, announcing cuts of $78 billion to the U.S. military and defense department, including reducing the size
2:15PM EST: Officials are investigating possible explosions at the Maryland Department of Transportation’s headquarters in Hanover and a state government building in Annapolis. Firefighters and hazmat crews were sent to
To judge by his appearance, you’d think he’s an Orthodox, maybe even Chareidi, Jew. He sports a large kippah and a full beard, and presents himself to the unsuspecting as
Crooked ex-Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio died today in a North Carolina prison where he had been serving a six-year prison sentence for raking in more than $1 million by peddling his
Chief Rabbinate Committee members held Monday a meeting on the endless carnage on Israel’s roads and highways during which they decided that Chief Rabbis Yona Metzger and Shlomo Amar would draft a special prayer – which will be recited by local rabbis at locations in their area which have witnessed road accidents. The committee also […]
President Barack Obama has reached outside his West Wing bubble — but well inside his Chicago comfort zone — to tap moderate former Clinton Commerce Secretary Bill Daley as his chief of staff, a move that will delight the business community but rankle liberals who see Daley as too conservative. Daley, a 62-year-old bank executive, […]
Two Sanitation chiefs responsible for South Brooklyn are being reassigned, according to sources in the Bloomberg administration. NBCNewYork has learned they are Brooklyn South Assistant Chief Joseph Montgomery who supervises
The following is in today’s NY Post: Back in 1991, Rabbi Pesach Lerner, 56, was approached by Aryeh Markovich on the LIRR. He wanted to know if the Orthodox rabbi would be willing to teach the Talmud on the 7:51 a.m. train from Far Rockaway to Manhattan. (The Talmud is one of Judaism’s main texts, […]
The homeless man with the “golden radio voice” wanted a second chance — and did he ever get it. As soon as Ted Williams, a panhandler who became an online
YSnow is back in the forecast, less than two weeks after a massive blizzard dumped more than 20 inches of the white stuff on parts of the city, paralyzing residents
More than a dozen New York City Fire Department companies that were once again on the chopping block have been spared from the budget ax. The City Council again came
Crown Heights – Jewish girl was mugged Wednesday evening, and her blackberry was taken. The incident occurred on Kingston Avenue and Park Place at around 6:30pm. The girl was walking from her apartment back into the ‘heart’ of Crown Heights when she was accosted by a black male, who snatched her phone from her hands […]
The High Court of Justice on Thursday ruled in favor of allowing ‘kosher’ bus lines, in which women and men sit separately, to serve Charedi areas. The court said it
Rav Moshe Adler ZATZAL from Eretz Yisroel was R”L Niftar from critical injuries after being struck by a vehicle early Wednesday evening. The accident occurred at approximately 7:45PM, on Avenue
The chief of the city’s EMS was abruptly demoted tonight – becoming the first head to roll because of the city’s disastrous response to the crippling blizzard, sources told The
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