A vote on Wednesday by the MTA Board is expected to raise tolls across the bridges and tunnels the agency controls. It’s an an effort to raise more money to
Ynet News reports: A day after attending a memorial service for Rabbi Meir Kahane, dozens of his supporters traveled from Jerusalem to the northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm on
The following is a NY1 Exclusive Report: Over 80 days last year, Eric Schneiderman joined fellow lawmakers in Albany for sessions of the State Senate. But according to his tax
When Kalman Katz was told by Sears that they wouldnt hire him as a repair technician because he wouldnt work on Shabbos, he turned to the New York Attorney Generals office for help. And the Attorney General made sure that Kalman got justice and that others would never be forced to choose between career and […]
The Hudson River train tunnel, a dream of many New Jersey commuters, politicians and planners for decades, will die a second death today. And this time, there will be no
[The following story has been posted in theYWN Shomrim Blotteras well.] Members of Williamsburg Shomrim (WSPU) successfully apprehended a suspect on Tuesday who was wanted for numerous residential burglaries which plagued the Chasidic community during the past few weeks. At approximatelynoon on Tuesday, WSPU recieved a call from a frantic person claiming that someone […]
With his sharp cops eyes on crime but glancing curiously sideways at the political scene, retired NYPD Sgt. Brian Doherty of Bay Ridge watched, as most New Yorkers, the topsy-turvy events rattling Albany. Like many, he wanted a major shake-up in the unpopular state government. Frustrated and outraged at government dysfunction, after his retirement last […]
Noise in 98 percent of Manhattan’s public space exceeds healthy levels, says a study co-authored by Columbia University researchers to be released today. Honking cars or quarreling neighbors raise our
The chairman of British Airways has launched an attack on “completely redundant” airport checks and said the UK should stop “kowtowing” to US demands for increased security. The comments by
With just six days to go to Election Day, yet another new poll shows Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo crushing Republican challenger Carl Paladino in the race for governor. A
With 62 in favor and 34 against, the Knesset approved the state budget for 2011 after midnight Monday. The Arrangements Law, which complements the budget, passed by a similar vote,
The FBI has linked two recent shootings at military buildings in the Washington D.C. area and is investigating a possible connection to a third shooting that happened within the last
The death toll from a tsunami that slammed the Mantawai islands off Indonesias Sumatra two days ago may rise as rescue agencies struggle with disrupted telecommunications and difficult search conditions. At least 113 people were killed and 150 others missing, Mujiharto, head of the crisis center at the Health Ministry, said in a mobile-phone text […]
The Air Force lost partial communications with 50 nuclear missiles for almost an hour last weekend, an Air Force spokesman said Tuesday. The problem, characterized as a “single hardware issue,”
Tens of thousands of times over the past six years, the police have stopped and questioned people on New York City streets without the legal justification for doing so, a
Munich – A court doctor says the trial of John Demjanjuk can go ahead after tests showed that the 90-year-old showed no signs of a heart attack. Demjanjuk’s defence team
While the Catholic Church holds that the death penalty is wrong in nearly all cases, that doesnt mean the Vatican speaks out publicly in every situation where an execution is scheduled. So that raises the question why the Vatican spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi, asked today that Iraq not carry out the death sentence on former […]
Some voters in Boulder City complained on Monday that their ballot had been cast before they went to the polls, raising questions about Clark County’s electronic voting machines. Voter Joyce
Just a week before Election Day, the Board of Elections voted today to oust its own executive director, George Gonzalez. The BOE board vote seems to signal that election commissioners
The following was printed in the Jewish Press last week, and written by Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, who is the Director of theRabbinical Alliance Of America: In light of several misconceptions in regard to certain ongoing political campaigns, the following clarification has become necessary: The Rabbinical Alliance of America (Igud Horabbonim) formally declares that it has […]
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