Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani-born Connectict man who attempted to blow up a car bomb in�Times Squarehas �pleaded guilty to terrorism charges. Faisal Shahzad was indicted on 10 counts, including attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. The indictment filed charges Shahzad with 10 offenses which carry the following potential penalties: Count 1 � Attempted […]

Reacting to U. S. District Court Judge Linda Reade�s sentencing of former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin to 27 years in prison and five years probation, Agudath Israel of America executive vice president Chaim Dovid Zwiebel issued the following statement: This is a dark day. It is a dark day for American justice.�Judge Reade has ignored […]

An NYPD cop who was shot under his arm while subduing a suspect in Queens last year is suing the city because the department never upgraded his bulletproof vest. Mayor

The following is a NY Post article: Albany, NY – What chutzpah! An $18 million tuition subsidy devised by Gov. Paterson as a political gift to the city’s Orthodox Jewish

11:00AM EST: [Updates below]�The Lakehurst Naval Air Station section of the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst went into lockdown at about 9:15AM Monday morning. All media outlets report is “Officials are investigating an incident at the base. The nature of the incident has not been released.” The lockdown was briefly applied to the Dix and McGuire sections […]

Orleans, NY – A minivan carrying a Frum family from Canada rolled over on Interstate 81 Sunday night, injuring one of the nine occupants seriously enough for authorities to airlift

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is planning to announce even more cuts to subway and bus service today, as a new report finds the subways still running are getting dirtier. Transit

With another internal probe launched in Israel, into the alleged failures surrounding the Mavi Marama Gaza flotilla commando operation, additional flotillas are setting sail for the shores of Gaza with

Sen. Eric Adams is a mayoral candidate-in-waiting. The Brooklyn Democrat acknowledged being poised to jump into the 2009 race – and the upcoming 2013 race – but instead deferred to

It is a paradox of inverse proportions: A town whose school district has less than a 1 percent stake in a proposed law to help poor public students nonetheless emerging as the legislation�s most fervent promoter. A rally-like Senate committee hearing in March on the steps of the Statehouse Annex, for instance, turned out some […]

Don�t drink the water, says New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell. The Upper East Side hospital has warned patients in its Greenberg building not to drink the tap water or bathe in it, citing possible deadly Legionella bacteria. The restrictions came after a water sample found �trace elements� of the bacteria. Water contamination led to Legionnaires� […]

5:30PM EST: With temperatures reach the 90’s on Sunday afternooon, many Lakewood residents are extra hot as they are�currently without power. TLS reports that the outage started at approximately 4:30PM, and affected homes in the�14th Street area, Laurelwood, Hope Chapel, Fernwood & other Lakewood neighborhoods. According to JCPL, there are an estimated 500-2000 homes without […]

Brooklyn � The four Councilmembers leading the effort to restore Priorty 7 vouchers met with ACS Commissioner John Mattingly and his top staff in what was described as a “frank” conversation on the implications of the proposed elimination of the vouchers from this year’s budget. Councilmembers David Greenfield (D-Boro Park), Brad Lander (D-Park Slope), Steve […]