Opinion: Jamaal Bowman’s Israel Policy Is Too Questionable For Me To Consider Sending Him To Congress
NEW YORK (JTA) — Jamaal Bowman, a native New Yorker who is challenging Rep. Eliot Engel for his House seat in November, has been praised for his progressive stances on a variety of...
NYC Mayor Forms Race Commission, Sets Juneteenth Holiday
NEW YORK (AP) — Juneteenth will be an official holiday for city workers and schoolchildren next year, and New York City will form a new commission to examine its history of racial ...
Retirements Spark Scramble For Open House Seats In New York
NEW YORK (AP) — To the consternation of many Democrats, the front-runner in a crowded congressional primary in one of the bluest districts in New York City, if not the country, is ...
‘Let Him Drive The Kids Home’: Orthodox Lawmakers Advise Civil Disobedience As Suit Filed Against Sleepaway Camp Ban
NEW YORK (JTA) - Fresh off cutting the locks off a closed Brooklyn playground, leaders in New York City’s Orthodox community are turning their attention to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ban ...
NYC Restaurants Can Open With Outdoor Seating On Monday
NEW YORK (AP) — Restaurants will be allowed to open with outdoor seating on Monday as New York City enters the second phase of easing coronavirus restrictions, Mayor Bill de Blasio...
Lives Lost: For Orthodox Jewish Man With Down Syndrome, A College Dream
NEW YORK (AP) — Right up to the end, the status message on Saadya Ehrenpreis’ WhatsApp profile read: “Having the time of my life.”
“And he was,” Ahava Ehrenpreis said of her son...
Brad Lander: Eliot Engel’s Challenger Jamaal Bowman Is The Best Candidate For Jews
NEW YORK (JTA/New York City Council member Brad Lander) — Black people and allies are rising up in the streets to demand systemic changes to decades of racist policing. A global pa...
WATCH: Jewish Man Narrowly Escapes Bullet In Drive-By Shooting
CROWN HEIGHTS (VINnews) — A young Jewish man was nearly a victim of a drive-by shooting on Atlantic Ave on Wednesday evening.
The man was driving on Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn at ...
NYC To Give Greater Access To Police Disciplinary Records
NEW YORK (AP) — Forging ahead on police reforms, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday that the city is launching an online database that will let New Yorkers track disciplinary...
New York Declares Juneteenth A Holiday For State Employees
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s governor signed an executive order Wednesday recognizing Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees to commemorate the emancipation of slaves i...
Opinion: Our Community Is Powerless: Here’s Why
NEW YORK (VINnews/Ezra Friedlander) - We are living in difficult times. There’s been much consternation within our community, and rightfully so, about the apparent double standard...
NYPD Boss Says ‘Cut Smartly’ As Defund Police Drumbeat Grows
NEW YORK (AP) — As chants of “defund the police” thunder at protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death, New York City's police commissioner has found himself trying to avoid deep...
Pre-Wedding Crash Claims Life of 3rd Member of New Square Family
ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - The horrific accident that claimed the life of two New Square residents has turned even more tragic, with a third victim passing away fr...
Governor Cuomo Signs Legislation Requiring New York State Police Officers To Wear Body Cameras
NEW YORK (VINnews) - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today signed legislation requiring all New York State Police officers to wear body cameras while on patrol (S.8493/A.8674); and creati...
Ted Cruz Congratulates Orthodox Lawmakers Defying NYC Mayor By Cutting Chains Off A Brooklyn Playground
BROOKLYN, NY (JTA) - In the space of just 48 hours, Orthodox lawmakers in New York have gone from calling on the city’s mayor to open playgrounds, to threatening to open the parks ...
New Details Emerging in Crash that Killed New Square Men
Rockland County, NY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - A mother and her adult daughter, both newly widowed, and two children remain hospitalized in very serious condition after the horrific c...
‘No Criminality’ By Shake Shack Employees After 3 Cops Sickened, NYPD Says
NEW YORK (AP/VINnews) — New York City police determined there was no criminality by Shake Shack employees after three officers drank milkshakes believed to be contaminated with ble...
Vowing To Cut Playground Chains, NY Orthodox Lawmakers Escalate Their Battle Against COVID-19 Closures
BROOKLYN, NY (JTA)- They protested the mayor’s decision to keep the parks closed on Sunday. By Monday, they vowed to cut the chains of the park gates themselves if Mayor Bill de Bl...
Three NYPD Officers Poisoned At Lower Manhattan Protest
NEW YORK (VINnews) — An investigation is underway after 3 NYPD officers were poisoned on Monday evening.
The officers ingested the poison through eating a meal they took while o...
NYPD Closes Plainclothes Anti-Crime Unit
NEW YORK — New York City’s police department is disbanding the type of plainclothes anti-crime units that were involved in the 2014 death of Eric Garner and have long been criticiz...