OJPAC Hosts Its Annual Policy Conference
NEW YORK (VINnews) - This past Thursday, June 9, 2022, the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council (OJPAC) hosted its Annual Policy Conference and Appreciation Event in Westchester,...
WATCH: AOC Refuses to Endorse Biden in 2024
WASHINGTON DC (Yaakov M / VINnews) — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was asked on CNN whether she plans to endorse Joe Biden in 2024.
Socialist AOC refused to say yes. She replied, "We...
I Closed My Eyes And Asked G-d For A Sign – Rabbi Yossi & Chana Madvig – Chabad Of Oswego New York
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Neither of us come from an Orthodox Jewish background. I was raised in a Conservative/Reform home and did not have much of an education. In fact...
YAAKOV M: Twenty-one Examples of How the World Has Gone Totally Crazy
These days, society has become pretty nuts. Things happen in everyday life that are so bizarre and comical, if they were pitched to Netflix as a movie, they would be rejected as lu...
NY State Supreme Court Sides With Mother In Dispute Over Son’s Williamsburg Yeshiva Education
NEW YORK (JTA) - A New York State Supreme Court justice ruled in favor of an Orthodox Jewish mom who said her son was denied an adequate secular education at his Brooklyn yeshiva.
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New Push In NY To Force Gunmakers To Adopt Microstamping
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York this week became the second state to enact a law intended to force firearms manufacturers to adopt microstamping, a technology in which guns imprint ti...
Felder Warns: Don’t Get Arrested! Annual Safe To Drive Initiative Starts Today
NEW YORK (VINnews) - “Summer after summer, my office gets dozens of calls from people whose loved ones were arrested and locked up for driving with a suspended license. At that poi...
Monthslong Closure Of Major NYC Aqueduct Delayed A Year
A long-planned temporary shutdown of a leaking aqueduct that supplies about half of New York City's drinking water will be pushed back a year, giving officials more time to prepare...
Trump Set To Undergo Questioning In July In NY Civil Probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath next month in the New York attorney general's civ...
Rabbanim And Leading Community Figures Join The Official L’chaim And Kvi’as Mezuzah At The New Offices Of The Renowned Marketing And Advertising Firm FriedCo Media
After years at the head of the media world, the company led by the incomparable Yoel Fried, is moving to an expanded space in order to accommodate its growth and ambitious plans fo...
Disappointment for Blooming Grove Yeshiva Parents as Court Reverses Busing Ruling
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - An Albany appellate court’s reversal of a previous ruling mandating busing for nonpublic school students on days when public schools aren’t in sess...
Hochul Defends Bills Stadium Deal, Gun Positions In Debate
NEW YORK (AP) — The two Democrats challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's bid to keep her job criticized her Tuesday for her past backing from the National Rifle Association and t...
Senator Salazar, Assemblyman Eichenstein Pass Legislation Allowing For Two SNAP Cards Per Family
NEW YORK (VINnews) - During the final days of the scheduled legislative session, the New York State Legislature passed a bill sponsored by Senator Julia Salazar and Assemblyman Sim...
Clashes Among New York Democrats After Redistricting Redo
NEW YORK (AP) — Two of New York's longest-serving members of Congress have turned from allies to rivals after a court redrew the state's congressional maps, scrambling the favorabl...
NY Governor Signs Law Raising Age To Own Semiautomatic Rifle
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state among the firs...
Bill To Limit Cryptomining Passes New York Legislature
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A milestone measure that would tap the brakes on the spread of cryptocurrency mining operations burning fossil fuels in New York has passed the state Legislatur...
New York Poised To Raise Age For Semiautomatic Rifles
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's legislature is poised to ban people under age 21 from buying or possessing a semi-automatic rifle, a major change to state firearm laws pushed throug...
Howard Johnson’s: Last Of Once Popular Eateries Closed In NY
LAKE GEORGE, N.Y. (AP) — The Howard Johnson’s restaurant in this upstate New York resort village — the last of the once-pervasive eateries serving food under orange roofs with blue...
Settlement Ends Police Stings In NYC Bus Terminal Bathrooms
NEW YORK (AP) — The police agency that patrols New York City’s main bus terminal has agreed to stop sending plainclothes officers into its public bathrooms to try and catch people ...
DA: Ukrainian Stabs Ukrainian At Brooklyn Bar, Thinking He’s Russian
NEW YORK (AP) — Anger over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine turned bloody in a Brooklyn karaoke bar, with one Ukrainian patron stabbing another Ukrainian man in the face and neck after...