Sorrow, Grief Envelop Bronx Neighborhood After Deadly Fire
NEW YORK (AP) — Sorrow welled across a Bronx community Monday, a day after a fire and choking smoke engulfed a high-rise apartment building and killed 19 people, nine of them child...
Several With Grave Injuries After NYC Fire That Killed 19
NEW YORK (AP) —NEW YORK (AP) — Doctors worked Monday to save the lives of multiple people gravely injured when smoke from a fire knocked them out or trapped them in their apartment...
Masbia and Shomrim Come to the Aid of Bronx Fire Victims with Toothbrushes, Soup and Hugs
BRONX (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Members of the Jewish community did what they do best today, turning out en-masse to provide supplies and hot food to the victims of the deadly Bronx ...
Malfunctioning Electric Space Heater Caused Fire That Killed 19 People In New York City, Fire Commissioner Says
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s deadliest fire in more than three decades, killing 19 people including nine children Sunday at a Bronx apartment building, was caused by a faulty sp...
RESPONSE: In Defense of Yeshiva University Basketball Players
Dear VIN News:
This is in response to the letter to the editor regarding the YU basketball team not wearing yarmulkas:
As a former student at YU I was extremely disappointed ...
19 People Killed Including 9 Children And 10 Adults In Massive Bronx Apartment Building Fire
BRONX (AP) - New York City’s deadliest fire in more than three decades killed 19 people, including nine children, Sunday at a high-rise apartment building in the Bronx.
Flames s...
In Apparent Flip-Flop, Eric Adams Supports Bill Giving Non-Citizens Right to Vote
NEW YORK CITY (VINnews) — Eric Adams announced his support for a bill that will allow non-citizens to vote. The NYC Mayor’s endorsement will allow the bill, which passed the City C...
Watershed Moment In NYC: New Law Allows Noncitizens To Vote
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 800,000 noncitizens and so-called “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the ballot box — and could vote in municipal elections as early as next ...
WATCH: Eric Adams Threatens to Fire ‘Abusive’ Cops
QUEENS (VINnews) — In a newly surfaced video, Mayor Eric Adams is seen warning police officers not to be too abusive or they will be fired.
While visiting a precinct with new NY...
Chinese Immigrant Attacked In NYC Dies Months Later
A Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April while collecting cans in East Harlem has died of his injuries, and his case is now deemed a homicide, New York City police sa...
In Brooklyn, A Jewish Group Tries A Face-to-face Approach To Fighting Antisemitism
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — On Sunday, Dec. 26, in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, Blake Zavadsky, 21, was walking down the street with his friend Ilan Kaganovich when...
New NYPD Leader Makes History After A Strong 1st Impression
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s new mayor says he picked Keechant Sewell as the city's first female police commissioner partly because of her poise in handling a mock crisis he thr...
New York Times Buys Sports Site The Athletic For $550M
The New York Times Co. is buying sports news site The Athletic for $550 million, the latest move in its strategy to expand its audience of paying subscribers as the newspaper print...
No Yarmulkes on Yeshiva University Basketball Players?
Dear VIN News,
I’m so excited that the YU Maccabees are super successful and have been “crushing it” in the NCAA.
I don’t mean their athletic achievement (although these guys...
Nassau County Executive Defies Hochul On School Masking
NASSAU COUNTY (VINnews) — Newly appointed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has decided to leave the issue of school mask mandates in the hands of the schools, in direct defia...
New York Hatzolah Rush to Save Badly Wounded Crash Victim…in Virginia!
NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Jew from Brooklyn was badly wounded in a car crash this past Sunday. The accident took place in a small random town in Virginia, yet amazingly, within a shor...
Major Breakthrough: Refuah Helpline Opens Brooklyn Headquarters, Joined By Leading Gedolim, Rabanim, And Askanim Of Klal Yisroel
Including Viznitz Rabbi Yerushalayim, Rabbi Binyomin Landau, Rabbi Hershel Ausch, Rabbi Mechel Steinmetz, Rabbi Zisha Ausch
An uplifting and moving scene unfolded this past Thur...
Eric Adams Signs Order to Reduce Penalties on Businesses
NEW YORK (VINnews) — This is a rarity. A politician is reducing fines and penalties on city businesses.
Unlike his predecessors who increased fines and used them as a means to b...
Manhattan DA’s Insane New Policies will Severely Limit Incarceration, even for Dangerous Criminals
MANHATTAN (VINnews) — Just when you thought New York City could not possibly get any worse, the new District Attorney is a radical leftist whose policies appear to be softer on cri...