New Year’s Eve In Times Square Still On, With Smaller Crowd
NEW YORK (AP) — Next week's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will still go on, just not with as many revelers as usual because of COVID-19, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced...
Hochul Vetoes “Inappropriate” Bill That Would Keep Orthodox Jews Out Of Blooming Grove
ALBANY (VINnews) — Orthodox leaders are praising New York Governor Kathy Hochul, after she vetoed a bill that would have hurt an upstate Chassidic community.
The bill, which pas...
NYC Adds Testing; No Decision On Times Square New Year’s Eve
NEW YORK (AP) — With COVID-19 cases spiking in New York City, city officials said Wednesday they’re opening more testing sites, restricting visiting at city-run hospitals and jails...
Eric Adams Blasts Council Members for Pushing to Ban Solitary Confinement: ‘Do a Week on Rikers’
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Eric Adams is already talking tough and pledging to crack down on violent inmates, even before taking over the city.
The Mayor-elect on Tuesday blasted 29 l...
New York Councilwoman Inna Vernikov Saves The Day During Hatzalah Visit [VIDEO]
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - A visit by City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov to central Hatzalah headquarters in Borough Park took an unexpected turn when the newly elected councilm...
De Blasio Says ‘No More Shutdowns’ As NYC Faces Virus Spike
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he's committed to keeping the city open as it grapples with yet another spike in coronavirus cases.
The Democratic mayor ...
Yossi Gestetner Sends Letter to Adams in Support of Yeshiva Curriculums
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Chassidishe activist Yossi Gestetner, Executive Director of the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council (OJPAC), has written a letter to incoming Mayor Eric Ada...
EXCLUSIVE: YSV Seventh Grader Shares Her Experience From Blaze
I’m pretty sure I was one of the first kids in the school to discover the fire, well before anyone started leaving the building. Although by the time I noticed the fire it was alre...
Scary Legislation Would Allow NY State Officials to Detain Sick People
ALBANY (VINnews) — Could New York State become the next Australia?
A bill has been proposed by the legislature that would enable the government to detain ordinary citizens who a...
After Reprieve, NYC Is Rattled By A Stunning Virus Spike
NEW YORK (AP) — Just a couple of weeks ago, New York City seemed like a relative bright spot in the U.S. coronavirus struggle. Now it's a hot spot, confronting a dizzying spike in ...
Trump Sues NY Attorney General, Seeking To End Civil Probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump sued New York Attorney General Letitia James on Monday, seeking to end her civil investigation into his business practices.
In the ...
Fire Breaks Out at YSV, Girls Evacuated to Nearby School and Shuls (VIDEO)
FORSHAY (VINnews) — A large fire broke out at Yeshiva of Spring Valley Girls School on Monday. The entire school was immediately evacuated.
Although the fire happened on school ...
An Intersection On Manhattan’s Upper West Side To Be Named In Honor Of Shimon Peres
NEW YORK (JTA) - Shimon Peres may have never lived on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, but soon the late Israeli prime minister will have a New York City street corner named in his hon...
Vaccine Mandate on Yeshivas Begins Today…Anyone Notice?
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Today is the day. Mayor Bill deBlasio’s tyrannical vaccine mandate on yeshivas and other private schools officially began on Monday.
All Rebbeim, teachers, ...
Brad Lander, NYC’s Next Comptroller, Says He Will Push Orthodox Yeshivas To Teach Secular Subject
NEW YORK (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Brad Lander, the incoming New York City comptroller, vowed to do everything in his power to coax Orthodox yeshivas to teach a secular curr...
AG Taps Brakes On Effort To Seize Cuomo Book Profits
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's ethics commission has more work to do if it wants to seize the millions of dollars former Gov. Andrew Cuomo earned writing a book about the COVID-19 ...
Commission Rules that Brooklyn School Discriminated Against Frum Professor
BROOKLYN (VINnews) — A government ruling has been issued, stating that a Brooklyn CUNY school discriminated against a frum professor.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
UPDATE: Miriam Meltser Taken off Breathing Tubes (AUDIO)
LONG ISLAND (VINnews) — B’chasdei Hashem, Miriam Meltser, who was critically injured while driving the car that was hit by a drunk driver this past Motzei Shabbos in Woodmere, is m...
Yoel Goldman’s Renowned Development Firm Files For Bankruptcy
BROOKLYN (VINnews) — Renowned property developer Yoel Goldman’s real estate firm has become the latest victim of the Covid pandemic, and more specifically, the crushing government ...
Its Official: Sewell To Be 1st Woman, 3rd Black Person To Lead NYC Police
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams named Keechant Sewell, a Long Island police official, as the city's next police commissioner, making her the first woman to lea...