New York Court Suspends Rudy Giuliani’s Law License
NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump’s loss...
NYC Republican Mayoral Candidate Curtis Sliwa Said Orthodox Jews Are Trying To ‘Take Over Your Community’ In 2018 Video
NEW YORK (JTA) - Video from 2018 surfaced this week of Curtis Sliwa, the Republican candidate for mayor of New York City, describing Orthodox Jews as a drag on the tax system.
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Too Early To Declare Who Won 8-Way Primary For Manhattan DA
NEW YORK (AP) — On TV dramas, cases brought by the Manhattan district attorney usually wrap up in about an hour. Figuring out who’s likely to be the borough’s next district attorne...
Adams Takes Fragile Lead In NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary
NEW YORK (AP) — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams appeared to take a fragile lead Tuesday in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, but it could be weeks before it becomes...
WATCH: Andrew Yang Concedes In NYC Mayoral Race
NEW YORK (AP) - Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang conceded the New York City mayoral race on Tuesday after early results showed him in a distant fourth place among more tha...
Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Sliwa Wins Republican Mayoral Primary In New York City
NEW YORK (AP) — Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa wins Republican mayoral primary in New York City.
Voting Ends, Wait For Results Begins In NYC Mayoral Primary
NEW YORK (AP) — The votes are in. The polls are closed. But the top contenders may have a long, anxious wait ahead of them for accurate results in New York City’s mayoral primary, ...
Judge Nixes New York City’s ‘Vague’ Ban On Police Restraints
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Tuesday struck down a New York City law that had prohibited the city's police officers from putting pressure on a person’s torso while making an arrest, cal...
A Last Push, Then A Long Wait In NYC Mayoral Primary
NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen Democrats and two Republicans engaged in a last effort to rally supporters Tuesday as voters cast their ballots in New York City's mayoral primary, the fir...
Trump’s Company Sues NYC For Canceling Golf Course Deal
NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump Organization sued New York City on Monday for cancelling its contract to run a golf course in the Bronx earlier this year, a move it said was politically ...
David Weprin Blessed By The Satmar Grand Rebbe And By Multiple Other Rebbe’s
Assemblymember David Weprin, a top-tier candidate for New York City Comptroller, has been endorsed by a group of prominent Queens’s rabbis and Jewish community leaders, and he has ...
Williamsburg Art Gallery Opens Featuring Exclusively Chasidic Art
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Having attracted a large community of artists in recent years with its comparatively low rents and large spaces, the greater Williamsburg area welc...
Explainer: Ranked Choice Voting Gets Big Test In NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — Ranked choice voting makes its debut in New York City's mayoral primary Tuesday in one of the most high-profile tests yet for a system gaining use in pockets across...
‘It Lessens My Bills’: $500 Payments Tested In Upstate NY
NEW YORK (AP) - Annette Steele isn't destitute or unemployed. But for a year she'll be receiving $500 per month in no-strings-attached payments as part of an experimental universal...
Staten Island Jewish Community Unites Behind Andrew Yang for Mayor of New York City
Staten Island, NY - A group representing the Orthodox Jewish communities of Staten Island issued their joint endorsement of Andrew Yang for Mayor of New York City.
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Town Of Chester Reaches Agreement With AG To End Discriminatory Housing Practices Against Jewish Community
NEW YORK (NY AG Press Release) - New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced that her office has reached agreements with Orange County and the Town of Chester to end t...
NYC Mayoral Primary Will Be Big Test For Ranked Vote System
NEW YORK (AP) — Voters will likely pick the next mayor of New York City next week in a Democratic primary that will also be a major test of ranked choice voting, a system that lets...
Hate Crimes Proposed to be excluded from Bail Reform
Anti-semitism is nothing new. As New Yorkers, with the largest Jewish population outside of the State of Israel, we are used to seeing attacks against our people and our property. ...
Brooklyn Jewish Graffitist Who Drew Hearts On City Streets Remembered For His Art
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - New York City’s street art lovers are mourning the death of an Orthodox Jewish artist, who passed away unexpectedly last week at the age of 41.
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Fireworks Across State as Cuomo Drops All Remaining COVID Restrictions As New York State Reaches 70% Vaccination
NEW YORK (AP) -Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that 70% of adults in New York have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, a threshold he said the state would celebrate...