Early Voting Starts In NY, Candidates Urge People To Polls
NEW YORK (AP) — Candidates in New York City's heavily contested Democratic mayoral primary on Saturday urged people to go to the polls in the coming days as early voting kicked off...
Herb Sturz, Driver Of Criminal Justice Reform In New York City And Beyond, Dies At 90
NEW YORK (JTA) - Herb Sturz, whose extensive career included promoting bail reform and serving as a top deputy to New York City Mayor Ed Koch in the 1970s, has died.
Sturz, who ...
Crime Leads Voter Concerns As NYC Mayoral Primary Approaches
NEW YORK (AP) — Fear of crime is back as a political issue in New York City. For the first time in years it could be a prime factor in who voters pick as their next mayor.
Early...
One Day After Graduation, Yeshiva of Flatbush Teen Dies in Tesla Crash
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - An Orthodox Jewish Mill Basin family is mourning the loss of their teenaged son after the car he was riding in slammed into a fence, hit two dumpst...
In Brooklyn, It’s A Loud, Wide-Open Race To Succeed A Jewish City Councilman
NEW YORK (JTA) — It was only about 20 minutes into the virtual debate when the moderators had to mute two of the candidates for New York City Council.
Amber Adler, an Orthodox J...
High-Wire Star Nik Wallenda To Walk Over Buffalo Campus
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — High-wire star Nik Wallenda is scheduled to help open a college's new health clinic next week by walking a wire over the college's Buffalo campus.
The June ...
Search For Suspect After NY State Trooper Shot Near Binghamton
COLESVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Police were searching Thursday for a man they say shot a state trooper during a welfare check in the Binghamton area.
The trooper was shot in her lower b...
One Block from Homeless Shelter, Mystery Buyer Pays A Whopping $157.5M For Manhattan Condos
NEW YORK (VINnews) - And you thought housing in your neighborhood was expensive?
An unidentified buyer shelled out $157.5 million for a pair of condos at a high-rise building ov...
Cuomo Data Unfairly Assesses Vaccination Rates in Jewish Community
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Governor Andrew Cuomo’s efforts to boost immunization rates in the state by highlighting zip codes with the lowest number of people vaccinated has ...
Satmar Aronim Flip-Flop in Williamsburg, Endorsing Adams For Mayor
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Two weeks after a rare display of unity in Satmar, which wholeheartedly threw its support behind Andrew Yang in the June 22nd primary, Williamsburg...
With COVID Fading, Cuomo Shares Info Hospital Visitation Guidelines With Jewish Community
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - As New York continues to slowly work its way back from the restrictions of the pandemic, hospitals statewide will be required to allow visitors und...
Simcha Felder Pushes Helmets And Licenses For Bikes And Scooters
NEW YORK (VINnews) - Senator Simcha Felder introduced a package of legislation in the NYS Senate today to improve safety on New York City streets through education and regulation o...
Queens Man Charged With Hate Crime For Painting Swastikas In Elmhurst Neighborhood
NEW YORK (VINnews) - Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Kristoffer Bahamonde has been charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime, harassment and other c...
Adams Promises a Dinkins-Like Approach to Crime if Elected
NEW YORK (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Expect to see more community policing if Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is elected mayor of New York City in November.
Speaking on Monday...
VIDEO: NYPD Say 23 Arrested During Clashes Over NYC Park Curfew
NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty-three people were arrested in clashes with police officers enforcing a new 10 p.m. curfew in New York's Washington Square Park, police said Sunday.
Videos...
KJ Developer Buys 700+ Acre Property in Neighboring Blooming Grove
ORANGE COUNTY, NY (VIN/Sandy Eller) - Less than two months after the newly elected mayor of the village of South Blooming Grove replaced the village’s entire planning board, a mass...
North Brooklyn Orthodox Sects Endorse Antonio Reynoso for Brooklyn Borough President
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (VINnews) — Today, Council Member and Brooklyn Borough President candidate Antonio Reynoso announced that he has received the endorsement of all orthodox Jewish sect...
Prominent Flatbush Jewish Coalition Endorses Eric Adams, Unites with Staten Island, Far Rockaway, Crown Heights, and Sephardic Federation
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition (FJCC), a particularly prominent and powerful group, provided its coveted endorsement to frontrunning mayoral candidate...
Andrew Yang, Eric Adams Draw The Most Fire In Chaotic NYC Mayoral Debate
NEW YORK (AP) — Eight Democratic candidates running to be New York City’s next mayor sparred in a debate Wednesday night, each trying to position themselves as the person to lead t...
Heshy Tischler Attacked In Front Of His Home In Boro Park
NEW YORK (VINnews) — Heshy Tischler says he was attacked in front of his home in Boro Park on Wednesady evening.
According to a video released by Tischler, he was attacked by tw...