Magazine Recognizes Two Orthodox Jewish Leaders for Flexing Their Political Muscles to Help Brooklynites
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - A list of Brooklyn’s 50 most powerful non-elected political figures published by a recognized New York City news magazine includes two well known f...
Video: Recorded Attack On NYC Black Runner Is Charged As A Hate Crime
NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was captured on video throwing a bottle at a Black runner in New York City and yelling a racial slur at her has been charged with attempted assault as a...
NYC Mayor Pledges Communal Effort as City Fights COVID Flare Ups in Six Jewish Neighborhoods
NEW YORK CITY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Citing previous successful efforts by the city to curtail the spread of the pandemic by focusing on hot spots, Mayor Bill de Blasio said that ...
Feds Threaten Funds To NYC, Seattle And Portland Over Unrest
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department identified New York City, Portland, Oregon, and Seattle as three cities that could have federal funding slashed under a memorandum by Presi...
NYC Police Officer Charged With Spying On Tibetan Immigrants
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer was charged Monday with spying on Tibetan immigrants in the United States as an “intelligence asset” for the Chinese government.
A...
Monsey EMTs Die In Post Rosh Hashana Thruway Crash
SUFFERN, NY — (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Two Monsey-area EMTs were killed early this morning in a fiery rollover crash on the New York State Thruway that took place just moments away ...
Kiryas Joel Releases Urgent COVID Bulletin After County Slaps Main Synagogue with Violation Notice
PALM TREE, NY (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - Hours after the Orange County Health commissioner slapped a violations notice on Kiryas Joel’s main synagogue, the village’s Office of Emergen...
NYC Again Delays In-person Learning For Most Students
NEW YORK (AP) — Short of staff and supplies for opening New York City's public school system for both remote and in-person learning during the coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Bill de B...
Doubts Persist At Start Of NYC’s Hybrid School Year
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's already- delayed school year started remotely Wednesday in a soft opening that will serve as a prologue to the return of students to actual classroo...
New York Yeshiva Closes After 13 Students Test Positive For COVID-19
NEW YORK (JTA) – At least 13 students at a yeshiva in Queens, New York, tested positive for COVID-19 just weeks into the new school year and days before Rosh Hashanah.
Yeshiva D...
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Steve Cohen Agrees To Buy Mets
NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen has agreed to buy the New York Mets from the Wilpon and Katz families.
The team announced the agreement on Monday. The...
NY Sports Club Latest Chain To Seek Bankruptcy Protection
NEW YORK (AP) - The company that runs New York Sports Club and Lucille Roberts gyms filed for bankruptcy protection with COVID-19, still prevalent in man parts of the U.S., gutting...
London Mayoral Hopeful Suspended For Telling Voters In 1997 ‘Don’t Vote For A Jew’
LONDON (JTA) - The United Kingdom’s fourth largest party suspended a candidate for mayor of London who was filmed in 1997 telling voters not to support a Jew.
The Liberal Democr...
NYC Teachers Union Will Block School Reopening
NEW YORK — The New York City teachers union warns it won’t let the nation’s largest school district reopen for in-person classes this month if the city doesn’t issue protective equ...
Cuomo Clears Way For Indoor Dining To Resume In NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City restaurants can resume indoor dining on Sept. 30 at 25% capacity with other restrictions, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday.
Cuomo said all customer...
Earthquake Strikes New Jersey, Shaking Reported Across State
NEW YORK (AP) — A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck in East Freehold, New Jersey, early Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Residents took to social media to e...
Trump Rips De Blasio And Cuomo For ‘Destroying’ New York City
NEW YORK (VINnews) — President Trump took New YorkCity's leadership to task on Tuesday for the poor handling of the reopening of businesses in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Covid Positivity Rates Spike In Orthodox Neighborhoods In New York City, With Large Weddings Eyed As A Culprit
NEW YORK (JTA) - Rising fears about a second wave of coronavirus cases in New York City’s Orthodox communities appear to be coming to pass, with the proportion of tests turning up ...
New York City Warns of Coronavirus Spike In Orthodox Communities
NEW YORK (VINnews) - In recent days, we have observed heightened rates of COVID-19 in many neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations. The neighborhoods that have present...
From the Psych Ward to the Slammer: NYPD Arrests Suspect in Williamsburg Brutal Beating
BROOKLYN (VINnews/Sandy Eller) - A Williamsburg resident who has a long history with the NYPD is under arrest for a malicious attack that took place more than a week ago and left a...