Queens, NY +Serious MVA with multiple Injured+
Queens, NY +Serious MVA with multiple Injured+ A motor vehicle accident on Main Street and 76th Avenue with 11 aided on location 10 have been transported by now with Queens Hatzolah to a local hospita...
New York – Dormitory Authority To Require LEED Standards
New York - The Dormitory Authority, a New York state agency that provides financing and construction services to public and private universities and nonprofit health care facilities, will require new ...
Brooklyn, NY – Starrett City Clears Path To Exit Mitchell Lama.
Brooklyn, NY - The owners of Starrett City, a 5,800-apartment low- and middle-income housing complex, are starting a process to remove the site from the Mitchell Lama "affordable" housing program.
"W...
Spring Valley, NY – Spring Valley Candidate Accused of Choking Opponent.
Spring Valley, NY - A candidate for village trustee has accused another trustee hopeful and fellow Democrat of attempting to choke him on the campaign trail.
According to a report filed with the Spri...
New York, NY – Starbucks Under Fire, For Refusing People Take Cover In Pipe Explosion.
New York, NY - There are questions about safety and how corporate America responds in a disaster. Case in point: Starbucks and last month's steam pipe explosion.
A lot of people tried to duck inside ...
Brooklyn, NY +Unusual Haz-Mat Situation+
Brooklyn, NY +Unusual Haz-Mat Situation+ FDNY requesting all hands to New Utrecht Avenue and 65th Street after a garbage truck has picked up some garbage from above location and burst into flames with...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY – Hasidic Community Wants Clean Streets
Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY - For over two years, residents living in the area of North Brooklyn between Broadway and Flushing Avenue have been fighting to stop white plastic bags - full of advertiseme...
Monsey, NY – Pedestrian Sanitation Worker Struck Crossing Behind Garbage Truck
Monsey, NY - A 32-year-old man was hospitalized with head injuries after being hit by a car on West Central Avenue near Adar Court.Sergio Valderrama, a sanitation worker from Spring Valley, was crossi...
Albany, NY – Suspicious Fire Damages Religious School’s Property
Albany, NY - While most schools are getting ready for the first day of classes, one small religious school in Albany is instead cleaning up after a suspicious fire.
The Maimonides Hebrew Day School...
New York, NY – U.S. Stocks Rebound on Profit Outlook.
New York, NY - Stocks jumped Wednesday, recovering from a two-session retreat sparked by worries about the turmoil in the credit and mortgage markets, and questions about the direction of Federal Rese...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on Division Avenue and Roebling Street, Hatzolah responding.
Albany, NY – Spitzer Vetoes Building Inspection Measure
Albany, NY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer vetoed a bill that would have required more regular inspections of New York City buildings that have been found to be hazardous. The move came days after Mayor Michael ...
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+
Brooklyn, NY +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on Kings Highway between East 4th and East 5th Streets, Hatzolah responding.
Stamford, CT – Anti-War Protesters Show up at Lieberman’s New House.
Stamford, CT - It wasn't exactly the welcome wagon, but Senator Joe Lieberman was greeted at his new neighborhood in Stamford.
Opponents to the Iraq war, which Lieberman has supported, distributed le...
Manhattan, NY +Assault Victim+
Manhattan, NY +Assault Victim+ NYPD on the scene at West 48th Street and 6th Avenue for an aided that has just been assaulted at the train station on location. Hatzolah is responding.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Development Complaints On The Rise
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY - Construction complaints dialed into the city's 311 and 911 hotlines have soared in development-obsessed Williamsburg and Greenpoint areas.
Calls involving mishaps fl...
Colmbus, OH – Anti-Semitic Police Officer Subject Of Prior Investigations.
Columbus, OH - Police Chief James Jackson wanted to fire Officer Susan Purtee five years ago, but she fought for her job and won.
Purtee was seen on the Web site YouTube posting a series of homemade ...
Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY – Satmar Shul Finally Starts to Clean Up Its Act.
Williamsburg Brooklyn NY - After well over a year of wallowing in its own eyesoreness, the satmar synagogue at Kent and Hewes in South Williamsburg finally started getting its outer coat earlier this...
New York, NY – Staten Island Buses Will Have Power To Turn Lights
New York, NY - A pilot program starting next month will give buses the power to change red lights to green.
The technology, to be used on Staten Island, will link emitters on 300 buses to receivers...
Moscow, Russia – Chief Rabbi Begets His 12th Child
Moscow, Russia - On the night of August 28, Russia's Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar's wife Hannah gave birth to a daughter, the rabbi's press service told the media.Now the Lazars have 12 chil...