Tenafly, NJ – Offering Eruv Settlement
Tenafly, NJ - Under a proposed settlement that could end a five-year legal battle, the Bergen County borough of Tenafly has reached an agreement with a group of Orthodox Jews that would allow a symbo...
Borough Park +Hazmat Situation+
Borough Park +Hazmat Situation+ Hazmat BC and Squad are operating at 18th Avenue and 51st Street on the scene of a leaking 55 gallon drum.
NJ +Lincoln Tunnel Traffic Advisory+
NJ +Lincoln Tunnel Traffic Advisory+ Inbound Lincoln Tunnel - from NJ to Manhattan - a MVA earlier in one of the south tubes is causing an hour delays into the city.
Orange County – Bid To Lead Legislature Kiboshed By Kiryas Joel Stance
Orange County - As the county lawmaker representing a district that borders Kiryas Joel, Spencer McLaughlin has long criticized the Hasidic community's rapid growth and what he felt were the undue bur...
Brooklyn +Belt Pkwy Traffic Alert+
Brooklyn +Belt Pkwy Traffic Alert+ Eastbound of the Belt Parkway and 8th Street near the Shore Parkway, Toys R' US parking lot,an unauthorized tractor trailer on the parkway struck the pedestrian over...
Williamsbrg Bridge +Traffic Alert+
Williamsbrg Bridge +Traffic Alert+ A motor vehicle accident on the Williamsburg Brige ramp to the Brooklyn Queens Expressway blocks the center ans the right lanes, heavy delays across the span.
New York +Minor Earthquake+
New York was slightly shaken by a minor earthquake.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake measured a 3.7 magnitude and was felt at 10:37 a.m. in an area stretching from the border of Canada south ...
Borough Park +Motor Vehicle Accident+
Borough Park +Motor Vehicle Accident+ A MVA in Borough Park at 41st Street and 14th Avenue, has Hatzolah on the scene requesting ambulance to respond.
NY City Official Sentenced For Staten Island Ferry Crash
New York - The city's former ferry director has been sentenced to a year in prison for the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash that killed 11 people.
The pilot at the helm of the Staten Island ferry crash...
U.S. Supreme Court OK’s Funds In School Case
Washington - The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling that allows use of federal funds in a program placing young teachers in religious schools.Last year, the federal appeals court based in Wa...
Manhattan +Technical Rescue+
Manhattan +Technical Rescue+ A major collapse of the 1st floor of a 6 story 25x50 building under construction at 331 East 51st Strett between 1st and 2nd Avenues a few people reported pinned, signal 1...
Borough Park +Person Under Train+
Borough Park +Person Under Train+ A female was struck and now under train at Fort Hamilton Parkway and New Utricht Avenue, NYPD ESU on the scene requesting to shut off power, FD enroute.
U/D: 10:04
A...
Brooklyn – Lots Of Cocoa Beans In The East River
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Brooklyn - A barge docked at the Brooklyn marine terminal near Cobble Hill at pier 7 overturned and sank, leaving five railroad cars filled with raw cocoa beans submerged in the East River. The 800...
Religious Owners With Businesses On The Web, Placing Limits On 24/7
Consumers have grown to expect around-the-clock pampering from Internet merchants, who have been pushed by rivals to offer customer service even on weekends.
But this trend is being bucked by many wit...
Flatbush +Pedestrian Struck+
Flatbush +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident in Flatbush with a pedestrian that was struck on East 5th Street between Avenues T and U, Hatzolah on the scene requesting Medics and a bus.
Manhattan +2nd Alarm Fire/Road Closure+
Manhattan +2nd Alarm Fire/Road Closure+ Due to FD activity for a 2nd alarm fire on the 2nd and 3rd floors of 35 West 43rd Street, PD has closed down the streets of West 43rd Street between 5th and 6th...
Washington – Vice President Taken To Hospital
Washington - Vice President Dick Cheney taken to hospital suffering shortness of breath.
U/D: 08:22
The Vice President has just left the hospital, after treatment for shortness of breath.
NYC – Orthodox Jew Getting Ready To Run For State Senate
NYC - Citywide Coordinator for the Mayor's office, and Coounity Assistance Unit, Mr. Fred Kreizman, a frum Orthodox Jew and very well known and admired by many chasdic and orthodox jews in NYC., will ...
