New 5-part podcast 'Can You Dig It' explores the story of 'Yellow Benjy' Melendez, who brokered peace and whose influence allowed an emerging musical genre to take root and grow

Fordham University, a private Jesuit institution with a growing Jewish studies center, has been cataloging for 3 years the once-thriving Jewish community in its neighborhood

Brooklyn couple returns wallet found with over $1,400 in cash; man says he 'appreciates the gesture so much'

17 people, ranging in age from 2 to 50, died in suffocating smoke that filled 19-story high-rise last week; officials blame faulty space heater

Many of those displaced were immigrants from the West African nation of Gambia, who struggled to come to terms with the toll of the devastating fire

Some 200 firefighters respond to massive blaze ripping through 19-story building in Bronx; 32 people hospitalized; cause being investigated

Arrest comes after perpetrator vandalized 4 houses of worship in Riverdale, stole a bicycle and threw Jewish holy books on the ground

New York police looking for lone suspect after rocks are thrown and windows smashed at four houses of worship

Police step up protection around synagogues, Gov. Cuomo instructs State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to assist in investigation

Father of student in serious condition due to coronavirus; his sister, mother and neighbor also infected; hundreds of synagogue members in New Rochelle ordered to self-quarantine