Inmates at the Otisville Correctional Facility in Upstate NY received some good news today, that the prison will once again allow visitors this Friday – just in time for Pesach.
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A person is fighting for his life after being struck by a vehicle in Boro Park, Wednesday afternoon.
It happened at around 5:30PM at 17 Avenue and 47 Street, when an approximately 25-year-old male riding a bicycle was struck by a truck.
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Officials trying to contain a measles outbreak in a county north of New York City on Tuesday ordered all unvaccinated people exposed to the disease barred from public gathering places, including houses of worship, for up to three weeks.

A burgeoning movement to outlaw fur is seeking to make its biggest statement yet in the fashion mecca of New York City.
Lawmakers are pushing a measure that would ban the sale of all new fur products in the city where such garments were once common and style-setters have all rocked furs over the years.

The Mesivta in Lakewood that suspended approximately 50 Bochrim for attending the Skulener Rebbes Levaya have Boruch Hashem been allowed back into Yeshiva.
The attached video shows the Bochrim listening to a Shiur by their Magid Shiur, HaRav Michel Handlesman.

(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times)
There is an organization called the “Coney Island Polar Bear Club” where members take a plunge into the freezing cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean in order to raise funds for local non-profits.

A five-alarm fire ripped through a sushi restaurant and medical office in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
The fire broke out in the restaurant on Flatbush Avenue near Quentin Road just before 6:30 a.m.
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Tiveria Mayor Ron Kobi began his Monday angrily, as is his norm. He used Facebook, broadcasting live, accusing the chareidim, who comprise 22% of the city, of “barely” paying arnona property tax and making the city filthy.

YWN recently published an alert regarding a suspicious person that allegedly inappropriately touched multiple women on Flatbush streets. YWN asked residents to call 911 and Flatbush Shomrim if they see this individual.
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There will be a free Kumzitz event tonight at Lake Terrace Hall in Lakewood, NJ. Free admission for all bochurim. Decorum will be strictly enforced. Featuring Beri Weber, Zemiros Choir, Uri Davidi, Yossi Shtendig Productions.
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