New York State Assemblymembers Steve Cymbrowitz, Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee and Simcha Eichenstein, a member of the committee, visited the site of the Culver El Housing project on 37th Street in Boro Park this week.
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Realizing they are head-to-head again on the issue of the draft law, talks have already begun between Yisrael Beitenu party chairman, MK Avigdor Lieberman and leaders of Yahadut Hatorah, as the two parties will have to find a solution to exist in the same coalition government.

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.

A 3-year-old child from East Jerusalem died on Wednesday afternoon, after having his tonsils removed.
The child underwent the surgery a few days ago and began hemorrhaging at home.

NJ Governor Phil Murphy welcomed Jewish community activists to Trenton on Tuesday, just days before Pesach. The group expressed their appreciation to the Governor for his unwavering support of Jewish communities statewide.

The IDF during the night destroyed the apartment in which terrorist Tzalach Barghouti lived, in the PA (Palestinian Authority) village of Kauber, in the Binyamin District.
Barghouti perpetrated the shooting attack at the entrance of Yishuv Ofra on December 9, 2018, in which infant Amiad Yisrael Ish-Ran HY”D was killed and seven others wounded, including his parents.

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Lomdei Daf Yomi are celebrating the completion of Maseches Chulin, inching their way closer to the 13th Global Siyum Hashas of Daf Yomi, slated for January 1, 2020 at Metlife Stadium.
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• A 10-year-old boy is in serious condition after being struck by a bus on Ben Ish Chai Street in Beit Shemesh. He was transported to the trauma center of Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem.
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During a final session of the Central Election Committee for this election of the 21st Knesset, committee chairman, Justice Chanan Meltzer announced, “There are those who attempted to challenge the legitimacy of the committee and [election] results”, insisting the committee acted equally to all parties.