House Speaker Kevin McCarthy along with Rep. Mike Lawler visited various communities in the area of Rockland County on Sunday, fulfilling a promise made to the Orthodox Jewish community to return to their communities as Speaker. The trip was McCarthy’s first of the new Congress to benefit a GOP congressman; in this case, to benefit Rep. Mike Lawler, who is up for reelection in 2024. McCarthy and Lawler first attended an event in Forshay, with Rabbi Rottenberg of Forshay, Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel of Agudath Israel, and many other community leaders and askanim in attendance. At the event, McCarthy and Lawler were shown a short video from Agudath Israel which spelled out the statistics of Jewish education across the country.

A horrific crash on the Palisades Parkway on motzei shabbos claimed the life of one person and seriously hurt another. New York State Police say the accident, which occurred in Haverstraw south of Exit 114, left one of the vehicles involved in the MVA split in half in the center median. Rockland Hatzolah were on the scene along with EME and other emergency personnel. The fatal accident is the second in the North Rockland area in just the past three days. Chevra Kaddisha services were not needed in this tragic incident. THIS STORY WAS FIRST PUBLISHED ON THE MONSEY SCOOP STATUS CLICK HERE SIGN UP TO THE MONSEY SCOOP WHATSAPP STATUS TO BE INFORMED OF MONSEY NEWS IN LIVE TIME (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A contingent of Rockland Chaverim members received training from the Elizabeth Police Department regarding the usage of drones during their work. Drones, officially referred to as Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), are subject to numerous rules and regulations under the purview of the FAA, and thorough knowledge of them is crucial to successfully and legally conducting drone operations. It was with these rules, regulations, and indeed limitations in mind that Rockland Chaverim attended a UAS training program from Elizabeth PD. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A terrifying – and nearly tragic – incident unfolded in front of 76 Twin Avenue in Spring Valley on Sunday when a child found an unattended loaded .22-caliber gun and pointed it at another child in jest. As reported by the Monsey Scoop, a group of children were waiting for their school bus to arrive Sunday morning when one of the children found a gun. Thinking it was a toy, he began playing with it – including pointing it at another child. B’chasdei Hashem, the trigger was not pulled. The mother of one of the boys who happened to be outside noticed what was going on and immediately sprang into action, telling the child to drop the gun and move away from it, averting a potential tragedy. Chaveirim of Rockland were called to the scene, who in turn called in the Ramapo Police Department.

A group of burglars who posed as pizza delivery men managed to rob a Jewish home in Ramapo of more than $10,000 in jewelry. The brazen act was discovered when a woman returning home from a shopping trip at around 3:30 pm on Sunday found her front door smashed in. Afraid that someone was inside, she phoned police and Chaveirim of Rockland, both of whom swiftly dispatched units to the home. Upon entering the home, Ramapo police officers and Chaveirim units quickly determined that a burglary had indeed taken place, with at least $10,000 worth of jewelry stolen. Chaveirim units quickly got to work combing through hours of footage from the home’s surveillance system, and quickly determined what had happened.

A man posing as a window washer was arrested in Monsey after stealing multiple items from a yeshiva dormitory Monday afternoon. Two yeshiva bochurim entering their dormitory at approximately 12:40 p.m. on Monday were startled to find a black man roaming around the premises. When confronted, the man insisted that he was a window washer and wanted to provide an estimate for his services at the dorm, even offering them a business card to prove his legitimacy. The bochurim told the man that he was not welcome in the dorm and had to leave, at which point he became aggressive, threatening to harm them if they called the police on him. The frightened boys left the dormitory and called Chaverim Of Rockland, whose members arrived at the scene as the still-unidentified man was leaving.

Emergency personnel are on the scene of a major crash on the Palisades Parkway in the area of Exit 1. MONSEY SCOOP reports that a vehicle driving southbound crossed the median into the northbound lanes, striking a vehicle head on. There are reports of serious injuries, and the highway has all lanes currently closed. Additional information will be published as it becomes available to us. THIS STORY WAS FIRST PUBLISHED ON THE MONSEY SCOOP STATUS CLICK HERE SIGN UP TO THE MONSEY SCOOP WHATSAPP STATUS TO BE INFORMED OF MONSEY NEWS IN LIVE TIME (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Mike Lawler, a New York Republican previously little known outside his district, has defeated one of the country’s top Democrats for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. A spokesperson for Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney said Maloney conceded the race for New York’s 17th District via phone call earlier in the day. “I don’t like to lose, but my opponent won this race and he won it fair and square,” Maloney said at a news conference in Washington. “And that means something. So I’m going to step aside. And I had a good run.” Maloney’s concession makes him the first head of a congressional campaign committee to lose his own seat since 1992.

A group of more than two dozen famed askanim from the Monsey area have come together to endorse Mike Lawler as he challenges Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney for the NY-17 seat in the House of Representatives.

Both candidates running for Congress in NY 17 the NYS Senate district 38 visited visited the Yeshiva Association of Rockland County (YARC) at the offices of Community Outreach Center under the leadership of Rabbi Hersh Horowitz. Each candidate had a chance to meet with the principals of the local Yeshivas. Rabbi Horowitz first introduced incumbent Democrat Congressman Maloney and thanked him for “all that he has done for our greater community” and he pointed out that no matter the issue, big or small the congressman and his staff have always been accessible and responsive. He also commended the congressman for his role and leadership with piduon shvuim.