WEST POINT, NY (Newsmax) – Critics have sought change of how the president acts, particularly on social media. Now, they are attacking how he walks. President Donald Trump, on his 74th birthday Sunday, took to Twitter to respond to attacks about his careful walk down “slippery” stairs after this West Point Commencement speech. Trump tweeted: […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) – New York state’s health commissioner says overnight summer camps will not be allowed to operate over coronavirus concerns. Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said Friday that it’s too difficult to manage the risks in overnight camps and maintain practices like social distancing and mask wearing. The state had previously decided that […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General Letitia James, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio are all allegedly employing a “blatant double standard” by way of coronavirus restrictions to discriminate against people of faith, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. 3 Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn, Elchanan Perr, Daniel […]

BROOKLYN, NY (JTA) – Protesters have been a daily sight in Brooklyn over the last few weeks. But the protesters blocking traffic Thursday on the streets of the New York City borough’s Orthodox neighborhoods were a little younger than usual. Their shouting — “We want camp!” — quickly made their aim clear: Orthodox children were rallying […]

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following protests of George Floyd’s killing, including one allowing the release of officers’ long-withheld disciplinary records. The measures were approved earlier this week by the state’s Democratic-led Legislature. Some of […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Four New York City ambulance workers who gave media interviews about their work on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic sued the city on Thursday, saying they were punished for speaking out. The plaintiffs include paramedic Elizabeth Bonilla, who said she was barred from patient care, overtime work and even […]

NEW YORK (VINnews) — A Manhattan NYPD lieutenant has expressed shame and remorse for kneeling alongside George Floyd protestors in an email sent to his colleagues. In a June 3 email obtained by The Post on Thursday, Lt. Robert Cattani of the Midtown South Precinct expressed his regret for his “horrible decision to give into […]

STONY BROOK, N.Y. (AP) — A man who was dressed in tactical gear was found with three explosive device in his backpack at a Long Island hospital and has been arrested on weapons and drug charges, police said Wednesday. The man, Robert Roden, 33, had walked into the emergency room at Stony Brook University Hospital […]

NEW YORK (JTA) – Astute viewers could find plenty of signs during the recent “Jeopardy!” Teachers Tournament that one leading contestant had some Jewish bona fides. There was the fact that Meggie Kwait teaches at Beit Rabban Day School, a Jewish school on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. There was her covered hair, rare among game-show […]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo will replace its police Emergency Response Team with a new “Public Protection Unit” following the suspension and arrest of two ERT members seen on video shoving a 75-year-old protester who fell and cracked his head, Mayor Byron Brown said Wednesday. The city also will halt arrests for low-level, non-violent offenses […]