Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers forced a much narrower review of his seized electronic devices after complaining that prosecutors looking for proof of a crime were going to see information going back to his early days as New York City’s mayor 26 years ago, court papers released Tuesday show. The lawyers complained in late August to a Manhattan federal judge that devices seized from ex-President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney during late-April raids contained at least 26 years of data stretching from Feb. 24, 1995, to midway through this year. Giuliani was New York City’s mayor from 1994 through 2001.

Former New York City Health Commissioner Mary Bassett will become the top health official in the state as it seeks to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday. Bassett will replace outgoing state Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, a key figure in former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic response. Zucker has been criticized over his handling of pandemic, especially in relation to nursing homes. Hochul recently announced his resignation. Bassett’s appointment is effective Dec. 1. Zucker had agreed to stay until his replacement came on board. Hochul lauded Bassett’s 30 years of experience in the public and private sectors and her devotion to health equity and social justice.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Moshe David Tendler Z”L. He was 95. Rav Tendler was the son in law of the late Posek Hador, Hagaon HaRav Moshe Feinstein ZATZAL. He was the Rov of the Community Synagogue of Monsey, New York. He served as one of the rosh yeshiva in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University. He was a professor of biology and expert in medical ethics. He served as chairman of the biology department at Yeshiva University. Levaya and additional details will be published shortly. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

New York City faced mounting pressure Friday to solve its spiraling jail crisis, with members of Congress calling for a federal civil rights investigation and a court-appointed monitor blasting the city for a failure of leadership amid staggering violence, self-harm and the deaths this year of at least 12 inmates. U.S. District Judge Laura Swain, overseeing a jail consent decree, said on an emergency conference call Friday that the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex is “clearly in a state of danger and crisis.” On the call, lawyers for inmates and city government debated the monitor’s latest recommendations for reversing deteriorating conditions and debilitating staff absences.

At least 5 people were injured in a major crash in Williamsburg, Sunday afternoon,. It appears that a vehicle lost control, and slammed into at least three other cars at Marcy Avenue and Flushing Avenue at around 5:45PM. Williamsburg Hatzolah and FDNY EMS responded to the scene. A total of 3 patients were transported to the hospital, and an additional two people refused treatment. Williamsburg Shomrim was on scene assisting as well. The videos below from security cameras show the shocking crash happen:

New York City schools have been temporarily blocked from enforcing a vaccine mandate for its teachers and other workers by a federal appeals judge just days before it was to take effect. Workers in the nation’s largest school system were to be required to show vaccination proof starting Monday. But late Friday, a judge for the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary injunction sought by a group of teachers pending review by a three-judge panel, which will take up the motion Wednesday. Department of Education spokesperson Danielle Filson said officials were seeking a speedy resolution in court.

A new smartphone app being rolled out this week allows officers in New York City’s community policing program to log neighborhood concerns like graffiti, loud music and public intoxication and keep track of whether they’ve been addressed. The internal app, the NYPD’s latest push toward digitizing communications within the department, improves on the more scattershot ways officers have been keeping tabs on community problems from shift to shift — namely, calling, texting or emailing one another. Information is now centralized and available around the clock to more officers and supervisors, meaning problems are less likely to fall through the cracks and off-duty officers won’t be getting woken up at home if they forget to pass along details about a particular matter.

A New York state court dismissed a $7.3 million tax whistleblower suit brought by the state attorney general against Manhattan-based B&H Foto, finding the photography retailer’s “instant savings” program transactions aren’t manufacturer coupons subject to sales tax. James’ office accused the photo and video equipment retailer in 2019 of failing to pay at least $7.3 million in sales and use taxes on $67 million in so-called instant savings reimbursements from 2006 to July 2017.

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday sued his estranged niece and The New York Times over a 2018 story about his family’s wealth and tax practices that was partly based on confidential documents she provided to the newspaper’s reporters. Trump’s lawsuit, filed in state court in New York, accuses Mary Trump of breaching a settlement agreement by disclosing tax records she received in a dispute over family patriarch Fred Trump’s estate. The lawsuit accuses the Times and three of its investigative reporters, Susanne Craig, David Barstow and Russell Buettner, of relentlessly seeking out Mary Trump as a source of information and convincing her to turn over documents. The suit claims the reporters were aware the settlement agreement barred her from disclosing the documents.

New York state Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker has submitted his resignation, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Thursday. Zucker will stay on board until a replacement is made to assist in the transition amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, where he led the defense of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s oft-critized response. It’s not clear who might replace him. Hochul, a Democrat, said she agreed with Zucker’s decision to step down, thanked him for his years of service and said he was moving on to other ventures.