In a dash-cam video provided to YWN (inserted below), one can hear the absolutely incredible response time of Hatzolah. The video captured a vehicle blowing through a red light at 14th Avenue and 51 Street in Boro Park, and swerving to avoid another car crossing the intersection. The vehicle nearly jumps the curb – missing children and pedestrians by inches, and then slams into a parked car. The driver of the vehicle with the dash-cam had a Hatzolah radio in his vehicle, and the viewer will hear and see the time is took the Hatzolah dispatcher to field “multiple calls” and send help to the scene: NINETEEN SECONDS! We all know how long the phone call lasts when calling 911 for any sort of emergency.

DeBlasios ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ mural which he painted on 5th Avenue has once again been defaced – this time by a repeat offender. Juliett Germanotta, dressed as Statue of Liberty, has once again vandalized Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower. She sprayed herself with fake blood and wore a ‘Trump 2020’ mask. She was promptly arrested by the NYPD. SEE THE VIDEO BELOW: (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Dina Rosenzweig A”H, 19-year-old girl who was R”L killed in a crash in upstate New York on Motzei Shabbos. Dina along with a friend were both critically injured in the crash near Buffalo, NY, and rushed to the hospital. Dina was taken into emergency surgery, but was R”L Niftar on Sunday. Dina lived in Cedarhurst (Five Towns), NY, and is survived by her parents Rabbi Menachem and Devorah Rosenzweig, as well as her siblings (she was one of 12 children). Her family belongs to Chabad of the Five Towns. Please continue to be Mispallel for Esther Perl bas Chanah Devorah who remains in serious condition. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

At least 30 people have been shot, and at least 7 have been killed in gun violence so far this weekend in New York City. Many NYPD officers will no longer have the entire weekend off anymore after NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea ordered schedule changes amid the insane spike in gun violence and other issues. In an internal memo that was obtained by the Daily News, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea ordered the schedule changes to begin Aug. 31 and “remain in effect until further notice.”. Shea said in the memo that two-thirds of officers under the rank of sergeant who normally have off on Saturdays and Sundays will see changes to their schedules.

New York’s never-enforced ban on single-use plastic bags has survived a lawsuit lodged by a plastic bag manufacturer and convenience store owners, but a state judge ruled Thursday that state regulators went too far by allowing stores to hand out thicker plastic bags. A state law effective March 1 bans many types of businesses from distributing the thin plastic bags that have been clogging up landfills, getting tangled in trees and accumulating in lakes and seas. Single-use paper bags are still allowed, but counties have the option of imposing a 5 cent fee. But the Department of Environmental Conservation agreed to delay enforcement of the law as the state fought to get a court to toss the lawsuit.

New York state will apply for a federal program for unemployment money now that the state won’t have to come up with additional funds to cover a portion of what the Trump administration had originally proposed, state officials said Friday. Since “the federal government has blinked and will no longer make states provide funding they do not have, New York state will apply for the Lost Wages Assistance program,” Budget Director Robert Mujica said in a statement. President Donald Trump had signed an executive order earlier this month making money available from a Federal Emergency Management Agency fund. It was announced as a $400-per-week benefit, but put the onus on the states to pay $100 a week of that amount. At the time, New York Gov.

Anticipating a wave of mail-in voting this fall, New York state will now give voters a chance to correct missing signatures and other clerical errors so their absentee ballots can be counted — but the exact provisions haven’t yet been made public after last-minute negotiations between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers. Cuomo said late Friday he’d sign – yet temporarily tweak – legislation that calls for notifying voters about such problems and provides for fixing them. Under the version that passed the Legislature last month, the voter would have seven business days to file a form to fix the problem after a notice was mailed, in many situations. Cuomo, a Democrat, said he agreed voters should be able to correct inadvertent mistakes that would otherwise invalidate their mail-in votes.

New York City police officers have faced more than 320,000 complaints from the public since the mid-1980s, but less than 3% resulted in penalties, according to newly released data that offers a rare glimpse into the long-veiled realm of police misconduct and accountability. The New York chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday published data on complaints against more than 81,000 current or former NYPD officers after prevailing in a fight with public safety unions that had sought to keep the records secret.

Nearly six months after the coronavirus forced its closure, the 9/11 Memorial Museum will be reopening on the anniversary of the terrorist attacks next month, first to those who lost loved ones and then to the general public, museum officials announced Thursday. The memorial plaza had been open to the public with social distancing restrictions since early July, but the museum remained closed, as did other cultural institutions. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said last week that museums would be allowed to reopen with restrictions starting later this month.

New York will allow voters to request absentee ballots for the general election because of coronavirus under a new state law signed Thursday. Lawmakers passed the bill last month, and voting rights groups have been calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign the legislation for weeks. Voters were allowed to vote by absentee ballots in the June primary because of virus concerns. The Democratic-led Legislature passed a bill in late July to extend that option to November because of the pandemic and mailing delays that plagued the June primary. New York typically only allows voters to request absentee ballots if they fall into one of several categories, including absence from one’s county on Election Day.