Two Boro Park women are hospitalized – one of them on life support – after contracting the flu.
This prompted Boro Park Hatzolah to send out an urgent message calling on everyone to vaccinate.

New York has now raised the minimum age to buy tobacco and electronic cigarettes to 21 years old, from 18.
The law goes into effect Wednesday, Nov. 13.
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Special needs children, families and educators from across NYC converged on City Hall this morning to demand that Mayor de Blasio force DOE into federal compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and finally put an end to the neglect, pain and hardship suffered at the hands of DOE.

A suspect wanted in the recent string of egging attacks against Hasidic Jews in Boro Park has been arrested.
The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force (HTCF) made the announcement on Twitter saying “APPREHENDED!!!
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The Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rishon Lezion Hagaon Harav Yitzhak Yosef visited Yeshivas Be’er Hagolah together with the head of the vaad hachinuch of Be’er Hagolah Hagaon Harav Elya Brudny, Rosh Yeshivas Mir.

The race to fill a retiring Republican’s seat in Congress has begun as Democrats see opportunity in the shifting political dynamics of New York’s Long Island suburbs.
At least two Democrats are lining up to replace U.S.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is threatening to revoke a utility’s certificate to offer natural gas service in downstate New York.
Democrat Cuomo sent a letter to National Grid on Tuesday giving the company 14 days to respond.
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that America now has its eye on a new Islamic State leader, telling the Economic Club of New York that “we know where he is.”
Trump didn’t mention the name of the new target, but he is likely referring to Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the man who has been named to replace Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as head of the terror group.

Police say a group of burglars stole $140,000 worth of luggage and jewelry from a shopping mall magnate’s New York City mansion.
The Bronx home belongs to Don Ghermezian, the CEO of the company that runs Mall of America in Minnesota and the new American Dream complex in New Jersey.

New York’s court system is planning to expand the gender options on jury documents to be more inclusive of people who do not identify as male or female.
The system aims to have the updated juror information card set for distribution by early January, said state court spokesman Lucian Chalfen.