This week, thirty New York City Council members – a majority of the total 51 members – sent a letter in support of yeshivas and nonpublic schools to Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa and NYS Education Department Acting Commissioner Beth Berlin.

You may not know it, but you’ve probably been the target of a phone scam at least once in your life. Your phone rings, and you answer, even though you don’t recognize the number.
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The largest free kosher food distribution in America takes place over the course of one month – right here in New York.

Another day. More hate.
This hate crime occurred on Monday, the first day of Rosh Hashanah in Williamsburg.
As can be seen in the attached video footage, a group of thugs are seeing smashing a window of the Rivnitz Shul on Throop Avenue and Barlett Street.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day and County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert advise residents that an international traveler who has been confirmed to have measles visited Congregation Khal Torath Viznitz in Monsey, potentially exposing others to measles from September 20 to September 21.

The “Reverend” Al Sharpton, the vile anti-semite, who fueled the Crown Heights riots more than two decades ago, was honored with delivering a speech at a NYC “synagogue” on Rosh Hashanah.
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Zoo officials say a woman reportedly climbed over a safety barrier at the lion exhibit at a New York City zoo.
The Bronx Zoo says in a statement that staff received a report that an individual climbed over the visitor barrier at the African lion exhibit on Saturday.
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Using the term “illegal alien” or threatening to call ICE on a person in New York City could result in a hefty fine.
The NYC Commission on Human Rights said using the term “illegal alien” is illegal under law “when used with intent to demean, humiliate, or harass a person.”
The new legal guidance also includes threatening to call ICE on a person or harassing them for their English proficiency or use of another language.

For the second time this year, a New York City police officer has been killed by friendly fire.
Officer Brian Mulkeen was fatally struck by two police bullets while struggling with an armed man after chasing and shooting at him Sunday in the Bronx, Police commissioner James O’Neill said.

A New York City police officer was shot and killed in a struggle early Sunday in the Bronx.
The NYPD identified the slain officer as 33-year-old Brian Mulkeen.
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