YWN was given the following joint statement by Senator Simcha Felder, Assembly Members Rodneyse Bichotte & Simcha Eichenstein and Council Members Farah Louis, Chaim Deutsch & Kalman Yeger regarding the East Midwood Jewish Center:

A utility that imposed a natural gas hookup moratorium in parts of New York City and Long Island after the state rejected its pipeline plans has agreed to restore gas service and pay $36 million in penalties, Gov.
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An important meeting was held at the “East Midwood Jewish Center” in Flatbush on Monday night, and the crowd of angry residents was so large, that police were not letting people into the building.

Hate struck the Jewish community in NYC again, this time in Williamsburg.
It happened at around 5:00PM at Marcy Avenue and Myrtle Avenue, when an African American male punched a Hasidic teen in the face.
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A video shared on social media of New York City police officers pinning a homeless woman to the ground and handcuffing her has sparked outcry.
The footage, which appears to be the latest incident between civilians and NYPD officers to attract considerable social media attention, was posted by user Narvin Singh around 11:30 a.m.

Lettered and numbered circular tables lined the 150,000-square-foot New Jersey Convention Center, each one filled with a dozen rabbis and Jewish communal leaders, close to 6,000 people in all.

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This year, for the 15th year on YWN, tens of thousands of viewers from around the world will be able to view the International Kinus HaShluchim banquet live on a broadcast made possible by the organizers of the Kinus.
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New York City transit officials say a person surfing a subway train — meaning lying on top — was found dead in a Queens station.
The victim was struck at about 9 p.m.
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Two Holocaust survivors visited FDR High School on Thursday, November 21, 2019 and addressed two hundred students, from tenth and twelfth grades, describing the horrors of their experiences during World War II and the stories of their miraculous survival.

Billionaire and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the world’s richest men, has formally launched a Democratic bid for president.
Ending weeks of speculation, the 77-year-old former Republican announced his candidacy Sunday in a written statement posted on a campaign website describing himself as uniquely positioned to defeat President Donald Trump.