The George Washington Bridge was totally closed on Thursday night due to a police investigation.
The Bridge was closed at around 9:30PM, after some type of suspicious package or bomb threat.
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A search is underway in Harriman State Park for four missing teenagers, Thursday afternoon.
Sources tell YWN that Chaverim of Rockland along with Chaverim of Kiryas Joel launched the search at around 3:30PM.
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Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that a New York City Police Department officer has been indicted for insurance fraud, falsifying business records and related charges for allegedly filing a false insurance claim, stating his vehicle was stolen when, in fact, the same car was found burned down at an earlier date.

A police cruiser constantly sits a few feet from a small floral memorial to Eric Garner on the Staten Island sidewalk where he spent his dying moments five years ago.
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From Avenue J to Kings Highway, unusually low train overpasses coupled with inadequate warning signals, have become a common trap for trucks. The resulting chaos has long irritated area residents forced to cope with the resulting gridlock and debris.

A police supervisor has agreed to give up about four weeks of vacation time to settle a disciplinary case stemming from the 2014 death of Eric Garner, a police official said Wednesday, two days after the department fired an officer for using a banned chokehold.
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YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of Rebbetzin Hindy Sitnick, wife of HaRav Dovid Sitnick, the Menahel of Siach Yitzchok of Far Rockaway, NY. She was 67.
The Levaya will take place tonight at 8:30PM at Yeshiva Sh’or Yoshuv, 1 Cedarlawn Avenue, Lawrence, NY, 11559.

A landmark Pepsi sign along New York City’s East River will also promote JetBlue for the next six weeks, and critics are finding it hard to swallow.
An illuminated blue logo advertising the airline was added to the 60-foot Pepsi-Cola sign in Long Island City, Queens, this week.

The tax department shut a beloved New York City pizza place, but the mayor vowed Wednesday to help save it.
Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted Wednesday that Brooklyn’s Di Fara Pizza “MUST be saved.” The pizza shop is located on Avenue J and East 15th Street in the heart of Flatbush.

In May of 2019, National Grid instituted a moratorium on new gas connections. According to the company, they are facing a gas shortage that will impact their ability to provide gas to new customers, whilst maintaining the gas flow for current customers.