Multiple victims were assaulted in what the Boro Park community is calling a string of hate crimes.
Sources tell YWN that the disturbing incidents started at around 12:20AM (Friday night / Shabbos morning) on New Utrecht Avenue and 53rd Street.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Petira of HaRav Yakov Halevi Lipschutz ZATZAL, a long time Rov in Monsey at Khal Bais Yosef. He was 87.
As a Bochur, Rav Lipschutz learned in Torah Vodaas and went to Beis Medrash Elyon in Monsey in 1952.

More than 50,000 runners are expected to take part in the world’s largest marathon — the TCS New York City Marathon — on Sunday, Nov. 3, with runners gathering in the Fort Wadsworth staging area in the early morning.

Three pedestrians were struck by a vehicle that jumped the curb in Flatbsuh, Thursday afternoon.
It happened at the intersection of Coney Island Avenue and Avenue M at around 4:00PM.
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Just hours after the first days of Sukkos ended, as many were heading to bed in preparation for an exciting Chol Hamoed ahead, the sound of hammers could be heard at New York City Hall.
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New York City lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill that bans restaurants and grocery stores from selling foie gras, the fattened liver of a duck or goose considered a culinary delicacy for centuries.
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A judge has reserved decision on a request to block a New York law that eliminated religious exemptions for student vaccines.
The request Tuesday came in the case of an Amish father who says vaccines run counter to his family’s religious beliefs.
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Israeli embassies and consulates throughout the world closed on Wednesday due to a strike by diplomats and consulate employees. The strike was called following a long-lasting dispute with the Finance Ministry over funding for Israeli diplomats and envoys.

Tonight there will be an open forum hosted by the NYC Regional EMS Council to address the request for a new Certificate of Need (CON) allowing Ezras Nashim (aka Chasdei Devorah Inc.) to operate their own ambulance.

An elderly man is in critical condition after he was struck by a vehicle in Flatbush, Wednesday morning.
The NYPD tells YWN that the 70-year-old man on his bike was hit around 10:15 a.m.
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