New York state is halting highway and bridge construction projects to make it easier for motorists to get to their destinations during the extended Fourth of July holiday.
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Queens Borough President Melinda Katz has pulled ahead of public defender Tiffany Cabán by 20 votes in the Democratic primary for Queens district attorney, city Board of Election officials said Wednesday night.

A former police detective who fought for the extension of health benefits for Sept. 11 responders was hailed as a hero Wednesday at his funeral.
“These heroes responded to calls for help.
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On Tuesday, July 2nd, the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Laszlo Szabo, along with Hungarian Consul General Istvan Paasztor and Consul Viktor Janzso, met with a delegation of Chabad leadership at Chabad Headquarters in Brooklyn.

John Sterling has called every New York Yankees game since 1989. That streak is about to end.
Feeling a little run down, the team’s radio play-by-play announcer will finally take a breather this weekend when the Yankees play a four-game series at Tampa Bay beginning Thursday – his 81st birthday.

Chai Lifeline, the international children’s health support network, has secured more than $200,000 in funding in the City Council’s fiscal 2020 budget to support New York City area children and families living with serious illness.

A police officer’s craving for cake batter ice cream put him and his colleagues in the right place to take action when a loaded gun fell out of a man’s shorts at a Baskin-Robbins shop in New York City.
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A fire destroyed a Jewish-owned home in Monsey Tuesday afternoon, but thankfully, no injuries were reported.
Firefighters responded to the home located at 14 Maple Leaf Road just before 3:00PM, and arrived to find the home fully engulfed in flames.
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A 14-year-old boy was sadly Niftar on Monday night, nearly three years after he was struck by a vehicle in Boro Park.
Moshe Yehuda Wolpin Z”L (son of Reb Dovid) was 11-years-old when he was on his bicycle on the way to yeshiva when he was struck by a vehicle at the corner of Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road.

A funeral will be held Wednesday for a former New York City police detective who was a leader in the fight for the Sept. 11 Victim Compensation Fund.
Detective Luis Alvarez appeared with former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart last month to plead with Congress to extend the compensation fund.