Met Council on Jewish Poverty hosted sixty-seven elected officials and hundreds of community leaders, policy makers and heads of affiliated Jewish Community Councils at their annual Legislative Breakfast at The Yale Club in Manhattan.

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, who is already behind bars in Pennsylvania on a federal conviction, is close to being transferred into custody in New York City to face state fraud charges, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.

Numerous vehicles were towed in Flatbush in an long overdue NYPD crackdown.
The NYPD showed up outside Plaza Auto Mall on Nostrand Avenue between Avenue M and N in Flatbush on Tuesday, and began towing and placing boots on all vehicles.

A New York school district has finished installing a facial recognition system intended to spot potentially dangerous intruders, but state officials concerned about privacy say they want to know more before the technology is put into use.
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NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams has been arrested outside NY Gov Cuomo’s office during a “Housing Justice 4 All” protest with a coalition of activists.

As has been covered extensively on YWN, the Frum world is on the midst of a measles outbreak unprecedented in recent times. This is due to a small minority of people who refuse to vaccinate themselves and their children, putting their own families and those around them at risk of catching one of the most contagious diseases known to man.

Enjoy the attached video and photos of a hachnosas Sefer Torah held at the Kever of the Baal Shem Tov in Mezibuz.

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A federal judge sentenced a New York man to 18 months in prison on Monday for threatening to kill two U.S. senators who supported Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S.
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Concerned individuals have an important message to all those planning on attending the anti-vaxxer event at Ateres Chynka in Flatbush tonight:
DRESS NICELY.
A team of 4 photographers has been hired and will be photographing every individual attending this event, and will be publishing every image on social media.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he doesn’t believe it’s feasible for lawmakers to legalize recreational marijuana this year.
The Democrat told reporters Monday that he doesn’t believe there is sufficient support to pass the measure in the state Senate.
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