A person is fighting for his life after being struck by a vehicle in Boro Park, Wednesday afternoon.
It happened at around 5:30PM at 17 Avenue and 47 Street, when an approximately 25-year-old male riding a bicycle was struck by a truck. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Officials trying to contain a measles outbreak in a county north of New York City on Tuesday ordered all unvaccinated people exposed to the disease barred from public gathering places, including houses of worship, for up to three weeks.
New York State Assemblymembers Steve Cymbrowitz, Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee and Simcha Eichenstein, a member of the committee, visited the site of the Culver El Housing project on 37th Street in Boro Park this week. Read more on Yeshiva World News
A burgeoning movement to outlaw fur is seeking to make its biggest statement yet in the fashion mecca of New York City.
Lawmakers are pushing a measure that would ban the sale of all new fur products in the city where such garments were once common and style-setters have all rocked furs over the years.
NJ Governor Phil Murphy welcomed Jewish community activists to Trenton on Tuesday, just days before Pesach. The group expressed their appreciation to the Governor for his unwavering support of Jewish communities statewide.
(By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for the Five Towns Jewish Times)
There is an organization called the “Coney Island Polar Bear Club” where members take a plunge into the freezing cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean in order to raise funds for local non-profits.
A five-alarm fire ripped through a sushi restaurant and medical office in Marine Park, Brooklyn.
The fire broke out in the restaurant on Flatbush Avenue near Quentin Road just before 6:30 a.m. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Another major bridge in the New York City area is going cashless.
The electronic tolling system will debut at the Outerbridge Crossing connecting Staten Island with Perth Amboy, New Jersey next Wednesday. Read more on Yeshiva World News
Most registered voters in New York support the plastic bag ban recently passed by the Democrat-controlled state Legislature, but they’re not so keen on the big pay raise lawmakers approved for Gov. Read more on Yeshiva World News
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