U.S. measles cases have surged again, and are on pace to set a record for most illnesses in 25 years.
Health officials on Monday said 555 measles cases have been confirmed so far this year, up from 465 as of a week ago.
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The New York Police Department says an officer has fatally shot a man who was armed with a knife and a stick.
The shooting occurred at around 11 p.m.
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The Health Department today announced that it has closed a child care program in Williamsburg for repeatedly failing to provide access to medical and attendance records in violation of an Order of the Health Commissioner in response to the current measles outbreak.

The following is via ABC7NY:
A small plane crashed into the front lawn of a home on Long Island, and amazingly everyone walked away.
Officials say the crash occurred on Clarendon Drive in Valley Stream around 10:15 p.m.
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Central Hatzolah has joined with the NYC Health Department and released a letter calling on the community to vaccinate. The following is the letter:
Measles is a highly contagious disease that is now unfortunately prevalent in our community.

This is probably not the forum for this, but I’m going to post it here anyway.
I’m sure some of you opened up the Wall Street journal this week and saw the front page article about measles in the Orthodox Jewish population.
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At 6 feet, 5 inches tall, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio stands out in a crowd. But does he have any shot of standing out in the packed field of potential Democratic candidates for president?
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The head of the Shuvu Yisrael Institute, Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto, was crowned by representatives of the King of Morocco to the Chief Rabbi of the Muslim State. In a traditional ceremony held in the city of Rabat, the capital of Morocco, with the participation of representatives of the Jewish community, the rabbi was dressed in the traditional religious garb.

The following was written by a Hatzolah volunteer with minor edits by YWN:
So we just arrived at Columbia Hospital with a baby on board the Ambulance.
The first question as we walked through the door was not what type emergency we have, but what zip code we are coming from.

New York’s comptroller is reporting a big increase in the number of questionable or fraudulent state tax refunds this year.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office says Friday that it had blocked more than 12,000 bogus refunds worth $43.7 million as of the start of the week.