An issue that has been plaguing the US passport obtaining process is certain individuals who have been acting as private brokers for passport appointments. These individuals stockpile appointment times and then sell them to others, often at exorbitant prices. Moreover, it is these very brokers who are often the reason individuals are unable to secure a passport appointment. Following months of pressure on the US State Department to derail these games, Rep. Mike Lawler (NY-17) has secured confirmation from officials that new measures are being implemented to prevent brokers from gaming the system. To achieve this goal, Lawler, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, recruited the assistance of committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-TX).

Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso today announced $575,000 in capital funding allocated to Hatzoloh Incorporated to buy two new all-electric ambulances, one to cover the Boro Park area and the other to cover the Williamsburg area. The FY24 capital funding allocation is the Borough President’s first to be publicly announced and will enable Hatzoloh Incorporated to meet the needs of the growing and aging population in Brooklyn. “Growing up in Williamsburg, I saw firsthand how Hatzoloh enhances the health of entire neighborhoods,” said Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso. “In times of great need and urgency, Hatzoloh first responders are there to provide comfort and care, and with two new ambulances, their reach can grow even larger.

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JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Beit Shemesh Mayor Aliza Bloch was evacuated from a building in the Ramat Beit Shemesh B neighborhood on Tuesday night, where she had arrived to inaugurate a new school of the Vizhnitz Hasidic movement.