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$16 Billion NY-NJ Rail Tunnel Gets Billions In Funding From Feds
The long-delayed “Gateway Project,” which would construct new rail tunnels under the Hudson River, has secured a whopping $6.9 billion in federal grants—the largest grant ever signed by the agency...
Lakewood High School Girls Step Up to Support Special Children’s Center During School Closures
When unexpected special needs school closures left parents scrambling for childcare, The Special Children’s Center once again proved to be a pillar of support for the community...
NY Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato Defends Yeshiva Students and Families
Rabbi Yeruchim Silber of Agudath Israel was in attendance and praised Pheffer Amato for being a strong defender of Yeshiva education. “The Assemblywoman is our Yeshivas’ most effective advocate in Albany”...
Hundreds of EBT Skimming Scam Attacks Reported in Lakewood Frum Community
As ATM and Food Stamps (EBT) skimming scams have increased in Lakewood & Brooklyn Frum neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Boro Park and Flatbush. Hundreds of frum residents reporting that their EBT benefits have been emptied...
NY Governor Hochul Signs Legislation Penalizing Public Utility Companies that illegally Hike Rates
Legislation sponsored by Boro Park frum Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein was signed into law by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, severely fines public utility companies that knowingly or deliberately provide false information to the NYS P...
Pilot Program Pitched to US Airline Carriers to Begin Direct Flights to Hungary
Tens of thousands of American Orthodox Jews travel to Hungary annually to pray at many different gravesites including the gravesite of Reb Shayeleh Kerestirer (REB SHAYE BEN REB MOSHE ZT”L) in the village of Bodrogkeresztúr, Hungary...
Should Lakewood Merge With Surrounding Towns Into 1-Large City?
“The City Of Lakewood” Our neighborhoods—Lakewood, Jackson, Brick, Toms River and Manchester, NJ—each possess unique strengths and vibrant communities. By uniting into one city, we can unlock incredible benefits for everyone...