New York & New Jersey

NYC

Hochul Bails Out Mamdani: $4 Billion Bailout Might Close Budget Gap, Halts Property Tax Hike

Mamdani is set to finally unveil a record $124.7 billion executive budget for New York City, and Hochul is plugging the city's deficit....

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Events

Lag Ba’omer Family Fair Brings Vibrant Celebration of Yiddishkeit to Marine Park

An estimated 6,000 people gathered this year at the Lag Ba’omer Family Fair in Marine Park, transforming a major Brooklyn intersection into a vibrant hub of Jewish life and celebration. ...

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Brooklyn

Assemblymember Michael Novakhov Leads Successful Effort to Cancel Antisemitic Singer’s Brooklyn Concert

Assemblymember Michael Novakhov successfully led a multi-front public campaign that resulted in the cancellation of a planned concert by Uzbek singer Yulduz Usmanova at the Oceana Theater ...

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Chinuch

Assemblyman Schnall Introduces Legislation to Free Up Millions in State Aid for Schools to Use

Assemblyman Avi Schnall has introduced two bills that would let school districts redirect unspent nonpublic school aid between related programs instead of returning the money to the State...

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News

Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein’s Legislation Protecting New Yorkers From Extreme Utility Price Hikes Passes State Assembly

New legislation introduced by Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein and State Senator Leroy Comrie has passed overwhelmingly in the New York State Assembly...

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Crown Heights

BREAKING: NYC Dumping ANOTHER 150-Bed Homeless Shelter Into Crown Heights, NEXT MONTH

New York City is dumping 150 homeless people into Crown Heights, literally—and isn't telling the community....

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New York & New Jersey

Once In A Lifetime: Rockland County Legislature Completely Rewrites Controversial Contractors’ License Rules

Rockland County’s approved a controversial update to the county’s Home Improvement Contractors’ Law...

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NYC

It Begins: NYC Moves Forward With Bus Lanes on Linden Blvd in Queens and Brooklyn

After the city got bored with redesigning Flatbush Ave, the new Mamdani administration aims to tackle the next busy arterial road in Brooklyn and Queens: Linden Blvd....

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Business

Boro Park Business Community Turns Out in Force for BPJCC Business Breakfast

200 entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals gathered at the BPJCC Community CenteR for the highly anticipated BPJCC Business and Networking Breakfast...

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Boro Park

Thousands Enjoy Free Pesach Family Fun Extravaganzas Sponsored By Eichenstein & Felder

The annual Free Family Fun Extravaganzas have once again become a cherished Chol Hamoed tradition in Boro Park and Midwood, drawing thousands of families from across the community!...

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New York & New Jersey

Agudah Delegation Meets With Gov. Kathy Hochul and Legislators in Albany

Agudath Israel of America held its third 2026 Albany Advocacy Day, with yeshiva leaders and community advocates joining Agudah staff and board members to meet with legislators and push for key initiatives on behalf of New York’s Orth...

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Philadelphia

Project to Replace Delaware River Bridge Between NJ & Philadelphia Moves Forward With $600M in Funding

The iconic 70-year-old Delaware River Bridge will soon be replaced after $600 million was secured for the project....

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Exclusive

Boro Park Demands Answers: The Homeless Shelter That No One Is Talking About

Two apartment buildings in the Boro Park community are slated to be converted into homeless shelters, and the plan will soon become a reality—yet our leaders are silent....

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Florida

PSA: Driving With Your Firearm To Florida This Pesach?

This year, many newly concealed carry permit holders will be driving from New York / New Jersey to Florida for Pesach with their firearm...

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News

Agudah Urges NJ Assembly Budget Committee to Increase Security Funding for Nonpublic Schools

Testifying before the New Jersey State Assembly Budget Committee, Shlomo Schorr, Director of Legislative Affairs for Agudath Israel’s New Jersey office, urged legislators to raise the state’s Nonpublic School Security Aid in the up...

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News

State of Emergency: TRAVEL BAN Issued For NYC Issued For Tonight Starting At 9 PM

Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a travel ban for New York City ahead of the city’s first blizzard in a decade....

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Lakewood

Hatzolah of Central Jersey Issues Critical Blizzard Preparedness Advisory

With a major winter storm expected to impact our area Sunday into Monday, Hatzolah of Central Jersey is urging residents to take important precautions now....

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News

BLIZZARD To Slam New York, New Jersey — With Up To 24 Inches of Snow

The NWS issued a Blizzard Warning for New York and New Jersey for the first time in eight years, with total snow accumulation of 15 to 24 inches possible...

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