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Breaking: Flatbush Skimming Attack Thwarted, Perps Arrested Red-Handed

Two perpetrators behind the large-scale food stamps and credit card scheme in New York, who installed skimming devices on multiple credit card machines at large kosher supermarkets around Brooklyn, were apprehended by Flatbush Shmira...

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NYC To Reopen Section 8 For First Time In 15 Years

City Hall announced that the New York City Housing Authority will begin accepting new applicants for Section 8, formally known as the Housing Choice Voucher program. The move will reopen a waitlist that the city shut down nearly 15 yea...

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Rockland: Bachur Critically Injured In Motorcycle Accident Near Monsey

Sunday night a frum bachur was critically injured in a motorcycle accident on West Clarkstown Road in Nanuet near Monsey....

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Congestion Pricing Heads To Court, As Critics Try To Thwart NYC’s Toll With Last Ditch Effort

As New York is set to be slapped with a $15 congestion charge to enter Manhattan, a federal judge is set to hear a last-ditch lawsuit to block the upcoming toll, which is set to go live on June 30th....

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Monsey: EBT Skimming Devices Discovered At Kosher Rockland Stores

EBT and Credit Card skimmers are being found in Heimishe kosher grocery stores and supermarkets across New York State....

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South Fallsburg: Catskills Summer Camp Burglarized In Upstate NY

On Thursday, May 2nd, Fallsburg Police responded to a reported burglary at a Frum Summer camp grounds in South Fallsburg. The report indicated that that multiple units in the camp had been burglarized, and their household appliances mi...

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Scammers Target Williamsburg and Flatbush Kosher Supermarkets

Recently, hundreds of Frum Brooklyn residents and customers, especially in Williamsburg and Flatbush the last two weeks, have fallen victim to Credit Card and EBT SNAP benefits skimming in the area. In some cases, large families have l...

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Far Rockaway Shomrim Offer $7,500 for Safe Return of Stolen Sefer Torah

Rockaway-Nassau Shomrim is offering a $7,500 reward after a safe containing a Sefer Torah was stolen from the Talmud Torah Siach Yitzchak, a local Yeshivah at Beach 9th St and Dinsmore Ave in Far Rockaway....

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Special Shabbos at Masbia in Honor of the Yahrzeit of R’ Shayala Kerestirer 

During Shabbos Parshas Kedoshim, the third of Iyar falls the yahrzeit of R' Shayala Kerestirer. In his honor and to follow his teachings, Masbia of Boro Park will conduct a very special Shabbos for their regular guests. Masbia is invit...

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New York

Monsey: Frum Mechaneches Wins Library Trustee Position in Rockland

In a historic vote, Mrs. Esther Waldman, a Monsey-based Mechaneches, won one of three trustee positions at the Finkelstein Memorial Library. ...

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New York State Budget Invests in Holocaust Curriculum in Public Schools

New York Democrats announced the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-25 Budget. It included a $500,000 investment to review and update the Holocaust curriculum as anti-Semitism continues to rise across the state, especially in public colleges...

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New York Finally Goes After Illegal Smoke and Cannabis Shops

New York City ordered dozens of illegal smoke shops shut in what Mayor Eric Adams calls “Operation Padlock to Protect.”...

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Judge Refuses To Delay Trump’s Trial To Accommodate Frum Lawyers

As Donald J. Trump's criminal trial in New York City gets underway, the Judge decided not to delay it to accommodate Frum lawyers working on it....

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Williamsburg

Williamsburg: 10-Year-Old Frum Girl Fatally Struck By Car

Tragedy struck the frum kehillah of Williamsburg Tuesday at around 2:40 pm. after a 10-year-old frum girl, Hayaldah Yita Wertzberger U"h, was fatally struck by a car at a busy triangle intersection on Wallabout St where Franklin Ave an...

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Monsey

Frum Yid Stabbed in Monsey NY on Thursday Night (Updated)

In what is believed to be a home burglary gone wrong, a Frum Yingerman was stabbed outside his home in New City, Rockland County....

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New York Food Stamps Skimming Bill Passes Assembly

As FrumNews.com reported several times, Food Stamp (EBT) skimming scams have increased recently in New York including the neighborhoods of Kew Gardens Hills, Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Boro Park and Flatbush. Hundreds of frum residen...

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Boro Park

BPJCC and Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein Present FREE Chol Hamoed Extravaganza in Boro Park

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New York

Cargo Ship Loses Power Near Verrazzano Bridge in NYC

Just twelve days after the Baltimore Bridge collapsed due to a ship losing power after leaving port, a cargo ship lost power just north of the Verrazzano Bridge—one of the longest suspension bridges in the US....

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