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Watch: Boro Park Shmira CCTV Database Leads To Recovery of Tefillin

A Frum Williamsburg resident was visiting Boro Park to buy a hat, and while shopping his son's Teffilin was stolen. In a video he explains it was nearly impossible for him to track down CCTV footage for two days, until he reached out t...

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Boro Park

Bais Yaakov Students Spread the Light of Chanukah Together With the BPJCC

In preparation for Chanukah, Bais Yaakov students volunteered to package gifts for Boro Park Holocaust survivors, who continue to be a light unto the nation...

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New York State To Deploy National Guard To The MTA Subways in NYC

New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced plans to deploy 250 members of the NY National Guard to patrol the NYC Subway System ahead of New Years...

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Boro Park

Boro Park To Flatbush in 5 Minutes? MTA Plans New Brooklyn Subway Line

FrumNews.com Exclusive Report - A new light rail line would connect the communities of Flatbush, Boro Park and Crown Heights and provide a much-needed connection between Brooklyn and the frum neighborhoods of Queens....

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NYC Sanitation Department Adding Ticket Cameras On Street Sweepers

NYC "gotcha tickets" A new bill was introduced to the New York State Assembly that would add cameras to the DSNY's street sweepers to further crackdown on alternate-side parking violators....

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MTA Adding Ticket Cameras On NYC City Buses

The MTA announced on Monday the activation of Automated Camera Enforcement (ACE) on 14 bus routes across Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx in New York City...

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NYPD To Deploy Drones By Shootings And 911 Calls In NYC

The NYPD will test new first responder unarmed surveillance drones rather than send its costly and noisy helicopters....

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Boro Park JCC Offers Free Winter Amazon Course

Due to popular demand, the BPJCC (Boro Park Jewish Community Council) will again offer a free series of Amazon Sellers Courses to Boro Parkers...

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“The War On Cars Continues” – NYC Lowers Speed Limit To 20 MPH

A new bill in Albany gave New York City the power to lower the already low speed limit on most streets even further....

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Wieder, Eichenstein, Join Masbia Thanksgiving Pack-A-Thon With Americas First Jewish Congregation

Last week, on Thanksgiving at Kehilat Shearith Yisrael Synagogue (which is America's oldest Jewish congregation, founded in 1654, predates the U.S.) the Shul hosted the Masbia Food Pantry pack-a-thon...

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Boro Park

New Business Alliance Powered by BPJCC Will Support Boro Park Businesses

The Boro Park JCC created a Business Alliance for the community to maximizing the full potential of breadwinners and the businesses that employ them throughout Boro Park....

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“Bankrupting Commuters” – New Bipartisan Bill Wants To Kill NYC Congestion Pricing

New York City plans to toll commuters through lower and midtown Manhattan. Based on similar congestion pricing schemes in major cities like London, Stockholm and Singapore, the plan is to reduce congestion on Manhattan's busy streets b...

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Gotcha: NYC To Add Bus Lanes To Flatbush Ave Corridor

Special Report: The DOT always looking for a way to fight cars, introduced a plan to add bus lanes to one of Brooklyn’s most trafficked roads: Flatbush Avenue....

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NYC Lawmakers To Ban Masks At Protests

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, who proudly serves the Jewish community of Riverdale, and co-sponsored by frum Assemblyman Sam Berger who proudly serves the Jewish community in Queens, introduced a new bill to curb identity concealment i...

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Two Close Calls at JFK and LaGuardia Airports Could have Ended In Disaster

A near collision and a close calls at John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport in New York City could have been a potential disaster involving several planes...

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NY Elected Officials, States and Feds Aim To Stop Food Stamps Skimming Fraud

As FrumNews.com reported several times, Food Stamp (EBT) skimming scams have increased over the past year in New York including the neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Boro Park and Flatbush, Recent efforts, both in the tri-s...

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Berger/Felder Bill to Strengthen Protections Against EBT Skimming is Signed Into NY Law

NYS Legislation from Assemblyman Sam Berger and Senator Simcha Felder requires EBT systems to allow benefit recipients to cancel and lock their EBT card when fraud is suspected or reported...

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PSA: NJ Police Arresting Drivers On Palisades Parkway For Illegal Plates

According to confirmed reports given to FrumNews.com, along the Palisades Interstate Parkway, Police have been cracking down on drivers who use illegal license plate covers or obstructed and altered letters on their license plates....

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