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NY Attorney General Warns of Car Wash Price Gouging Before Pesach

New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a PSA ahead of Pesach: Warning car wash businesses that price gouging and raising their prices for Jewish customers only, seeking cleaning services before Pesach. Is discrimination and il...

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Simcha Felder Wins NYC Boro Park / Flatbush City Council Race in Special Election

NYS Senator Simcha Felder has won the election for NYC 44th City Council district which includes Boro Park and parts of Flatbush...

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NYC

Ari Halberstam HY”D Remembered 31 Years Later After Brooklyn Bridge Shooting

The ramp entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge is named "Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp" honoring the memory of Crown Heights bochur Ari Halberstam, HY"D, a 16-year-old talmud who was murdered Al Kiddush Hashem in a terrorist attack in NYC...

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Shmira Recovers Briefcase Filled with Diamonds, Jewelry, and Cash in NYC

“Shmira remains committed to serving the community, always ready to step in when needed.” a spokesperson for NYC Shmira told FrumNews.com...

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New York

LONG BEACH FIREFIGHTERS JOIN PURIM CELEBRATIONS AT BACH JEWISH CENTER

BACH Jewish Center hosts Fire Department for Purim Extravaganza...

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Boro Park

Emergency Community Rally to Protest Boro Park Homeless Shelter

An emergency rally to protest against NYC opening two new homeless shelters in the Boro Park Jewish community...

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New York

NYS Assemblyman Lester Chang Introduces Bill To Make October 7th A Day Of Remembrance In The State Of New York

Establishes a day of commemoration known as "October 7th Remembrance Day" New York is home to the largest Jewish communities outside of Israel...

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Shmira Advisory: Make Sure Video Cameras Are Recording When Changing Clocks Motzei Shabbos For “Spring Forward”

The Shmira surveillance team put an advisory for the community that when changing your clock, it’s a good reminder to also double check that your video cameras are recording...

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MET COUNCIL & UJA OPEN STATE-OF-THE-ART BROOKLYN HUB

The Met Council on Jewish Poverty (Met Council), in partnership with UJA-Federation of New York, has officially opened its $12.5 million Brooklyn Hub...

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Shomrim, NYPD Bust Counterfeit Ring After Hitting Boro Park Stores

Boro Park Shomrim received several reports recently of counterfeit bills being used at local stores...

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Boro Park

Police Impersonator Caught After Attempting to Pull Over Shmira Unit in Brooklyn

A man impersonating a police officer was apprehended after he attempted to pull over a Shmira member in Boro Park...

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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...

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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”...

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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...

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Boro Park

BB Gun Pellets Shot At Bus Outside Boro Park Jewish Girls School

The NYPD and Boro Park Shmira are investigating after a BB gun was fired at a school bus outside a local Jewish girls school...

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Monsey

Photo Of The Day – Chaverim Of Rockland

Chaverim of Rockland volunteer was spotted jump-starting a Rockland County Hazmat van, at the scene of a Fire-Hazmat incident in Chestnut Ridge near Monsey today...

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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...

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Boro Park Street To Be Co-Named in Memory of Misaskim founder Reb Yanky Meyer

Brooklyn Community Board 12 voted tonight to approve a street co-naming in Borough Park in memory of Misaskim founder Rabbi Jack (Yanky) Meyer z"l...

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