New York

News

Construction Begins For An Offshore Wind Port Near Boro Park

This afternoon, Mayor Eric Adams visited the waterfront at 39th Street & 2nd Avenue, right near Boro Park, where a large offshore wind port is coming to the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal in Sunset Park....

schedule 1 min read

forum 1 comments

News

DMV Issues Redesigned “NYC License Plate” and Driver’s Licenses

New York’s DMV announced the release of a newly redesigned New York City regional license plate, driver's licenses, permits and non-driver ID, as well....

schedule 2 min read

forum Post a comment

News

New York City, MTA Starts Crackdown on Ghost Car Drivers and Toll Violators

The MTA, which controls New York’s tolled Bridges and Tunnels and the New York City Police Department, along with regional law enforcement partners announced the results of a two-day interagency task force operation to remove ghost v...

schedule 1 min read

forum Post a comment

New York

Port Authority To “Rebuild” The George Washington Bridge Gets Funding Boost

A 10-year, $2 billion project to systematically rebuild the George Washington Bridge’s major components got a $455 million boost to continue working on structural steel that was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic....

schedule 1 min read

forum Post a comment

News

Apply Now: Summer EBT Program Gives Extra $120 Per Child For NY Families

On Monday, New York State began accepting applications for a new program designed to help families with Yeshiva-aged children buy groceries this summer....

schedule 1 min read

forum 2 comments

News

New Yorkers Can Now See Dublin In Real Time from Manhattan

A unique art installation, the Portal, has been unveiled in front of New York’s Flatiron Building in Manhattan this week, forging a real-time connection between the bustling streets of New York and the vibrant city of Dublin, Ireland...

schedule 1 min read

forum Post a comment

News

NYC Reaches Agreement To Redevelop Brooklyn Waterfront

Standing along the Brooklyn waterfront, just west of Boro Park, Mayor Eric Adams, Governor Kathy Hochul, and officials of Port Authority of NY and NJ announced a new agreement to revitalize the 122-acre Brooklyn Marine Terminal into a ...

schedule 1 min read

forum Post a comment

News

Columbia’s Anti-Semitic Protests Shows A Jewish Problem In New York

An exclusive detailed report on the Columbia protests by FrumNews.com. As anti-Israel agitators at Columbia University held a mass-protest and riot in support of Hamas, using vile Anti-Semitic language aimed at fellow Jewish students o...

schedule 2 min read

forum 3 comments

Boro Park

BREAKING NEWS! Boro Park Shmira Patrol Lead to Arrest of 4 Kidnapping Suspects

JUST IN - Boro Park Shmira, NYPD, Apprehend 4 Armed Kidnapping Suspects this past Shabbos...

schedule 1 min read

forum 4 comments

News

New York Lawmakers Finally Take On Squatters

New York legislators are finally making changes to tenant protection laws, which have enabled squatters to illegally take possession of a home without the homeowner's knowledge....

schedule 1 min read

forum 2 comments

News

FAA Investigates After Near Mid-Air Collision Between Passenger Jets in NYS

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after two jets nearly collided mid-air over Syracuse, New York...

schedule 1 min read

forum 4 comments

News

New Law Makes Retail Theft and Assault a Felony In New York State

A new law included in the New York State Budget for fiscal year 2024-25 makes retail theft more likely to be charged with a crime. According to the governor’s office, the new approach “targets every area of vulnerability” and “...

schedule 2 min read

forum Post a comment

New York

Agudas Yisroel Delegation Fights for Armed Security Guards at NY Mosdos

Agudah’s three-part advocacy mission to the states capital in Albany NY. The mission consisted of delegates, including Rabbi Yeruchim Silber met with their legislators and discussed issues facing our frum communities and Yeshiva's in...

schedule 1 min read

forum 2 comments

News

NYS Assemblyman Sam Berger Allocates $300k to Queens Shmira

Assembly member Sam Berger (D-Kew Gardens Hills) announced $300,000 in capital funding for emergency services group Queens Borough Safety Patrol Shmira to support their public safety mission...

schedule 1 min read

forum Post a comment

News

Williamsburg: Driver Who Killed Glaubers Couple Gets Conviction Overturned by Appeals Court, Again

The Appellate Court, Second Division overturned the sentence of Julio Acevedo, who killed Williamsburg couple Reb Nachman and Raizy Glauber and their baby born prematurely, z”l, in a devastating hit-and-run in 2013....

schedule 2 min read

forum 2 comments

News

Crooks Attack NYC Store Owner, Store Owner Gets Arrested

A New York City liquor store owner, who has a gun license, is facing seven years in prison after he accidentally shot a burglar, while defending himself during a brawl outside his Queens shop....

schedule 2 min read

forum 1 comments

New York

NYC Lawmakers To Commissioner: “Address Food Stamps Skimming Now”

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

schedule 1 min read

forum 1 comments

New York

New York State Confirms New Congressional Maps, Again

After a map created by the bipartisan commission tasked with creating the New York State congressional maps, ruling democrats in Albany NY created a modified map....

schedule 1 min read

forum Post a comment