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“Chaptzem” Chase On The Streets of Boro Park leads to Armed Perps Arrest

As the Boro Park Jewish community were making Erev Yom Tov preparations, an armed suspect attempted to rob a Bochur, which resulted in a “Chaptzem” pursuit through the streets of Boro Park until Shmira apprehended the thief and dis...

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Candidate for NYC Mayor, Visits the Boro Park Jewish Community

In preparation for Sukkos, the NYC Comptroller and Mayoral candidate for the City of New York, Brad Lander, visited the Boro Park Jewish community...

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Ramming Attack Targeting NYC Jews, Foiled in Borough Park, Brooklyn

(UPDATED) On Yom Kippur, an attempted ramming attack took place on the streets of Borough Park. A Middle-Eastern man, terrorized the neighborhood, violently shouting anti-Jewish slurs and intentionally attempting to run down a Hasidic ...

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NY: Nurses from Maimonides Hospital Violently Assaulted in Borough Park

NYC: Two nurses that just finished their late night shift at Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park, Brooklyn, were violently assaulted and mugged after they left the hospital...

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Far Rockaway: Republican Activists Unite in Support for Assembly Candidate

Activists from around New York City, joined the Republican candidate for NYS Assembly on a campaign tour around Far Rockaway and the greater Queens community...

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Queens: Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato Speaks At Beach Shul Dinner

Far Rockaway, Queens - NYC: At The Beach Shul’s annual dinner recently Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato announced that she secured an increase in security grant funding for Shuls and Yeshivas...

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Senator Weber Presents Chestnut Ridge Kosher Coffee Shop with NYS Empire Award

In honor of National Coffee Day, NYS Senator Bill Weber presented the New York State Empire Award to Yoffee Coffee, one of Rockland’s newest kosher Coffee shops & cafes in Chestnut Ridge near Monsey....

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DoorDash Helps Deliver Yom Tov Meals to Families in Need Right Before Rosh Hashanah

In a heartwarming effort just before Rosh Hashanah, a major food rescue operation is underway, Masbia helping to feed over 2,000 struggling Brooklyn families in the community...

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Queens: Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato Succeeds In Getting The Far Rockaway Eruv Expanded

Good News for the Far Rockaway Jewish community in Queens, NY. Thanks to the local Assemblywoman, the Shabbos Eruv has been expanded along the boardwalk to benefit the Kehilla...

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NYPD Goes After Illegal Mopeds and Scooters With Enforcement, Task Force

NYC Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban today announced the NYPD’s enhanced enforcement strategy to help remove illegal motorized scooters, mopeds, bikes, ATVs, and other unregistered vehicles from city streets as ...

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Unity Rally In Support Of The Hostages To Be Held In Brooklyn

A special rally in memory of the six hostages murdered by Hamas last week, and in support of the hostages who are currently held captive by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, will be happening in Brooklyn...

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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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Hatzolah Air, Chaverim Honored by Rockland County Legislature for Arizona Search & Rescue

Hours had already gone by when the mother of a missing 8-year-old Jewish boy reached out to Chaverim of Rockland frantically asking for help in finding her son, lost in a cave somewhere in the middle of Arizona...

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3 Days, 3 States, 35 Members of Congress: Agudath Israel Delegates from Indiana, Ohio, and New York Advocate in D.C.

As Congress resumed, Agudath Israel of America delegates from Indiana, New York, and Ohio, gathered in Washington, D.C. for a three-day advocacy mission as part of Agudah’s series of regional advocacy missions to D.C....

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MONSEY: Open Letter From Congressman Mike Lawler

Republican Congressman Mike Lawler (NY17) who proudly represents the Jewish community in Monsey & Rockland County issued a strong statement in support for Senator Bill Weber...

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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....

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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...

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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....

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