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Frum Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Celebrated at Induction Ceremony

Frum Justice Saul (Shaul) Stein was inducted as a justice of the New York Supreme Court in Kings County (Brooklyn) at an event in Yeshiva University’s Benjamin Cardozo School of Law’s Moot Court Room....

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Five RNSP Volunteers Honored For Stepping Up In The Aftermath Of October 7th

After the massacre on Simchas Torah, better known as October 7th, Jessy Vogel, Michael Cedar, Isaac Stern, Izzy Sicherman and Micha Lader of the Five Towns and Far Rockaway flew out to Eretz Yisroel to team up with the ZAKA Search and ...

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NY Elected Officials Pass Bill To Stop Food Stamps Skimming

Food Stamp (EBT) skimming scams have increased recently in New York including the neighborhoods of Monsey/Rockland County, Kew Gardens Hills, Williamsburg, Crown Heights, Boro Park and Flatbush. Hundreds of frum residents from each nei...

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DSNY Officials Show Off Next Gen Tech To Enhance Snow Operations in NYC 2025

For the winter of 2024/2025 - According to the DSNY, Bladerunner 2.0 Technology Will Better Deploy, Track Snowplows, Salt Spreaders, and Brining Vehicles to Help City Clear More Streets More Efficiently....

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Catskills

Catskills: Upstate NY Town “Forestburgh Discriminates Against Jewish New Yorkers,” AG Says

As the flourishing Frum communities Burech Hashem grows and expands, sometimes into neighboring towns and villages, some aren't so pleased, and go to extreme lengths, bringing in the most atrocious anti-Semitic tropes. Enter Forestburg...

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Op-Ed: New NYC Matzah Bakery Rule Is To Protect Our Environment

This article has caused much conversion and controversy. Many comments are saying that
“common sense states like Florida are not instating laws and regulations like this.”...

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NYC Lowering Speed Limit To 20 MPH As State Hands Power Over Local Roads

“Sammy’s Law,” which passed the legislature and was signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, gives New York City the power to lower the already low-speed limit on most streets even further, as first reported on FrumNews.com....

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Davening, Torah and Chessed Doesn’t Stop In Woodbourne — A Peek Into The Woodbourne Shul

Over the past decade, the charismatic Rabbi Mordechai Jungreis shlit”a, the Nikolsburger Rebbe, has been a growing fixture in the Catskills during the summer season. He serves as Rav of the historic “Congregation Bnei Israel” shu...

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Staten Island

License Plate Tracking Tech Comes To Staten Island Bridges

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today announced a $10 million program to install enhanced license plate readers at its three Staten Island crossings. Data collected by such technology has assisted with the agency’s enfo...

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BORO PARK: Shmira, NYPD Apprehend Serial Burglar Terrorizing Community

Boro Park Shmira volunteers tracked down a serial burglar who committed multiple burglaries in the Boro Park neighborhood...

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Summer Season Starts at Woodbourne Shul With Nonstop Davening, Torah, and Chessed

As thousands of families escape the city heat and head off to the Catskills, a growing fixture—the historic “Congregation Bnei Israel” Shul in Woodbourne—has been in full swing. The Shul reaches thousands each day who come for ...

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NY’s Ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo Eyes Race For City Hall

New York’s disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo is eying a bid to be New York City’s mayor next year, potentially taking a shot at taking the office from Mayor Eric Adams. Reportedly, he has reached out to the union leaders and o...

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Flatbush

NY Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein and Chevra Hatzalah Celebrate Three Brand New Ambulances

Boro Park, Flatbush & Catskills Hatzalah received Brand New Ambulances...

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New Law Protecting Therapy Patients Passes New York Legislator

A new bipartisan New York bill, spearheaded by Zvi Gluck of Amudim and frum Assemblymember Sam Berger, “Gittel's Law,” aims to protect patients who go to therapists....

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New York

Serial Burglar Terrorizing 5 Towns, Far Rockaway, Brooklyn Communities Apprehended

Rockaway Nassau Safety Patrol (Shomrim) announced after many stressful and difficult months a notorious and dangerous career criminal, has been apprehended and is now in police custody....

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NYPD Awards Chabad Man Who Saved 2-Year-Old After Drowning in Monticello

NYPD awarded R’ Menachem Delevkovitz, a sergeant in the NYPD Auxiliary patrol, who was off-duty at the time, when he saved a child with CPR in the Catskills....

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Catskills Hatzalah Leads Successful Search & Rescue Training Exercise with Multiple Agencies

Catskills Hatzalah’s Search and Rescue Team, along with their Drone Team, successfully conducted an advanced training exercise in collaboration with multiple agencies. ...

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Hatzalah, Shmira, Shomrim, Chavivim, Chaveirim Warns: Be Alert When Exiting Your Vehicle

Our community emergency response organizations — Hatzalah, Shmira and Shomrim, Chavivim and Chaveirim— from the tri-state area are alerting of the dangers of leaving a child in a car r”l following a string of tragic incidents....

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