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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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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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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 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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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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Heat Wave To Return This Week To New York and New Jersey

New York and New Jersey is expected to have its third heat wave of the year this week. It could begin as early as Sunday as temperatures could reach the low and mid-90s....

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2-Year-Old In Stable Condition After Drowning in Monticello

Tehillim is requested after a 2-year-old Chabad boy from a Lubavitch bungalow colony was pulled from a pool in Monticello by Catskills Hatzolah and other emergency personnel. ...

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Lower East Side Hatzalah Vehicle Attacked By Arson

The NYPD hate crime unit is investigating after a man was caught on camera attempting to torch a Lower East Side Hatzalah vehicle on Motzei Shabbos in Manhattan....

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Queens: NYPD, Shmira Investigating Two Abduction Attempts in Kew Gardens Hills (Exclusive Update)

Queens Shmira issued a community-wide alert for Kew Gardens Hills after two suspected attempted kidnappings in close vicinity of each other were reported on Wednesday....

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Remnants of Hurricane Beryl Could Hit NJ-NY Metro Area Soon

The remnants of Hurricane Beryl have spawned suspected tornadoes and caused damage on its path toward the Northeast after causing damage and leaving millions in the Carribean, Mexico, and Houston without power. ...

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Young Monsey Girl In Stable Condition After CPR Following Near Drowning 

A young girl was pulled from a pool in Monsey and is B’Chasdei Hashem in stable condition this evening following CPR....

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Frum Girl Nearly Drowns At Monticello Water Park in Catskills

A four-year-old Frum girl nearly drowned in Monticello’s Kartrite Resort Indoor Water Park. Catskills Hatzalah paramedics responded to the call of a young girl drowning at the water park....

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Assemblywoman Pheffer Amato Named “Legislator of the Year” By NY State Police Union

New York State Assemblywoman Stacey Pheffer Amato was honored with the distinction of being named “Legislator of the Year” by the Police Benevolent Association of the New York State Troopers...

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