NYCHA Section 8 Payments Expected to Resume Monday NYCHA states that the recent delay in Section 8 landlord payments was caused by a temporary federal funding hold following the shutdown. * The agency has now received the required funds and will begin processing the delayed payments on Monday, December 8th. * Landlords are expected to […]
Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region around Aceh Tamiang are grappling with worsening diseases and a lack of medical care as workers struggled to help dozens of residents at the lone hospital in the area
Every Jewish community has moments of chesed. But sometimes, a community takes those individual acts and turns them into something far bigger- an organized system that protects families even before they know they’ll need it. That is the story of Achiezer. Not long ago, there was no real framework for navigating a crisis. […]
NOTE FROM THE MEETING: Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Mike Lawler said they are arranging a private Washington, D.C. meeting for the Skvere Rebbe with President Trump. More details will be posted when available.
A senior diplomat from Riyadh declared that reforming the Israeli government — not the Palestinian Authority — is the key to achieving lasting peace in the Middle East. Speaking onstage at the Doha Forum, Manal Radwan, a minister in Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry, pushed back against what she described as an international fixation on Palestinian […]
The New York Post reports Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the suspect in the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C. worked at the same counterterrorism base as Mohammad Alokozay, the man accused of posting a video of himself on TikTok indicating he was making a bomb to target Fort Worth, Texas.
NY Seniors May Receive Up to 65% Property-Tax Exemption Gov. Kathy Hochul signed new legislation allowing local governments to offer seniors a property-tax exemption of up to 65% of a home’s assessed value. * This raises the previous maximum exemption from 50% to 65%. * Savings for eligible seniors could reach about $300 a year, […]
President Trump unleashed on Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) after the congressman, freshly pardoned on federal bribery and corruption charges, announced he would seek reelection as a Democrat. Cuellar, 70, had faced sweeping allegations — including bribery, money laundering, and acting as an unregistered foreign agent — stemming from what prosecutors said was $600,000 in payments […]
HAPPENING NOW: U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, who was in Rockland County today for fundraisers supporting Congressman Mike Lawler, has just arrive, together with Congressman Mike Lawler, at the home of the Skvere Rebbe, in New Square for a visit.
BREAKING: i24NEWS reports that top Netanyahu aide Yonatan Urich is set to be indicted in the classified-documents leak case. According to the investigation, Urich is accused of improperly handling and leaking sensitive military intelligence. The accusations include possession and unauthorized transfer of classified material that may have endangered national security.
Israel and Qatar Hold Secret Meeting in New York to Repair Ties Axios reports a secret trilateral meeting between Israel, Qatar, and the U.S. is taking place today (Sunday) in New York to rebuild relations after the Israeli strike in Doha that killed a Qatari security guard. * Hosted by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff. * […]
FLATBUSH: Early Sunday morning at approximately 5:00 a.m., a catalytic converter was stolen from a Prius at the corner of Avenue K and East 13th Street in Flatbush. The theft was carried out in under two minutes! Flatbush Shomrim responded to the scene within minutes, however, the suspects had already fled the area. The cost […]
The Powerball jackpot has climbed to an estimated $875 million after no one hit all six numbers Saturday, marking the second-largest prize of the year and one of the biggest in the game’s history.
Waymo issued a voluntary software recall on its autonomous vehicles after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched a preliminary investigation around allegedly illegal maneuvers.
The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter. Despite little to no daylight — plus months of frigid temperatures — people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have learned how to cope mentally and physically with the annual onset of the winter blues, which can begin as early […]
