Daily Archives: June 19, 2005

Major Accident On Empire & Troy

Motzoai Shabbos at 2:30AM there was a major crash involving 3 cars.

Apparently a commercial delivery van was coming up Troy Ave. and hit a car going down Empire Blvd. and spun him around then tried to flee the scene and in the process he hit a livery cab head on and was stopped short, then got out of his van and fled the scene on foot.

B”H no Jew’s were involved in the incident and Shomrim were there to verify that, allegedly the Fire Departments (FDNY) response time exceeded 7 minutes and the police took more then 20 minutes to arrive at the scene.

2 of the victims were transported to a nearby hospital and listen in stable condition and the rest were treated at the scene.

More pictures in the extended article.

B’klyn Senator Compars The Gaza Pullout To Slavery

A Brooklyn politician running for district attorney has compared the evacuation of Jewish residents in the Gaza Strip to the experience of black Americans with slavery.

State Sen. John Sampson (D-East Flatbush) made the controversial comments while on a tour of Israel this month with Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Borough Park).

“This, in certain ways, is like slavery,” Sampson told Worldnet Daily last week. “It’s the same general concept … completely violating these Gaza residents’ civil rights and kicking them out of their homes.”

Sampson’s comments brought a swift response from Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, who called the remarks “the height of arrogance.”

Sunday: Gathering in memory of Rabbi Levi Bialo OBM

On Sunday morning at 10:30am, a gathering in memory of Rabbi Levi Bialo A”H, will take place in Bais Binyomin, Montgomery St. (btw Kingston and Albany).

Brunch will be served.

Levi was killed in a terrible accident in Toronto when a train collided with his car.

Sunday: Sium Safer Torah

On Sunday morning there will be a Siyum Sefer Torah that was written in memory of R’ Nechemiah ben R’ Mordechai Kessler a”h.

The Sium will take place @ 737 Eastern Pkwy. (between Kingston Ave. & Brooklyn Ave.) from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

There will be a special program for children the Small Wonder Puppet Theatre at 11:00 a.m.

Afterward there will be a procession to Empire Shtiebel.

City reaches $1.25M settlement with family of Crown Heights victim

Admitting that the hospital that treated Yankel Rosenbaum 14 years ago made errors, the city on Friday reached a $1.25-million settlement with the family of the slain doctoral student.

The negotiated settlement was announced Friday in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, where a jury was deliberating a $10-million malpractice lawsuit brought by the family shortly after Rosenbaum’s death in 1991.

The Rosenbaum family, which could not be reached for comment, had recently declined a city offer to settle the case for $1 million because city officials would not admit that Kings County Hospital had botched Rosenbaum’s care.

Rosenbaum was stabbed four times by Lemrick Nelson on Aug. 20, 1991, during a race riot in Crown Heights that erupted after a Hasidic driver accidentally struck and killed Gavin Cato, 7, an African-American boy.