The New York City Emergency Management Department today issued a travel advisory for Thursday afternoon through Friday, December 23. New York City is also urging New Yorkers in coastal communities to prepare ahead of the winter storm.
This year, on the first night, Mayor Eric Adams addressed the crowd at the World’s Largest Menorah, followed by Israel’s United Nations Ambassador Gilad Erdan who then recited the three blessings on the first light of the menorah and lit the first candle. They were hosted by Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman, director of Lubavitch Youth Organization and joined by real estate developer Rotem Rosen.
On the streets of the “Greatest City on Earth,” and in countless cities across the globe, it is the public menorah which many have come to look to, to set the tone and the spirit of the holiday season. And this year’s “new light” will be a shining public art menorah installation commissioned by The Howard Hughes Corporation for the Seaport, a historic waterfront neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.
The NYC DOT has alerted residents to an impending storm that may increase the dangers on the road.
A Manhattan judge let one of the two men accused of plotting to attack New York City synagogues continue to walk free Wednesday — after prosecutors asked for the second time in two weeks that he be held in jail without bail.
The NYPD’s report on hate crimes for the month of November noted 45 Anti-Jewish incidents reported to law enforcement. That made up 60% of all hate crimes across the city.
The National Weather Service has announced a Wind Advisory for parts of New York City as a cold front moves into the area Wednesday.
In accordance with state law and court precedent, Mayor Adams’ directive clarifies that outreach workers, city-operated hospitals, and first responders have the legal authority to provide care to New Yorkers when severe mental illness prevents them from meeting their own basic human needs to the extent that they are a danger to themselves.
Two armed people were arrested in Penn Station over Shabbos after the NYPD sent out a city wide alert for a credible threat to synagogues in Manhattan.
The busy Lincoln Tunnel connecting New Jersey and New York City is moving to cashless tolls in a few weeks, officials announced Wednesday.
New York City is welcoming thousands of Marathon runners this coming Sunday for the famous New York City Marathon. The Marathon, which starts in Staten Island and finishes in Manhattan, will cover 26.2 Miles of NYC streets and parks, bringing painful street closures throughout the day.
Brace yourselves. Winter is coming in New York City, and that will mean an approximate 22% increase in electricity bills from last year.
More police officers are leaving the NYPD than at any time in the past 20 years, the head of the union representing the city’s police officers told 1010 WINS on Monday.
Garbage would be put out on the curb later in the evening and sit curbside for a shorter amount of time under the terms of a new proposal.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Keechant Sewell today announced the takedown of a luxury vehicle theft ring and fraudulent credit card operation in New York City.
On Sunday, October 9, New York State extended the Executive Order to continue to maximize the resources available to protect New Yorkers against polio through vaccination. While only one case of polio has so far been identified, ongoing wastewater surveillance provides evidence of repeated poliovirus detections in sewage samples in the greater New York metropolitan area.
As New York City anticipates surpassing the highest recorded shelter census in recorded history today, New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued Emergency Executive Order 224, formally directing all relevant city agencies to coordinate their efforts to respond to the asylum seeker humanitarian crisis
