Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced Tuesday that New York City will begin fining people who refuse to wear a face mask. The drastic move comes as the positive rate of COVID-19 passed 3% since the city passed it’s first wave.
This brings a whole new meaning to the phrase “cashing out” on an insurance policy. A group of firefighters battling a blaze in the Flatlands area of Brooklyn found that it was raining money, almost $1 Million’s worth, after they cut through a ceiling to get to a fire.
With the recent concerning spike in the number of COVID-19 cases found in the Jewish communities of New York City, Central Hatzalah has published an advisory to the Jewish community.
A New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene memo reporting an alarming spike in COVID cases has officials concerned, and promped New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio to promise more enforcement.
New York City was among three cities labeled “anarchist jurisdictions” by the Justice Department on Sunday and targeted to lose federal money for failing to control protesters and defunding cops.
A Manhattan subway train derailed Sunday morning after a maniacal, laughing vandal tossed metal clamps onto the tracks.
The resident of the Queens home where suspected bomb-making materials were discovered after a fire has been charged with reckless endangerment.
In the days following the horror of September 11th, 2001 a Hatzalah volunteer, who responded to the World Trade Center as the towers collapsed, penned this memoir of the events of that day.
Amid the chaos and panic following the airliners slamming into the two World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001, many men and woman answered a higher calling – instead of running away, they turned and ran towards the burning buildings. Among those brave men was a band of Shomrim volunteers from Crown Heights. During their time at ground zero, one of the volunteers took these historic videos, published here on Crown Heights.info for the first time.
Governor Cuomo announced Wednesday that a deal was struck that would allow indoor dining to continue in New York City starting September 30th, with restrictions.
New York City Councilman Chaim Deutsch has taken on the city and state in a class action lawsuit against it’s ban on indoor dining in NYC.
Gyms in New York City have been given the green light to reopen Wednesday, marking a step towards normalcy not seen in months.
NYPD Chief Chaplain, Rabbi Alvin Kass, was mugged on the Upper West Side early Tuesday morning while on a walk. He suffered only minor injuries.
The New York City Emergency Management Department advises New Yorkers of the potential for severe weather this afternoon through the evening, with damaging winds in excess of 60 mph, large hail, and rain possible.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to crack down on large social events in Brooklyn after The Post reported three banquet halls in Borough Park appeared to be hosting Hasidic Jewish wedding parties on just one night this week after Mayor Bill de Blasio warned that a similar gathering there led to an “uptick” in coronavirus cases.
In the city that never sleeps, transit might soon grind to a crawl. New York Cities Metropolitan Transit Authority has warned of dire financial troubles, noting that they are losing a mind boggling $200 Million per week.
Central Hatzalah of New York City published a community advisory Tuesday warning the community of an uptick in COVID-19 cases.
