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City Council Speaker Christine Quinn

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is still polling ahead of her likely Democratic rivals for mayor. The latest Quinnipiac poll gives Quinn-- who would be New York City's first female mayor-- a solid lead to succeed current hizzoner Michael Bloomberg.

Quinn Leads in Polls to Replace Mayor Bloomberg

Huffington Post

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is still polling ahead of her likely Democratic rivals for mayor. The latest Quinnipiac poll gives Quinn– who would be New York City’s first female mayor– a solid lead to succeed current hizzoner Michael Bloomberg.

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Mendy Sulami (Los Angeles, CA) to Aidel Spielman (Crown Heights)
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Tsvi Feygin  (Teaneck, NJ) to Faigy Kahn (London, UK)
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Shmuel Gurary (Buffalo, NY) to Esther Leeba Eidelman (Manchester, UK) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Rubashkin’s Downstairs
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Sendy and Mali (nee New) Labkowsky from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Yehuda and Raizel Marrus from Davie, FL, had a baby boy!
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Shalom Alon (Kfar Gidon, EY) to Bluma Potash (Noe Valley, SF, CA)
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Jack Abramson (NW4, London, UK) to Shayna Ash (Johannesburg, South Africa)
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Mendel and Soro (nee Brennan) Manne from Penn Wynne, PA had a baby boy!
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Yisrolik Chein (Toulouse, France) to Chanale Greenberg (Shanghai, China) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at 695 East New York Ave
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Schneur Motchkin (Crown Heights) to Sarah Schmukler (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Tonight, Thursday, 8:00pm at Lubavitcher Yeshiva
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Shmayah Schechter (Miami Beach, FL) to Bella Kimball (West Hartford, CT) L’Chaim: Tonight, Wednesday, 7:30pm at Chabad of Greater Hartford 2352 Albany Ave, West Hartford, CT, 06117
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Shneur and Sara (nee Heber) polter from Crown Heights had a baby girl!
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Yonah Galili (Toronto, Canada) to Ora Zuckerman (Crown Heights) L’Chaim: Monday, July 7th, 8:00pm at Bais Avraham Yitzchak 305 Remsen Ave
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Dovid and Baila (nee Spielman) Vogel from Crown Heights had a baby boy!
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Yechezkel Markovitch (Kiev, Ukraine) to Layah Carlbach (Montreal, Canada)
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NYC Comptroller Calls on NYPD to Allow Beards

Fishel Litzman, a Hasidic Jew, was barred from entering the police force because he refused to shave his beard. He has filed a civil-rights lawsuit against the police department.

City Comptroller John C. Liu today called on Mayor Michael Bloomberg to reform NYPD policy to allow Orthodox Jewish and Sikh officers to serve without having to forsake their beards (and/or turbans).

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Governor to Veto Funding for Private Special-Ed

Wall Street Journal

Illustration Photo: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children study at a religious elementary school.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo will veto a bill requiring school officials to consider religion and other family beliefs when approving taxpayer-funded tuition for special-education students at private schools, an administration official said.

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New York City Under Tornado Watch

Huffington Post

A stunning photo taken from an airplane by former NFL player Dhani Jones captured last Wednesday’s rain and hail storm in Queens.

Following last Wednesday’s hail storm and high winds, the city is gearing up for yet another dangerous storm that could potentially bring widespread power outages and even tornadoes to the area.

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Mayor Bloomberg Calls for Stricter Gun Control

The Hill

The scene in Aurora, Colorado in the aftermath of a deadly shooting early Friday morning.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasted Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) for the lawmaker’s suggestion Friday that an armed moviegoer could have halted the Colorado movie theater shooting that left a dozen dead and 70 wounded.

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NY Daily News

New York City Mayor David Dinkins presided over the botched police response to the Crown Heights riots in 1991.

Ed Koch has a bridge named after him, so why not David Dinkins? That’s the question City Councilman Fernando Cabrera will ask Thursday when he introduces a bill to rename the Willis Avenue Bridge after New York’s first and only African-American mayor.

Politicians Want Bridge Named After Mayor Dinkins

NY Daily News

New York City Mayor David Dinkins presided over the botched police response to the Crown Heights riots in 1991.

Ed Koch has a bridge named after him, so why not David Dinkins? That’s the question City Councilman Fernando Cabrera will ask Thursday when he introduces a bill to rename the Willis Avenue Bridge after New York’s first and only African-American mayor.

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