NYC Water Rates Rose 134 Percent Under Bloomberg

Wall Street Journal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is standing by regulations that will force New York City and other municipalities to spend billions of dollars on projects that provide virtually no health benefits, the Bloomberg administration said in a letter to the agency’s chief.

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300,000 Newspaper Inserts: “The Rebbe – An Appreciation”

A 48 page booklet about the Rebbe’s teachings reached nearly 300,000 homes this weekend in the United Stated and Israel. Subscribers to the Yediot Acharonot, the Forward, The Jewish Week and The Cleveland Jewish News found a pleasant surprise in their newspapers on Thursday and Friday as the brochure slipped from the pages of the newspaper into their hands.

PSA: What You Need to Know When Visiting the Ohel

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Like every year, the Vaad HaMesadar put provisions into place so that the Ohel can accommodate the tens of thousands that will be visiting over the next twenty four hours. Please watch the video and read the instructions in this article.

Info to Be Menachem Avel Reb Michael Brummel

Reb Michael Brummel of Crown Heights will be sitting Shiva today, till Friday after the passing of his mother, Mrs. Devorah / Dorothy Brummel at 1556 Carroll Street between Troy and Schenectady Avenues-.

Shacharis 7:00am, Mincha 8:15pm, maariv bezmana.

Email: bigsur613@gmail.com

Hamokom Yenachem Eschem Besoch Shaar Avaylay Tzion VeYerushalayim.

Video: NYPD Blows Up Confiscated Fireworks

Huffington Post

The 4th of July is a special holiday weekend for all Americans, but perhaps more so for the NYPD bomb squad. That’s because each year they get to blow up all the fireworks the department has confiscated in a grand, fiery spectacle.

Are You Having a Hard Time Motivating Your Campers?

After three years of successful programming in Chabad schools worldwide, Tzivos Hashem constantly get requests from shluchim to use the Chayolai Tzivos Hashem program in camps and Hebrew schools. This year ten camps are eagerly piloting the new system.

Dodgers Coming Back to Brooklyn? Fuhgeddaboudit!

Journal Inquirer

With the Los Angeles Dodgers filing for reorganizational bankruptcy, some people, encouraged particularly by the New York Sun, are musing about returning the baseball team to Brooklyn, where it was central to the identity of the working-class borough, smashed racism with the hiring of Jackie Robinson and other great black players, and contributed the best part of the golden age of New York baseball.