Bloomberg: Terror Threat Against NYC Credible
AP
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg with Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says a terror threat against the city is credible but not corroborated.
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New York City Plans Shutdown of All Mass Transit
New York City officials say they’re preparing for the total shutdown of the nation’s largest mass transit system.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared a state of emergency in New York in preparation for the potential impact of Hurricane Irene, which may hit New York State this coming weekend.
State of Emergency Declared in New York
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today declared a state of emergency in New York in preparation for the potential impact of Hurricane Irene, which may hit New York State this coming weekend.
Amidst ’91 Coup, Russian Jewry Kept Summer Camps Open
Children and their counselors pose for a group photo at a Chabad-Lubavitch run summer camp outside Moscow in the early 1990s.
As the world watched hard-line Communists make their last-ditch effort 20 years ago to reclaim control of the fracturing Soviet Union, a young Rabbi Berel Lazar was due to return to Moscow. Lazar, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary who was then rabbi of the Russian capital’s Marina Roscha district, had been in New York attending to his wife and newborn baby. The August coup of 1991 – known popularly as the Putsch – began a day before their scheduled return.
PA Approves $1.50 Increase for E-ZPass Drivers
NY Daily News
The Port Authority, its proposed huge toll hikes dialed down by Govs. Cuomo and Christie, approved an increase Friday of $1.50 for E-ZPass drivers beginning next month. The PA board unanimously voted yes on the proposal following a 60-minute meeting largely devoid of drama or disgust. The new prices are effective Sept. 18.
Phone Reception, Wi-Fi Coming Soon to NYC Subway
CBS
The Metropolitan Transit Authority has long been planning to bring cell phone and WiFi service to New York City subways.
Police Investigate Security Breaches at NYC Airports
NJ Star Ledger
Newark International Airport
A pair of bizarre trespassing incidents at two of the region’s major airports, including one in Newark on Saturday, have heightened concerns about airport perimeter security.
With great pain and sadness we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of Mrs. Suri Crawford OBM, longtime resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 60.
Suri is survived by her three children Nechama Witriol (Kirias Joel, NY), Yitzchok (Jerusalem, Israel), and Yisroel (Crown Heights), as well as her mother and two sisters Barb, and Judy.
TRAGEDY: Boruch Dayan Hoemes – Mrs. Suri Crawford OBM
With great pain and sadness we inform you of the tragic and untimely passing of Mrs. Suri Crawford OBM, longtime resident of Crown Heights, at the age of 60.
Suri is survived by her three children Nechama Witriol (Kirias Joel, NY), Yitzchok (Jerusalem, Israel), and Yisroel (Crown Heights), as well as her mother and two sisters Barb, and Judy.
The Long Road Back From Boxing Oblivion
The Wall Street Journal
Orthodox Jewish boxer Dmitriy Salita prays next to the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site in Jerusalem’s Old City, on Dec. 9, just days after losing a WBA lightweight title bout to Great Britain’s Amir Khan in Newcastle, England.
Seventy-six seconds. That’s how long it lasted. On Dec. 5, 2009, Dmitriy Salita, a Brooklyn native, faced Amir Khan, the WBA light welterweight champion, at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England.
Hudson River Crossing Tolls to Rise 25 Percent
NY Post
Crossing the Hudson will soon take a bigger toll on commuters who are already struggling with skyrocketing gas prices.
Archaeologist: Structure Beneath Temple Mount is 2nd Beis HaMikdash
World Net Daily
Dr. Eilat Mazar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem archaeologist, points to the tenth century excavations that were uncovered under her direction in the Ophel area adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem. Photo: Sasson Tiram
One of the most prominent Israeli archaeologists declared today that remains from the First and Second Jewish Temple period – including the Second Temple itself – lie underneath the Temple Mount surface, just waiting to be excavated.
NY Times
When New Yorkers head underground, they cannot always be sure of what awaits them. The city’s subway system can be mysterious, with daily delays resulting from minor emergencies, track work and other events in the tunnels that riders know they will never truly understand.
NYC to Use Phone Data to Track Public Services
NY Times
When New Yorkers head underground, they cannot always be sure of what awaits them. The city’s subway system can be mysterious, with daily delays resulting from minor emergencies, track work and other events in the tunnels that riders know they will never truly understand.
Just a Reminder: Be Careful!
NY Post
Jonathan Lynn says he broke his arm freeing himself from a moving train’s door.
He tried to catch the train, but the train caught him — and nearly took him on his last ride ever.
Paula Abdul: Shabbat Candle-lighting a Source of Inspiration
JLI’s new course, Oasis in Time; The Gift of Shabbat in a 24/7 World, which launched this spring, has received wide support from celebrities nation-wide. Paula Abdul, popular pop singer, dancer, choreographer and television personality, who lights Shabbos candles on Friday evening, said, “I encourage you to explore [the Mitzvah of Shabbat candles] this spring with JLI’s course, I know it will be a source of inspiration and help make your life brighter and the world around you a more peaceful place.”
2 Rail Security Breaches Cause Scares
Two terrifying rail security breaches occurred within hours of each other in the city yesterday — including one at the World Trade Center, where a man slipped into the PATH tunnel and walked all the way to Jersey before saying he had left a bomb in the tunnel.
New York Post
The scene outside the auto repair shop. Photo: WCBS 2
An off-duty Triboro-Bridge and Tunnel officer was shot and wounded in a wild gunfight at a Brooklyn car stereo shop with a group of four armed thugs who tried to rob the place, police sources said.
Off Duty Cop Heroically Shoots Robbers near Crown Heights
New York Post
The scene outside the auto repair shop. Photo: WCBS 2
An off-duty Triboro-Bridge and Tunnel officer was shot and wounded in a wild gunfight at a Brooklyn car stereo shop with a group of four armed thugs who tried to rob the place, police sources said.
CNN
A number of security lapses in an airport shuttle system in New York is raising concerns among some Port Authority officers and state senators.
Officials: Serious Lapses in Security on JFK Airport Shuttle
CNN
A number of security lapses in an airport shuttle system in New York is raising concerns among some Port Authority officers and state senators.
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