NYPD shuts down another Hasidic funeral
Tensions between police and members of New York City’s Hasidic Jewish community flared again Thursday as officers interrupted a crowded funeral procession to crack down on social distancing violators.
NYPD, FDNY disperse Orthodox Jewish groups amid COVID-19 outbreak
Videos posted on social media platforms purport to show weddings and prayer groups going on as usual in heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
Jewish neighborhoods in NYC to get 100 new security cameras
New York City will install 100 new security cameras in ultra-Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in an effort to prevent anti-Semitic attacks, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Friday.
Trucks kill pedestrians in separate incidents in Queens and Brooklyn
A 10-year-old boy was killed and his mother seriously injured after a New York City Sanitation Department truck hit in Queens. Later, a cement truck hit and killed a woman in Brooklyn.
NYPD investigating possible anti-Semitic attack caught on video in Brooklyn
The NYPD is asking for the public’s help finding a man caught on surveillance video punching a Jewish man in the face in Brooklyn on Christmas in what may be part of a recent string of anti-Semitic attacks in New York City.
'Tough year': Measles and other infectious diseases rising in U.S.
Measles and other infectious diseases roared back in the United States in 2019.
Intruder with knife roams sleeping man's home
The NYPD wants to find the man seen on a home's surveillance system roaming the kitchen with a knife in his hand.
Orthodox women’s EMT group meets resistance within community
Five years ago, the country’s first all-female EMT service hit the streets of Brooklyn. Ezras Nashim launched in Borough Park to serve Orthodox Jewish women who, because of modesty concerns, feel uncomfortable with men treating them. The group has seen their membership steadily rise, along with their profile after being featured in a documentary that aired on PBS last year, “93 Queen." But their plans to serve even more women with an ambulance permit are now at risk of being thwarted by members of their own community.
Orthodox women’s EMT group meets resistance within community
Their plans to serve even more women with an ambulance permit are now at risk of being thwarted by members of their own community.
4 men attempt to lure children into vehicle
The NYPD wants to find the four men who tried to lure two children in two separate incidents into a vehicle in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
4 men wanted for attempted luring
The NYPD is searching for four men who tried to lure two children into a vehicle in Borough Park, Brooklyn.