Mayor Adams Looks to Police and Education to Combat anti-Semitic Hate Crimes

By Yehudit GarmaiseMayor Eric Adams’ strategy to combat anti-Semitic hate crimes is to investigate each and every allegation, even those that took.... read more

News Sparks: New Plans for Lag Ba’omer in Meron will include 20,000 Maximum; 12-Year-Old Boy in Israel dies in Apartment fire and more

TFNew Plans for Lag Ba’omer in Meron will include 20,000 MaximumAfter last year's Meron disaster, Israeli officials plan to announce an organized.... read more

Oil Prices Continue to Rise and will Skyrocket; if Russia Invades Ukraine

By Yehudit GarmaisePresident Joe Biden said on Nov. 23 that his strategy to release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.... read more

Viznitzer Chassidim in America Prepare for Historic ‘Kinus Beis Viznitz’ Gathering

BY: Yitzy FriedFeverish preparations are underway in these days as the entire Viznitzer Chassidus prepares for a historic gathering that will.... read more

Israel to Grant Entry to Students who are Not Vaccinated, Nor Recovered from COVID

Israel is now allowing students who are not vaccinated, nor recovered from COVID to enter the country, for the first time since Nov. 1, 2021, Rabbi.... read more

BDE: Mrs. Rivka Tandowski, a”h, 100, of Krakow-Crown Heights, and Boro Park

By: Boropark24 staffWe are saddened to inform you of the passing of Mrs. Tandowski, a regal matriarch to her family, known and beloved in the.... read more

Crime Surges 38% in January, NYC Anxiously Awaits Mayor’s Promised Public Safety

By Yehudit GarmaiseMayor Eric Adams, last week, laid out a comprehensive, wide-ranging, and ambitious plan that seeks to solve many of the problems.... read more

Gov. Hochul Asks Insurance Companies to Pay for Vaccination Consultations, Incentives, and Rewards

By Yehudit GarmaiseGov. Kathy Hochul said this morning that one way to increase childhood vaccination rates, “which are nowhere near where they.... read more

Beyond the Candy Bar: How Nosher’s Delight has been Sweetening the Days of Boro Parkers for Close to Half-a-Century

By: Yehuda AlterForty five years ago, when Boro Park was a very different place—certainly on 15th Avenue in the low 40’s, where.... read more

Boro Park’s Assembly District to Expand Under New Proposed Redistricting Maps

Assembly District 48, which encompasses most of Boro Park and parts of Midwood, is set to expand under new redistricting maps released by the New.... read more

Mayor Adams Considers Plant-Based Diets for Healthier School Lunch Options

By Yehudit GarmaiseMayor Eric Adams said New Yorkers should not just re-consider their over-reliance on fossil fuels, but their over-reliance on meat.... read more

Mayor Eric Adams Meets with NYC’s Five District Attorneys to Work Together to Fight Gun Violence

By Yehudit GarmaiseMayor Eric Adams held today at City Hall the first of what will be regular meetings among all five NYC district attorneys, the.... read more

BDE: Mrs. Gittel Knoll, a”h

BY: Boropark24 staff We are saddened to inform you of Mrs. Knoll, a beloved personality in Boro Park. She was a month shy of her 96th.... read more

More than 200 NYC Leaders Pen Open Letter to Mayor to Support his Plans to End Gun Violence

By Yehudit GarmaiseOne week after Mayor Adams announced his Blueprint to End Gun Violence, more than 200 business, civic, and labor leaders signed an.... read more

New York Democrats Propose New Redistricting Maps that Provide "Equity," Republicans Accuse Dems of Power Grab

By Yehudit GarmaiseNew York Democrats yesterday presented a redesign of the state’s congressional map that provide the party’s candidates with an.... read more

BDE: Reb Nissen Leser, z”l, 98, Legend to Generations of Bobover chassidim

We are deeply saddened to inform you of the passing of Reb Nissen Leser, z”l, a chossid and oved Hashem with every fiber of his being, and a role.... read more

Mayor Adams Considers Hiring More Police Officers, Uses Strategies Learned from 9/11 to Fight Crime

By Yehudit GarmaiseAfter a shockingly high number of violent crimes took place in New York City in Mayor Eric Adams’ first month in office, he told.... read more