Month March 2021

The New York Legislature’s impeachment investigation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo is likely to take “months,” the chair of the Assembly’s judiciary committee said Tuesday. Cuomo, a Democrat, has resisted calls for his resignation after multiple women accused him of harassment…. Continue Reading →

Fourteen U.S. states including Louisiana and Wyoming filed suits on Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s administration to challenge his pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and… Read more » The post Fourteen U.S. States Sue Biden… Continue Reading →

Manufacturing giant Intel will spend $200 billion to build two chip factories in Chandler, Arizona. It will serve as an alternative to Asian chip factories that many American companies rely… Read more » The post Intel to Spend $200 Billion… Continue Reading →

The FBI arrested a former spokesperson for the New York City Police Department on Tuesday on charges she entered the U.S. Capitol – and shook a tambourine – during the Jan. 6 insurrection. Sara Carpenter, a retired police officer who… Continue Reading →

On Tuesday, following a spate of horrific mass shootings in recent days, most recently in Boulder, Colorado, and Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Senator Cory Booker participated in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on gun violence and proposed safety reforms. Key Excerpts… Continue Reading →

Boro Park, Brooklyn – On Tuesday, Community Board 12 hosted a meeting, via zoom, with New York City’s Fire, Sanitation and Police Departments, along with community leaders, community organizations and elected officials, to review plans in anticipation of the upcoming… Continue Reading →

With 97 percent of the vote counted as of late Wednesday afternoon, no major changes were seen likely in the aftermath of Tuesday’s inconclusive election. Yesh Atid may slip from… Read more » The post Counting of Vote to Continue… Continue Reading →

The Arab Islamist Ra’am party sent out conflicting messages on Wednesday regarding which bloc it might join or work with to form a coalition. Ra’am seemed to rule out a… Read more » The post Ra’am Sends Out Conflicting Messages… Continue Reading →

NY Congressman Ritchie Torres wrote a letter to the German Consul-General in New York requesting an investigation in the detainment of 16 Chassidim at the Frankfurt Airport on March 8, including a group of five from New York en route… Continue Reading →

More than three months into the U.S. vaccination drive, many of the numbers paint an increasingly encouraging picture, with 70% of Americans 65 and older receiving at least one dose… Read more » The post U.S. Outlook Improving as Vaccinations… Continue Reading →

The United States and countries around Europe are closing ranks to respond to “aggressive and coercive” behavior by China, days after the U.S. and its allies launched coordinated sanctions against… Read more » The post U.S., Europe, NATO Close Ranks… Continue Reading →

President Joe Biden’s administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those released Monday of immigrant children in U.S. custody at the border sleeping on mats under foil blankets, separated in groups by plastic partitions…. Continue Reading →

It was the pandemic that prompted Avi Cyperstein to declare his candidacy for 29th City Council District for the 2021 election. Cyperstein, a community activist and volunteer first responder, found… Read more » The post Avi Cyperstein Hopes to Go… Continue Reading →

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B’gan released the following alert to TLS: To all those that received the BGAN Box on Tuesday 3/23, please check the apple juice and cream cheese if they are marked Kosher for Passover. Inadvertently, there were some boxes that received… Continue Reading →

North Korea fired short-range missiles this past weekend, just days after the sister of Kim Jong Un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding joint military exercises. The missile tests were confirmed by two senior Biden administration officials… Continue Reading →