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NY’s Hasidic Community Continues to Attend Funerals Despite Virus Warnings

By: Charles Kirschner There is irony in the fact that Hasidic Jews who continue to hold public weddings and funerals in Brooklyn despite the coronavirus...

Guide for NYers on How to Avoid Grocery Stores & Pharmacies

By: Kevin O'Connor Lockdown or not, everyone needs to go to the supermarket. Or do they? The government doesn’t appear certain. At one of the daily White...

Mt. Sinai Execs take 50% Pay Cut During Pandemic Outbreak

By: Jared Evan Mount Sinai Health System said its senior executives will take a 50% pay cut during the Covid-19 emergency so the system can...

Store Burglaries Up 75% in NYC as Possible Civil Unrest Has Many Concerned

By: Robert Kotkin The NYPD has seen a 75% increase in reports of burglaries of commercial establishments from March 12, when New York City Mayor...

High Rates of COVID-19 Infections Found in Bklyn’s Orthodox Jewish Communities

By: Jared Evan Borough Park, Crown Heights, Williamsburg and Midwood all have above-average positive coronavirus positive test rates compared to most other areas in the...

Most Tristate Residents Pay Rent for April; Landlords Worry Trouble is Ahead

By: Jeffrey Engelmeyer During a Thursday conference call held by the Community Housing Improvement Program with more than 100 landlords across the city, property owners...

‘I Cried On The Truck’: Fatigued NY Workers Forge Ahead

By: AP Josh Allert’s days are a blur and a battle. His mental and physical stamina are constantly put to the test as the 22-year-old emergency...

Why Wear Face Masks In Public? Here’s What The Research Shows

By: AP With the coronavirus pandemic quickly spreading, U.S. health officials have changed their advice on face masks and now recommend people wear cloth masks...

NYC Jews Prep for a Pandemic Passover: Smaller But No Less Vital

By: Elana Schor Passover and its epic story–how the Jewish people escaped to freedom after plagues struck their oppressors–are uniquely resonant this year, as Jews...

Millions Going to Holocaust Survivors for Coronavirus Help

By: AP Millions of dollars in additional funds are being made available to agencies around the world that provide aid to Holocaust survivors, whose advanced...

Cuomo & DeBlasio: NYC Has Enough Ventilators for Coming Days of Virus Peak

By: Rusty Brooks NY has enough ventilators for now, according to reports by the mayor and governor. “We have bought a few more days here,” Hizzoner...

NY Cemeteries Overcrowded; Rumors Fly as to Where Virus Victims Will be Buried

By: Jared Evan If the death rate from the novel coronavirus doesn’t drop soon, New York City could start digging trenches in a city park...

USNS Comfort in NY to Treat Corona Patients After Several Mix-Ups

By: Gerald McKinnon A Navy spokeswoman told the N.Y Post multiple coronavirus patients were mistakenly transferred from New York’s Javits Center to the Navy hospital ship Comfort...

UWS Rabbi Turns to Zoom App to Prepare Jews for Passover

By: Denis Cyr In the age of soaring deaths and strict social distancing rules all across America and the world rabbis are turning to Zoom...

LI Doc Touts Hydroxychloroquine Success; Trump Attacked for Pushing Anti-Virus Drug

By: Mike Mustiglione Dr. Mohammud Alam, an infectious disease specialist affiliated with Plainview Hospital, said 81 percent of infected covid patients he treated with hydroxychloroquine at three Long Island nursing...

NY’s Hasidic Community Continues to Attend Funerals Despite Virus Warnings

There is irony in the fact that Hasidic Jews who continue to hold public weddings and funerals in Brooklyn despite the coronavirus pandemic are themselves...

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