With great sadness we regret to inform you of the passing of Rabbi Michael Cohen, OB”M, a devoted Shliach of the Rebbe to the French speaking community of New York City. He passed away Friday, Tes Nissan. He was 58-years-old • Full Story

The USNS Comfort hospital ship arrived in New York Harbor on Monday morning to aid in the coronavirus fight • Full Story

The federal government has pledged an additional 4,000 ventilators to the Empire State’s fight against the coronavirus, with half bound for New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday, amid rancor over the life-saving devices • Full Story

A 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship will be sent to New York to relieve pressure on hospitals bracing for an expected surge in coronavirus patients, officials announced Wednesday • Full Story

New York saw its first two coronavirus-related deaths Saturday – an 82-year-old woman in New York City who contracted the illness while dealing with an underlying respiratory illness and a 65-year-old Rockland County resident who had “other significant health problems,” government officials announced • Full Story

Governor Andrew Cuomo is now reporting there are 89 confirmed cases of coronavirus in New York State. The governor declared a state of emergency in New York because of the increasingly rapid spread of COVID-19 • Full Story

The first case of coronavirus has been reported in New York State, Governor Cuomo confirmed. New York hospitals are equipped and ready for patients with Coronavirus with special isolation units • Full Story

On Thursday, as part of the annual Rosh Hashanah food distribution event, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island (JCCGCI), Rabbi Moshe Wiener extended a special invitation to Mayor Bill de Blasio to join the distribution • Full Story, Photos

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has ended his bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. On Friday, de Blasio said that 2020 is “clearly not my time”. “I feel like I have contributed all I can to this primary election,” said de Blasio, after polling at below one percent in the Democratic primary field • Full Story

A Chasidic Jewish man was assaulted and robbed in Brooklyn on Tuesday in an incident captured on video and posted on social media. Four men cornered the man, with long sidelocks and wearing a long black coat, then punched and kicked him. The victim, 24, surrendered his cellphone to his attackers • Full Story

On Yud Beis Tammuz, the Chag Hageulah, news came out that the person at the forefront of the fights against Yeshivas, trying to put as much secular studies into the Chedarim, will be resigning. According to breaking reports on Twitter by Politico Reporter Anna Gronwold, the NYS Education Commissioner, MaryEllen Elia, has abruptly submitted her resignation, effective at the end of August • Full Story

For the first time ever, Hatzoloh – the volunteer ambulance service that responds to over 50,000 emergency medical calls every year – has received City Council funding • Full Story

A Kings County Criminal Court judge refused to set bail for the man accused of setting fire to the occupied home of a Flatbush rabbi, instead announcing that he would be arraigned in front of a grand jury later this week • Full Story

“It is dangerous for a legislative body to pick and choose when New Yorkers have their First Amendment Rights and when they don’t, because in the United States of America, we do not legislate religious beliefs” • Watch

In between lies the vast history of the city and of The City Record, a bottomless trove of municipal minutiae and legally required announcements that calls itself the “Official Journal of the City of New York.” While most New Yorkers have never read, or even heard of, this city-published paper, it is indispensable to many city officials and to those seeking city contracts • Full Article

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday announced officially that he is joining the Democratic presidential primary to challenge Trump in 2020 • Full Story

A building has collapsed on Avenue P and East 5th Street in Flatbush, after a vehicle slammed into it on Monday night. The incident prompted a massive response from Hatzolah, FDNY and NYPD, just after 11:00PM • Full Story

Chabad Rabbi Uriel Vigler was attacked by an African-American man who physically threatened him and yelled anti-Semitic vulgarities. The assault happened on Lexington Avenue, on Tuesday morning, as the Rabbi was making his way to morning prayers (Shacharit) • Full Story

Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday declared a public health emergency in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn to stem an outbreak of measles. As part of the emergency order, unvaccinated individuals living in selected ZIP codes in the heavily Orthodox Jewish community who may have been exposed to measles will be required to receive the MMR • Full Story

The gauntlet has dropped. New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson has decided to remove Councilman Kalman Yeger from the Immigration Committee for tweeting that “Palestine doesn’t exist” • Full Story

Several New York City bridges are going to start charging more starting Sunday and one will become the most expensive in the nation. The Verrazano-Narrow Bridge will be $19 • Full Story

Protesters calling for the resignation of Brooklyn Councilmember Kalman Yeger over his tweet that “Palestine does not exist” clashed with counter-protesters outside the elected’s Borough Park office Thursday evening • Full Story

This is simply shocking. On the NYC Housing Authority website, there is an application for HPD’s “Compliance package”. There is a question which states “Please identify the ethnicity of the majority ownership of the filing entity”. The choices are: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, Hasidic Jew, and Not Applicable • Full Story

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer was visited by Chabad Bochurim during the Holiday of Purim. The Bochurim read the Megillah for Stringer, one of the only Jewish officials elected to citywide office in New York. Photos by Shmuel Amit • Full Story, Photos