Brooklyn DA backs reduced sentence for notorious child molester
November 17, 2025
Brooklyn DA backs resentencing for convicted child abuser Nechemya Weberman, sparking outrage from the victim and abuse advocates.
Brooklyn DA backs resentencing for convicted child abuser Nechemya Weberman, sparking outrage from the victim and abuse advocates.
Thirteen members of the Hasidic Jewish community pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from their alleged role in a dispute over an illegal tunnel built
Eighteen private Jewish schools run by New York City’s politically powerful Hasidic community deprived thousands of students the required secular education in English, math, science
Walking tours are a staple of New York City life eagerly patronized by both city residents and tourists. You can find tours of outdoor food
Brannan, Williams advocate ‘Heroes’ Fund’ Councilmember Justin Brannan (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst-Bath Beach) and Public Advocate Jumaane Williams have introduced a resolution calling on the federal
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Amid a new surge of COVID-19 in New York’s Orthodox Jewish communities, many members are reviving health measures that some had abandoned over the summer
No one was fined for mask refusal on the first day of a promised crackdown in a handful of New York City neighborhoods that have seen a spike in coronavirus
Gov. Andrew Cuomo raised alarm Monday about the emergence of a handful of coronavirus hot spots in New York, saying just 10 ZIP codes represented more than a quarter of
Reynoso picks up support for BP campaign City Councilmember Antonio Reynoso has picked up several endorsements from Brooklyn progressives for his campaign for borough president. New York City Public Advocate
A spike in COVID-19 cases in a handful of Brooklyn and Queens neighborhoods with large Orthodox Jewish populations is raising alarm bells even as New York City’s overall infection rate
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New bar opens in Bushwick despite restrictions Mika, a new Bushwick bar, opened for the first time last week, and its customers are dining outdoors to meet coronavirus restrictions. Bar
Doctors can now resume elective surgeries Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced that doctors and hospitals in New York City are now eligible to resume elective surgeries and ambulatory care. Previously,
BRIC to sponsor town hall on preparing for future The latest installment of BRIC’s BHeard Town Hall series is going virtual for a discussion on preparing for the future. The
Hasidic Jews flock to donate blood plasma At a blood plasma center in Pennsylvania, Hasidim from Brooklyn and upstate came by the carful. By the time night had fallen, more
A series of attacks on Hasidic and Orthodox Jews in Williamsburg and other Brooklyn neighborhoods were part and parcel of the fact that American Jews were targets of more anti-Semitic
NEW YORK (AP) — One newly surfaced video of social distancing enforcement gone wrong in New York City shows a police officer running at a black man and throwing him
NEW YORK (AP) — 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
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his tweets criticizing a large Jewish funeral on Wednesday at a briefing at which he also announced a
Many bars now sell raw pantry ingredients Where there was once a collection of plants and a dart board above the wooden counter at Glou + Glick, a wine bar in
Coronavirus hits Hasidic community At least 100 people have tested positive for coronavirus in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Borough Park neighborhood, amid intense debates within and around such communities over continued gatherings
Roughly 3,000 Hasidic women leaders from around the world gathered at a gala on Sunday as part of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries that takes place annually in
The city Department of Health ordered a Hasidic wedding in Williamsburg that was scheduled for Wednesday to be canceled because the groom came down with measles. The groom is from