STUTTGART, GERMANY - Construction work at an airport in Germany was halted Friday after Jewish leaders protested against removal of what are believed to be the remains of Holocaust victims, as reported on VOS IZ NEIAS...

Borough Park, Brooklyn +RMP Accident+ MVA involving an RMP at 59th St and 19th Ave requesting EMS FDNY for the MOS with neck and back injuries, also requesting Hatzolah...

Brooklyn Traffic delays due to an MVA with injuries at Ocean Ave and Ave W, PD on the scene...

Mayor Bloomberg announced this week the appointment of Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott to the newly created position of liaison to the city's Jewish day schools. During a meeting with more than 100 Orthodox Jewish leaders on Wednesday night. Rabbi Shmuel Lefkowitz, vice president for community affairs of Agudath Israel of America, which sponsored the meeting, called the creation of the new liaison...

Bronx +M.D.E. Overturned School Bus+ Southbound Major Deegan Expressway at 233rd St. exit 10-11, a overturned full size school bus with children onboard. PD on the scene requesting ESU and EMS to respond. U/D: 11:31 All occupants are out, FD on the scene asking for 4 EMS ambulances. Highway completely shut down. U/D: 11:36 ESU requesting more ambulances to respond for 42 children being...

The accounts of one of the major mosques in New York, named Al-Falah Mosque, located in Corona NY, has been frozen. The mosque was inhabited by majority of Pakistani and Bangladeshi citizens, The decision was so sudden that, it transpired on the mosque administration only when they went to the bank for their daily transactions, where they were informed of the "federal freeze" on mosque's funds as...

Monticello -- Sullivan County. The Chief budget officer said that he plans to propose another property tax hike and other "revenue enhancements" to shore up the cash-strapped government. As of now he doesn't know how much we talking about, It very well could be in the double digit he said...

An off-duty city firefighter from Engine 319 in Brooklyn was busted after slugging a motorist during a road-rage incident in Brooklyn yesterday. The victim, was driving on Gerritsen Ave. when the firefighter, began stopping short and weaving in his private vehicle to prevent him from passing. Later, at a stoplight, he apparently rear-ended the other car. They got out of their cars and the...

Creator of Prime Grill Kosher restaurant on E. 49th St is opening up the La Carne Grill, at 340 Lexington Ave. (between 39th and 40th Sts.), a new upscale glatt kosher steakhouse. It is slated to open Oct. 11. In addition to the chop shop usual menu suspects (steaks, sides, salads), a sushi bar is on the second floor...

A leaking chlorine tank in Jersey City has sent a plume of vapor into the air and officials are warning residents to stay indoors. U/D: 09:23 Police are closing down the Pulaski Skyway. U/D: 11:11 Chlorine leak contained only to chemical plant...

On the ground at the Pentagon in the spot where on September 11, 2001 terrorists crashed a plane into the Pentagon killing 189 people, a Torah scroll now resides in an ark whose steel door is secured by a safe lock.Over 150 military personnel, guests and dignitaries gathered at the Pentagon Memorial Chapel for the dedication of the Torah, recognizing the Jewish members of the U.S. Armed Forces...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for an agreement that would allow his police commissioner during city emergencies to take command of hundreds of officers who work for regional authorities. Under the plan, Ray Kelly would take charge at all big incidents in city train stations, ports, airports, bridges or tunnels run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority...

NJ -- Downed cantenary wires in New Brunswick shuts down parts of NJ Transit and are causing delays on NJ Transit trains this morning. U/D: 10:59 Service restored on the New Jersey Transit, but with 10-15 minute delays...

The Wall St. Business Improvement District hired the leader of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp., Eric Deutsch, as their new president. Deutsch, 38, will begin at the citys largest BID Nov. 1 after finishing up his work at the Navy yard, Since taking over the Navy Yard in 2002, Deutsch has received high marks from business and community leaders and Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who praised the...

PA +Police Officer Shot+ A D.U.I. suspect shot and killed a Newtown Boro police officer in the E.R. Of the St Mary's Hospital at 1201 Langhorne Newtown Road, after the suspect grabbed the officers gun, another police officer was shot to the chest and an E.R. Tech was shot in the shoulder. The suspect has been caught, and treated in the hospital...