On Friday, June 21, 2019, the Staten Island Safety Patrol, (SISP) a member organization of Staten Island’s Council of Jewish Organizations organized its first annual “Bike Registration and Safety Fair.” This inaugural event took place at the Young Israel of Staten Island Synagogue located in the Willowbrook section of Staten Island.

Dear Neighbor,
Just a few weeks ago, our community gathered together in the strongest way to help elect a new City Council member. With your help, Councilwoman Farah Louis won
that election – and we’re proud to report to you that she’s already hit the ground running.

Several dozen protestors rallied outside of Rep. Max Rose’s constituent office in Brooklyn to demand that he do the right thing by calling for the removal of Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

YWN is viewed each day by literally – hundreds of thousands across our many platforms, including the YWN Website, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook – and for the past year – YWN has been publishing news on WhatsApp.
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There is a fur ban on the table in New York City. If it passes, it will cause some serious anti-Shtreimel sentiment.
The fur ban was introduced back in March by City Council Speaker Corey Johnson.
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By Rabbi Shaya Cohen, the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Zichron Ayeh and founded Priority-1 in 1987 to help at-risk teenagers and their parents and families. According to many experts in the field, one of the most significant predictors of whether an OTD child will ultimately return to Yiddishkeit is the child’s relationship to his or her parents.

Even if you live in Flatbush, you probably do not know this, but in just a few hours, Flatbush Shomrim volunteers helped the NYPD apprehend numerous criminals from the streets – and over the past few days – even more.
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Catskills Hatzalah is pleased to announce the completion of a new ambulance garage in Swan Lake near Leisure Lake Estates.
As the community grows and more people spend time in the Swan Lake and Liberty area year-round, this new garage will enable Catskills Hatzalah to expedite our response to emergency calls in the area, especially during the winter.

On Tuesday evening, Matthew Charles traveled to the Queens, N.Y. resting place of the Rebbe—Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory—to say two simple words: “Thank you.”

Some county clerks in New York said Wednesday they will defy a new state law authorizing driver’s licenses for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.
Erie County Clerk Michael Kearns will go to federal court with his concerns that the law signed Monday by Democratic Gov.