FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker and senior officials from the Department met with Jewish community leaders from across New York City on Tuesday, to discuss fire safety ahead of the Passover holiday. The meeting took place at FDNY Headquarters in Brooklyn and focused on proactive measures to help ensure a safe and joyous celebration. “We want everyone to have a happy Passover, and that means being smart when it comes to celebrating,” said Commissioner Tucker. “The FDNY will be out in your community ensuring you have a safe holiday.” The Commissioner emphasized the Department’s ongoing commitment to working closely with community organizations to promote fire safety awareness during the Yom Tov season.

A man was taken into custody early Friday morning after attempting to rob a deli cashier at machete-point near New Utrecht Avenue and 55th Street. The incident unfolded around 1 a.m. when Boro Park Shomrim received a hotline call about a suspicious individual. Volunteers kept a close watch as the suspect entered a local deli. After being refused by the cashier, the man reportedly pulled out a large machete and demanded money. Shomrim immediately alerted the NYPD and helped guide responding officers, who arrested the suspect moments later on 13th Avenue. The large machete was recovered from the suspect’s pocket, as seen in the video below. Thankfully, no injuries were reported.

Two Jewish families from Flatbush’s Syrian community survived a horrifying private jet crash in Mexico on Thursday—emerging with nothing more than scratches as flames and smoke consumed their $10 million aircraft. The Gulfstream V jet had just arrived from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey, carrying the families to Cabo San Lucas for Pesach, when it veered violently off the runway during landing Thursday afternoon. Shocking footage now circulating on social media shows the aircraft skidding across the tarmac before careening off the paved surface and coming to a jarring halt near the edge of the airfield, smoke billowing from the wreckage. “We are alive,” one passenger can be heard saying emotionally in a video filmed just moments after the crash. “Thank you Hakadosh Baruch Hu.

A routine afternoon along the Hudson turned into a horrifying scene on Thursday, as a helicopter plummeted into the river near Pier 40 in a harrowing crash that claimed at least one life. At approximately 3:15 p.m., witnesses watched as the chopper appeared to “split in half” midair before slamming into the water just off West Houston Street and West Street. The impact sent shockwaves through the area, with bystanders reporting a “loud thumping noise” as the aircraft hit the surface, trailing a shattered propeller in its wake. “I saw it break apart in the sky—it didn’t look real,” one witness posted on social media, sharing footage of the helicopter as it spiraled down, pieces flying, before vanishing into the river.

As President Donald Trump faces some defections from some of his most steadfast supporters over his tariffs, he can still rely on one group to sing his praises: Russian state media. According to Daily Beast columnist Julia Davis, who closely follows Russian state-sponsored outlets, analysts on the popular program “The Evening With Vladimir Solovyov” recently expressed enthusiastic approval of Trump’s tariff policies. Political scientist Dmitry Kulikov, a guest on the show, commended Trump’s apparent desire “to break everything,” suggesting that the president’s actions signal “the end of the global system” that has existed for roughly fifty years.

During the joint press conference of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu following their meeting on Monday, Trump said: “I don’t understand why Israel ever gave up Gaza.” Responding to a reporter’s question about Gaza, Trump said: “You know how I feel about the Gaza Strip. I think it’s an incredible piece of important real estate. I think it’s something that if we were involved in, having a peace force like the US there controlling and owning the Gaza Strip would be a good thing. Because right now, for years and years, all I hear about is killing and Hamas and problems.

Israeli security forces on Monday received intelligence information indicating that a terrorist was making his way from the Shomron toward Tel Aviv to carry out a terror attack. A high-speed chase took place, and police and Shin Bet forces stopped a vehicle as it approached Route 1 via Route 6 on Monday afternoon. A search of the vehicle revealed nine Palestinians who had entered Israel illegally, including the terrorist who was armed with an assault rifle. The suspects were arrested and transferred for questioning.   (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Hundreds of community members, elected officials, and faith leaders gathered outside 1304 President Street in Crown Heights to unveil a new street sign honoring the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The block where the Lubavitcher Rebbe and his wife, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, lived for decades, will now also bear the name Lubavitcher Rebbe Way. The co-naming was spearheaded by Yaacov Behrman, a Crown Heights community leader and Director of the Jewish Future Alliance, who led a campaign to honor the Rebbe in a public way. The effort culminated in Sunday’s unveiling ceremony, hosted by City Council Member Crystal Hudson, who sponsored the renaming legislation. “This street was home to the Rebbe and Rebbetzin, but his teachings and influence traveled far beyond,” said Behrman.

President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs are drawing blistering criticism from economists and market analysts, with CNBC’s Steve Liesman calling the move a “self-inflicted catastrophe” that could plunge the country into recession. Appearing on MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes Friday night, Liesman warned that the markets are reacting to a grim economic outlook sparked by Trump’s latest trade actions. “If you take a step back, what’s really happening here, Chris, is the market is pricing in the high probability of a recession,” Liesman said. “That’s really what this is all about right now.” On Wednesday, Trump announced a new tariff structure that imposes a 10% baseline tariff on nearly all imported goods.

Fox News host Sean Hannity praised President Donald Trump’s recent musings about a potential third term in office, calling the remarks a savvy psychological tactic that keeps Trump “living rent-free” in his critics’ minds. Appearing on a podcast, Hannity downplayed any serious intent behind Trump’s remarks, describing the idea of a third term as “ultimately a constitutional issue,” but applauded the former president’s ability to provoke strong reactions. “I love it because they bubble and fizz like Alka-Seltzer,” Hannity said, referring to media and political opponents who react to Trump’s controversial comments.