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Obama Appeals for ‘Common Ground’ After Democrats Lose House

President Obama, reflecting on his party’s historic losses in Congress, appealed Wednesday for both sides of the aisle to find “common ground” while continuing to stand by the policies that were used to hammer his party’s candidates in the midterm election.The president walked a tightrope as he sought to explain the results of the election as well as chart a new ...

Oakland Pot Club Says Union, Yes!

At a ceremony hosted by Oakland City Council’s Rebecca Kaplan, 100 employees at medical marijuana dispensary and education hub Oaksterdam University turned in their membership cards to join the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 5. It may well be the first union pot shop in the country, if not the world.While it will help employees collectively bargain and ...

NYT Op-Ed: The Orthodox Surge

In Midwood, Brooklyn, there’s a luxury kosher grocery store called Pomegranate serving the modern Orthodox and Hasidic communities. It looks like a really nice Whole Foods. There’s a wide selection of kosher cheeses from Italy and France, wasabi herring, gluten-free ritual foods and nicely toned wood flooring.The snack section is impressive. There’s a long aisle bursting with little bags of ...

NYPD’s Erev Rosh Hashana Gift – Arresting a Jew

It was a Rosh Hashana from hell for one Jew after he spent its first night in the custody of the NYPD, following a stupid altercation. Disturbing video footage, captured by an equally disturbed reader with a cell phone camera, shows a large number police officers manhandling the Jew who was trying to defend himself, constantly asking why he was ...

NYPD Takes Immediate Action After Officer Demands Jewish Pedestrian Write On Shabbos

A troubling incident occurred on Friday night between an NYPD Officer, and a member of Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish Community, FlatbushScoop.com has learned exclusively. On Friday night, an individual was walking to his home (in the southern part of Brooklyn) and had just crossed a street, when he was stopped by two officers in a marked patrol car.They asked him for his identification. ...

NYPD milestone: 1st Jewish chaplain 100 years ago

The New York Police Department is marking an anniversary. It’s been 100 years since the appointment of its first Jewish chaplain.In 1911, the department hired Rabbi Abraham Blum to serve the spiritual needs of officers. He served alongside two Catholics and two Protestants.Since then, the largest police force in the nation has become increasingly diverse. Now, the chaplains’ unit includes ...

NYPD Clears Out Wall Street Protesters

Hundreds of police officers, some in riot gear, descended on Zuccotti Park after midnight Tuesday in a surprise sweep of the Occupy Wall Street headquarters.It comes just two days ahead of a massive planned demonstration Thursday marking the movement’s two-month anniversary.Police handed out letters to protesters ordering them to temporarily evacuate the park, and campers were ordered to remove all ...

NYPD Annouces the Appointment of New Dept. Chief

Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced today the appointment of Philip Banks III as the NYPD’s new Chief of Department. The 26-year veteran of the force and its current Chief of Community Affairs will be officially installed as the Department’s highest ranking uniformed officer in promotion ceremonies at Police Headquarters.“Phil Banks has proven himself time and again to be as ...

NYC Wants Communities to Help Create ‘Slow Zones’

The city transportation officials are asking communities to tell them where drivers need to slow down in their neighborhoods.The city Department of Transportation is accepting applications for “slow zones” where the speed would be reduced from 30 to 20 miles per hour.According to the agency’s website, a zone will be a “self-enforcing, reduced-speed area.” It will be denoted by speed ...

NYC Man Pleads Guilty in Haredi Boy’s Dismemberment Death

A man accused in the horrific abduction and dismemberment of an 8-year-old boy from a tight-knit Orthodox Jewish community pleaded guilty yesterday – a deal that will put him behind bars for at least 40 years and avoid a heartrending trial.District Attorney Charles Hynes made the arrangement in consultation with the family of the boy, Leiby Kletzky.The plea, to charges ...

NYC Council members Host Emergency Meeting With Yeshiva Administrators To Try To Save Priority 7

Last week Councilman David G. Greenfield, joined by Council members Steve Levin and Brad Lander, hosted an emergency meeting at Greenfield’s office with administrators from over 40 yeshivas to discuss strategies for fighting the City’s intention to permanently end the Priority 7 voucher program at the end of this year.Since April, a coalition of NYC Council members including Council members ...

NYC Cabdriver Stabbed After Telling Passenger He Was Muslim, Police Say

A New York City cabdriver is hospitalized in stable condition after being stabbed by a passenger who allegedly asked him if he was Muslim, police said. Michael Enright, 21, of Brewster, N.Y., faces charges of attempted murder as a hate crime, first-degree assault, aggravated harassment and criminal possession of a weapon in the attack, NYPD sources told FoxNews.com. Enright allegedly ...