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News Jewish Lawmakers Shake Up New York Politics
New York’s state Senate is in disarray, due in part to two Jewish politicians who have broken away from the Democratic Party to which the state’s Jews have been historically bound. Democrats thought they would win control of the New York Senate this year, allowing the party to completely dominate the state’s legislative and executive…
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Fast Forward Would-be Bomber of N.Y. Synagogues Pleads Guilty
A man charged with planning to blow up synagogues in New York City pleaded guilty to the state charges against him. Ahmed Ferhani, 27, an Algerian immigrant living in New York, entered the plea Tuesday in New York State Supreme Court. It is the first conviction under a state terror statute that went into effect…
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Fast Forward Terror Suspects Admits Synagogue Bomb Plot
One of two New York men charged last year with plotting to blow up synagogues and churches in Manhattan pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 10 charges and faces a decade in prison. Ahmed Ferhani, 27, admitted to conspiring to attack the biggest synagogue in Manhattan as well as churches to send a message of violence…
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News Yeshiva Students TAP New State Aid
New York yeshiva students received almost $9 million in state grants during the first half of 2012, thanks to a recent change in state law that made them eligible for the first time for a state-funded financial aid program. The students, who were previously barred from receiving funds offered by New York State’s Tuition Assistance…
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News Fast-Growing Daycare Program Can’t Pay Bills
A little-known New York City child care network that won a huge city contract for government-subsidized day care programs has had trouble paying its bills, the Forward has learned. Less than a month after the group — which is operated by a Hasidic rabbi — opened 20 new subsidized child care sites, it told employees…
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Fast Forward New York Federation Gives $10M in Sandy Aid
UJA-Federation of Greater New York released $10 million in Hurricane Sandy emergency relief aid to its network agencies and synagogues. The agency made the funds available on Monday morning; its board of directors had decided unanimously to make the money available in a special session the previous evening. “The emotional and economic impact, especially on…
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Fast Forward Long Road to Normalcy for Frazzled New Yorkers
New York authorities have made a big push for normalcy after megastorm Sandy, but for many residents dealing with water-logged homes, power outages, gasoline shortages and painfully slow commutes, things are far from that. Officials have moved quickly to try to jump-start business and tourism after the storm. The New York Stock Exchange reopened after…
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Fast Forward Power and Transit Still Scarce After Sandy
New Yorkers awoke to the rumble of subway trains for the first time in four days on Thursday in one sign of recovery from Sandy’s devastating blow. But elsewhere in the storm-struck U.S. Northeast, gasoline shortages persisted and emergency teams struggled to reach the worst hit areas and restore power to millions of people. At…
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