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New York State

This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish community in New York state, home to the most Jews of any U.S. state.

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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…

By Josh Nathan-Kazis Nov 14, 2012 | 4 min read
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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…

By JTA Nov 5, 2012 | < 1 min read
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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…

By Reuters Nov 2, 2012 | 4 min read
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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…

By Reuters Nov 1, 2012 | 3 min read
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New York Struggles To Get Back on Feet

Millions across the U.S. Northeast stricken by massive storm Sandy will attempt to resume their normal lives on Wednesday as companies, markets and airports reopen despite grim projections of power and mass transit outages around New York for several more days. With six days to go before the Nov. 6 elections, President Barack Obama will…

By Reuters Oct 31, 2012 | 3 min read
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Sandy Wreaks Untold Havoc on Jewish Communities

The massive storm system that ransacked the East Coast on October 29 brought unprecedented devastation to Jewish communities in and around New York City. Sandy pushed eight-foot-high waves through the Brooklyn neighborhood of Manhattan Beach. In Sea Gate, on the western tip of Coney Island, entire homes collapsed. An apartment building was evacuated after basement…

By Josh Nathan-Kazis Oct 31, 2012 | 5 min read
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Many Turned to Social Media as Sandy Struck

At 10 p.m. on Monday, as the full brunt of Hurricane Sandy was bearing down on the northeastern United States, filmmaker Sandi Dubowski posted an urgent online message. Dubowski’s elderly parents had declined to leave their home in Manhattan Beach, a neighborhood of southern Brooklyn that sits on a small peninsula flanked by the Atlantic…

By JTA Oct 30, 2012 | 3 min read
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Damage and Death Toll From Sandy Rises

Millions of people were left reeling in the aftermath of monster storm Sandy on Tuesday as New York City and a wide swathe of the eastern United States struggled with epic flooding and massive power outages. The death toll climbed to at least 30. Sandy, which crashed ashore with hurricane-force winds in New Jersey overnight…

By Reuters Oct 30, 2012 | 5 min read

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