Politics

Yeshivas

Yeshivas may soon need to fingerprint employees

The bill mandating fingerprinting in non-public schools has languished for 16 years.

Yeshivas

In speech, Mayor Eric Adams says public schools should "duplicate" yeshiva achievements

Adams said religion should be in schools “anywhere possible.”

Antisemitism

New York State halts polio immunization ad campaign over antisemitism concerns

Nearly identical ads in Haredi newspapers continued

Politics

It’s participatory budgeting season. Here’s how to make your voice heard.

This week, New Yorkers as young as 11 can help decide where city funds go.

Yeshivas

Satmar grand rabbi heard bragging about deceiving state lawmakers on education bill

“To ensure that it passes, a schvartze senator introduced it”

Politics

How Haredi Priorities Get Heard in Albany

Activists, lobbyists, politicians and others make their voices count

Elections

A Shtetl Guide to This Year’s New York City Council Races

This year voters in each of the 51 New York City Council districts will get to decide who to elect to represent them.