Tag: Bill de Blasio

“The two great lessons of the Holocaust are: ‘Never forget, and ‘Never ignore.’ Never ignore means you have to stand up to the first act of anti-Semitism," Giuliani said.

“Diversity is our strength, and we respect the traditions of all who call New York City home. Intolerance will never take hold here."

“We light up the world with acts of goodness and kindness. That’s the essence of Chanukah, and that is the antidote to hatred and bigotry.”

But only Mayor De Blasio has the authority to formally request a 'state of emergency' status for New York City from the Governor.

On Friday, Mayor de Blasio tweeted: "Hate doesn’t have a home in our city."

Jersey City mayor Steven Fulop tweeted: "Based on our initial investigation (which is ongoing) we now believe the active shooters targeted the location they attacked."

After three attacks in recent weeks targeting visible Jews, residents and leaders are calling for greater police presence in their neighborhoods and stricter hate-crime laws.

“When it happened to me personally, I realized how much it meant to my identity and how much fear it raised,” Lauter told reporters.

According to Police, the attackers sneaked up on their victims from behind, punched them in the face and emptied their pockets.

The blackout appears to impact the neighborhoods of Flatbush, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Old Mill Basin, Bergen Beach, and Georgetown.

“I want to be very, very clear – the violent threat, the threat that is ideological – is very much from the right.”

Haredi Rabbi Hillel Handler announced: “We Hasidim have been chosen as the target,” and, “The campaign against us has been successful.”

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday declared a public health emergency in several zip codes in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to stem a nascent measles outbreak among Orthodox Jewish children.

"Senator Gillibrand was not planning to speak at the policy conference and will not be attending."

It will be sunny on Wednesday and Thursday, but the freezing kind of north-eastern sunny.

The OU is planning an ad campaign condemning the mayor's failure to meet the nutritional needs of city children.

Judging historical figures according to our most current social mores is politically beneficial.

Arguing that respect and sensitivity protect public health better than a restrictive policy, the mayor waived the requirement that parents sign a consent form showing understand the risks involved in Metzitzah B'peh.

One student said the experience "felt very violating and personal because it happened in a space where we live, where we hang out, where we sleep."

London's first Muslim mayor is a smashing success on his interfaith tour in the US, including at two synagogues.

The dumpster blew up outside Associated Blind Housing, a 14-story building for residents who are blind or visually impaired, next door to a church.

NYC Police Commissioner Bill Bratton has resigned from his post to take a job in the private sector.

If Israel's security forces had used this yardstick in their approach to predictive profiling it would have choked not just its international airports, but traffic on the streets in many cities, too.

“I think it’s a very good thing, and I hope he does a very good job because frankly that would be very, very good.”

Here’s a good reason to like your new mayor: he, or, rather, his police dept., doesn’t fine you as much as it used to.

NYC Mayor De Blasio visited badly injured victims of terror with Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on Saturday night at Hadassah Medical Center.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is visiting Yad VaShem Sunday during his two-day tour in Israel for the 30th International Mayors Conference. He...

Nir Barkat is the mayor of Jerusalem, but Bill de Blasio is the mayor of the city with the largest Jewish community. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KGym_6Hz9Q?rel=0&w=475&h=300]

New York City has another husband-and-wife team helping to run the city with the disclosure that Rikki Klieman, the wife of Police Chief Bill...

“Did you miss me?” Lhota responded with a devilish smirk when asked by a Capital New York reporter about his new aggressive style.