Williamsburg - Despite Commanding Lead, Bloomberg Stumps Across For Votes

Williamsburg - Despite a commanding lead in the polls, Bloomberg stumps across Williamsburg Saturday night for every vote.

The mayor ended the day with a speach in Williamsburg next to the main synagegue on 152 Rodney Street, where he showed up Saturday night for a standing-room-only "Get Out The Vote" rally, he spoke to the thousands of participants from the local Chasidic Jewish community, touting his achievements for the past four years and committing him self for more in the next.

Warren NJ, +Mid Air Plane Collision+

Warren NJ, +Mid Air Plane Collision+ Earlier today along Rout 78, 2 small airplanes collided in mid air one plane on the ground near Rt. 22 in front of WalMart with signicant front end damage but minor injuries, the 2nd plane is near a Quarry it was heavily damaged no word on injuries.

PARIS - Cars And Synagogue Were burned, As Urban Unrest Reaches Capital.

PARIS - Cars And A Synagogue Were burned, As Urban Unrest Reaches Capital.
As of Friday the 9th night of immigrant Muslim rioting occurred throughout many areas of France. No longer limited to one or two towns, the violence is continuing to spread throughout the country.
It is reported that over 750 cars were burned on Friday night, as well as a synagogue.
Bullets are being fired against police and tourists, including Americans, are being warned not to take trains to the Paris airport if they travel through any of the affected areas.

Ramapo - Anonymous political mailing offends Jews in Ramapo

Ramapo - An anonymous mailing accusing the Preserve Ramapo party of being anti-Semitic and urging support for the Town Board incumbents has some Jewish residents upset.
The mailing accuses Preserve Ramapo supporters of being "opposed to the shuls (synagogues) required for the expanding Orthodox population in the villages."
It charges that rules against overnight parking in Wesley Hills discriminated against Orthodox Jews, and that yeshivas were unwelcome in some villages.
"A vote for

Get Your SHABBOS GOY To Ask Judge Rosenwasser A Question Tomorrow

Orange County Court Judge Rosenwasser, who's running for state Supreme Court, will be a guest on a Chester radio program, at 9 a.m. tomorrow. He'll be appearing just a few days after Chasidim from feuding factions in Kiryas Yoel and Brooklyn duked it out at a Brooklyn synagogue. That brawl ("hats and bats," in police vernacular) came in the wake of a Rosenwasser order demanding proof that a member of the Kiryas Yoel faction had been expelled from the Brooklyn synagogue:
Kiryas Joel's residents are observant Jews. They don't travel, cook or turn on appliances during Shabbas, which begins at sundown Friday and ends at sunset on Saturday. That means listening to the radio show and interrogating Rosenwasser on the air will be problematic for the thousands of people in Kiryas Yoel who vote. Some surrogates might have to step up.
So, if you live in Kiryas Yoel and you've got a question for the judge, you've got until sundown today to get your Shabbos goy lined up with some probing inquiries worthy of Maimonides himself. If you're not from KY, once again, that time is 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Pass the popcorn, please.

Woodburne +Large Fire+

Woodburne, Sullivan County +Large Fire+ A 3 alarm fire at 302 Budd Road, Loch Sheldrake E&T to the scene, also requesting the Brush Truck.

TRENTON, NJ - Corzine, Forrester Court Jewish Vote

TRENTON, NJ - Traditionally, Jews vote at higher rates than the total electorate, and they vote Democrat. Since 1989, Democrats running for governor have garnered between 60 percent and 82 percent of the Jewish vote, according to exit polls, so Republicans and Democrats are making strides in the New Jersey Jewish community.

Brooklyn +Motor Vehicle Accident+

Brooklyn +Motor Vehicle Accident+ Kings Highway and East 9th A MVA has Hatzolah responding, requesting Medics backup.

Drunk Firefighter Stole Truck And Crashed Through Storefront

A New York City firefighter has been charged with drunken driving after crashing a stolen truck into a Manhattan storefront early this morning, police said.

Rockaway - Robberies Increased Last Month

Robberies rose 97% in Rockaway last month, the greatest increases in robbery reports this year. In the 100th Precinct in Queens, there were 67 robbery reports compared to 34 at the same time last year, Police Department data through October 30 show.

New York - No Exit Polling After Mayoral Race For the First Time Since 1985

On Election Day next week, for the first time since 1985, there will be no exit polling in New York

Normally, news organizations gather together to survey voters as they leave the polls. That information helps determine the makeup of the electorate and helps analysts draw conclusions about the success or failure of campaigns.

"We're back to the dark ages before exit polls," a Baruch College professor of public affairs, Douglas Muzzio, said. "Before the exit poll, it was guesswork and looking at actual voting from precincts. We're back to square one. We're really in the dark ages, and we're in the dark."

Brooklyn - Religious Leaders Tour New Courthouse, Family Justice Center

JAY STREET - Clergy from many different religious groups convened at Brooklyn Supreme Court and took a tour of the new Criminal Term at 320 Jay Street, as well as the new Family Justice Center down the street.
Administrative Judge Neil J. Firetog greeted the religious leaders and welcomed them to the new building. The 32-story, glass-and-metal tower is the tallest courthouse in the state, and has finely polished, state-of-the-art facilities.

Woodbury Board OK's Housing

Woodbury - The Town Board met last night at the Woodbury senior citizens center and adopted a package of laws allowing developer Bill Brodsky to proceed with plans to build 451 homes on land previously zoned for 148, off Dunderberg and Nininger roads.

Brodsky's proposal still needs Planning Board approval. That board has already begun reviewing the project, even though the Town Board had not yet adopted the required zoning modifications.

Brooklyn +Police Involved Shooting+

Highland Park, Brooklyn - +Police Involved Shooting+ A man was shot and killed, apparently by police, on a street in the Highland Park section of Brooklyn.
Police say the man was shot in front of 161 Hendrix Street, near Fulton Street, just before 7:30 a.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Hendrix Street was closed through the area for the police investigation.

Williamsburg +Pedetrian Struck+

Williamsburg +Pedetrian Struck+ Pedestrian struck by a auto Lee Ave and Rutledge St, FD on the scene calling for EMS.

Queens +Grand Central Parkway Heavy Delays+

Queens +Grand Central Parkway Heavy Delays+ A MVA on the Grand Central Parkway near LaGuardia Airport, PD on scene blocking off the right lane, heavy delays through area.

NJ - Teens Paint Nazi Symbol On Synagogue Sign

Vandals defaced a sign at a synagogue and left profanity and lewd drawings on street signs, cars and buildings, close to 30 graffiti markings appeared in Hammonton, N.J.

Police believe it's the work of several juveniles who call themselves the Collings Lakes Clan, they are calling it a hate crime.

The hateful marks left residents upset and shocked, "When we were kids, we just threw eggs and tomatoes," said Tom Tyler. "All this Hitler stuff, we didn't even mess with it. We don't tolerate that here in Hammonton at all."

Police have not made any arrests.

BALTIMORE MD +Multiple Students With Bee Stings+

BALTIMORE MD +Multiple Students Bee Stung+ At the Deer Park Elementary School of the Baltimore County Public Schools at 1101 E Homberg Ave in Essex, MD a total of 44 students were stung by bees, students are being transported to 4 different hospitals by Medics and by Baltimore Fire Department, School has been evacuated.

Crown Heights +Child Struck+

Crown Heights +Child Struck+ A MVA with a child struck by vehicle in Crown Heights on Eastren Parkway and Brooklyn Ave, Hatzolah EMS responding ALS and BLS units.

LIRR Train Strikes Car, Service Suspended

LIRR service has been suspended on the Far Rockaway Branch after a train struck a car on the tracks in Woodmere.

Mohawks Drop Plans For Kutsher's, But Want Raceway Casino

Monticello – In a move they hope will move them closer to that elusive Catskills casino, the St. Regis Mohawks are abandoning Kutsher's Sports Academy for a proposed casino at Monticello Raceway.
In a letter sent yesterday to the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, the tribe says it "has formally decided to move forward with only the Monticello Raceway project."
"We are therefore withdrawing the application for a fee to trust application at the Kutsher's site, otherwise called the Mohawk Mountain project."

Merck Not Responsible For Vioxx User's Heart Attack

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - In a major victory for Merck & Co., A New Jersey jury on Thursday found the drugmaker properly warned consumers about Vioxx risks. The finding means Merck will not be held liable for the 2001 heart attack suffered by a man taking the painkiller.

Bronx +Boat Sinking+

Bronx +Boat Sinking+ In the Long Island Sound at City Island a 23 foot unoccupied boat approximately 100 yards off shore is sinking, FD and NYPD Harbor units are on the scene, trying to secure the boat.

DENVER - 4 Officers Join Air Force Evangelism Suit

DENVER - Four Air Force second lieutenants officers have joined a lawsuit filed by a Jewish graduate of the academy, claiming senior officers and cadets at the Air Force Academy illegally imposed Christianity on others at the school.

The lieutenants, all graduates with the class of 2004, joined the suit filed by former Air Force officer, Mikey Weinstein, said Sam Bregman, Weinstein's lawyer. He identified them as Casey Weinstein, one of Mikey Weinsten's sons, Jason Spindler, Patrick Kucera and Ariel Kayne.

"Any argument that Mr. Weinstein didn't have standing _ that argument is over," Bregman said.

Weinstein's federal suit said he had failed to win an assurance from the Air Force that Christian chaplains would stop proselytizing. The suit prompted a proposed new set of guidelines on religious conduct in the Air Force.

Bronx +Cross Bronx Traffic Alert+

Bronx +Cross Bronx Traffic Alert+ Eastbound of the Cross Bronx Expressway an MVA at the exit ramp to the Major Deegan has PD blocking some lanes causing heavy traffic delays.

Fallsburg - Orthodox Jews Voting As Bloc, Has Fallsburg's Full-Time Residents Concerned

Fallsburg - What many folks in Sullivan County feared is now happening. Ultra-Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn, with second homes in Sullivan, are urging bloc voting for certain political candidates for county office and in Fallsburg, where most of the Orthodox live.
A group called The Alliance, which says it represents more than 1,000 voters is calling for a bloc vote, and that worries some residents in this county, where the growing presence of the Orthodox community turns up on everything from a kosher bakery's "Welcome to Fallsburg" sign to a billboard for a doctor with Hebrew words.
Members of the ultra-Orthodox community have already given thousands of dollars to candidates.
Many say they're concerned that a group of residents who are in Sullivan for just two months could decide an election.
The Alliance members say they have every right to vote in Sullivan. They're backing their chosen candidates "because they're more responsive to our needs," says Bernie Gips of Brooklyn. He has a home in one of the growing number of upscale second-home communities for the ultra-Orthodox in Fallsburg.

Brooklyn Bridge +Suspicious Package+

Brooklyn Bridge +Suspicious Package+ A suspicious package on the stairs to the pedestrian foot path of the Brooklyn Bridge near Camden Plaza and Prospect Ave, the pedestrian foot path is being closed down, ESU Trk-8, Bomb Squad and Aviation are all on the scene.

U/D: 07:22
Bridge being closed down in both directions for vehicles and pedestrian traffic.

U/D: 07:36
Bomb Squad has properly id'd the package, bridge is being re-opened.

TEXAS - Investigation In The Murder-Suicide In A Synagogue May Never Be Solved.

TEXAS - Detectives say Eloise Evans walked into the B'Nai Israel synagogue Sunday morning, shot Zachary Weir once in the head and once in the torso, then shot herself in the chest.

Evans was estranged from her family in Kansas and was counseling with the training rabbi at the synagogue, but wasn't a congregation member.

Brooklyn +Belt Parkway Traffic Alert+

Brooklyn +Belt Parkway Traffic Alert+ An MVA on the eastbound of the Belt Parkway right before Knapp St, ESU is requesting a few ambulances.

Williamsburg +Fatal Construction Victim+

Williamsburg +Fatal Construction Victim+ At 207 South 1st St between Driggs Ave and Roebling Street a construction worker fell after being hit in the head from some falling bricks and is D.O.A., ESU on the scene, Squad and Buildings Department are enroute to investigate, M.E. notified.

Manhattan +Four Alarm Fire+

Manhattan +Four Alarm Fire+ A 4 alarm fire in 200 x 200 garage building at 571 9th Ave and West 15th St fire is on the 4th, 5th and 6th floors of the building, PD calling for a level one mobilization.

U/D: 10:41
Fire Chif reports that firefighters have been evacuated from the building due to collapses, Building Dept has been requested.

U/D: 11/03/05
Drivers await word on their cars after the fire.

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Traffic Alert+

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel Traffic Alert+ An MVA with injuries inside of the Battery Tunnel Manhattan bound, heavy delays into Manhattan.

Borough Park +MVA+

Borough Park +MVA+ Car accident in Borough Park at 13th Ave and 47th St. Hatzolah on the scene.

Williamsburg +Serious Assault In Synagogue+

Williamsburg +Serious Assault In Synagogue+ A serious assault in the mikvah of the Klivlant synagogue on Bedford Ave between Clymer St and Division Ave when a man with a iron pipe hit the victim to the head, aided was transported by Hatzolah to Bellvue Hospital unconscious.

U/D: 10:21
90 Pct Lt is requesting aviation th do a fly over check the roof tops for any weapons or any other evidence.

Orange County, 7th District Candidates Talk Of Growth

Candidate McLaughlinSaid: The unrelenting growth of the Village of Kiryas Yoel is the single greatest growth and development issue facing District 7 today. While not a part of District 7, the village's expansion and city-density development threatens the environmental sustainability of the communities around it, particularly in the areas of air quality, water resources and wastewater pollution. The village's plan to tap into the New York City Aqueduct with a miles-long pipeline would topple the precarious environmental resources balance we are attempting to maintain in our region. Neighboring communities must be able to rely upon the resources of the county Planning Department to maintain the integrity of their respective master plans and zoning laws. The county Health Department must take a hard look at any applications from the village for sewage or water infrastructure expansion. Orange County Sewer District No. 1 must ensure that what little remaining capacity we have left is fairly distributed among all its member communities. And, finally, the county must be ready and willing to go into court - as we have done on the pipeline - to exercise the control over rampant development that the Village of Kiryas Yoel is unwilling to do.

Borough Park +Victim Fell+

Borough Park +Victim Fell+ A person fell approx 20 feet at 1402 44th St, aided is unconscious, Hatzolah was handling the victim.

Borough Park +Pedestrian Struck+

Borough Park +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA with a pedestrian struck by an auto at 18th Ave and 60th St, Hatzolah EMS on the scene requesting Medics, Highway A.I.S also requested aided is in serious condition.

U/D: 19:56
Aided in likely condition, PD is looking for a blue Dodge minivan that fled the scene.

U/D: 20:02
PD of the 66th Pct have one under.

Borough Park +Fire In Satmar Synagogue+

Borough Park, Brooklyn +Fire In Satmar Synagogue+ A fire at the cockloft of the Synagogue at 1350 53rd St.

Monsey - Fire Evacuates Adult Home

MONSEY -- The New Monsey Park Home for Adults was evacuated after a fire started in a first-floor bathroom.

The Monsey Fire Department was called to the adult home on Monsey Boulevard about 6 a.m. for a fire in Room 235.

The fire started in the motor of a bathroom fan. The fan fell onto the toilet, melting the tank and bowl. The fire also extended into the ceiling.

Residents and staff at the home were evacuated for an hour while about 20 volunteer firefighters extinguished the fire.

The fire was deemed accidental.

Brooklyn +Four Car MVA+

Brooklyn +Four Car MVA+ A four auto MVA on 18th Ave and East 7th and Ocean Parkway, Hatzolah requested

N.Y. on Record Pace For Fewest Deaths At Hands of Police

With only two months left in the year, the city is on pace to record the fewest number of fatalities at the hands of police officers, data compiled by the Police Department show.

Williamsburg - Chassidic Holy War on Videotap

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A chilling videotape showing a congregation of Chasidim being ambushed by a hostile faction during a prayer service at a Williamsburg synagogue has been turned over to the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.
On the tape, members of feuding sects are seen slapping and punching each other and pulling their opponents' beards inside the synagogue last week.
The videotape, from a security camera, shows thugs allegedly brought in by the invading up state Aaron's faction choking a man who is struggling to free himself.
In another segment, they break into the grand rebbe's sanctuary.
Security cameras were installed after followers from Aaron threatened to break into the Brooklyn synagogue during the holiday of Shmini Atzeres, as they did last year.
No one was arrested in the rumble, but dozens of cops were called to quell the violence.

UN To Designate Today, January 27 As Annual Holocaust Day.

UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. General Assembly on Monday that designated January 27 as an annual commemoration day for the 6 million Jews and other victims murdered in the Nazi Holocaust during World War Two.
The measure, expected to be approved on Tuesday by consensus, rejects any denial that the Holocaust took place. It also urges members to "inculcate" future generations with the lessons on the genocide so it would not be repeated in the future.
The General Assembly has often been accused of anti-Semitism and persistent concentration on the plight of Palestinians. The Holocaust was largely ignored until January when the assembly held a session to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the death camps.
The resolution, first proposed by the United States, Israel, Russia, Australia, and Canada was co-sponsored by nearly 100 nations from every continent.

Flatbush +Pedestrian Struck+

Flatbush +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA with a pedestrian struck on Ave J and 21st St. Hatzolah EMS responding.

Sweet Smell Not Budget Crisis, Confounds New Yorkers

New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said that tests had been conducted by the Department of Environmental Protection, the Health Department and other city agencies, but no toxic substance was found for the smell that seemed most prominent in Manhattan, what many called a sweet smell like maple syrup or pancakes.

It's believed to be some sort of food substance, but we can't substantiate that, said Kelly.

I smelled it as I was walking home from Tribeca to the upper West Side, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., said Michelle Collins. At first I didn't say anything, but when my roommate got home she said she heard people talking about it all over the city. By then it was like IHOP (International House of Pancakes) on a Sunday morning.

City Councilman Candidate Religious Commitment Restricted Him From Campaigning

David Ceder the Democratic opponent to City Councilman - an Orthodox Jew-religious commitment restricted him from campaigning for most of October, which comprises 20 days of religious observance between holidays and the weekly Shabbas.

For 10 of those days, he had to stop working before sundown to mark the official start of all Jewish holidays, thereby cutting himself off from frequent evening political functions.

Still, Ceder, a candidate in the heavily Orthodox mid-Island district that includes parts of Brooklyn, envisions a healthy marriage between an Orthodox lifestyle and a job in politics. His sentiment is evidence of the increasing comfort Orthodox Jews feel toward their roles in public life.

Orthodox politicians throughout New York have said their religious and public identities are melding with more ease than ever before, One symbol of the trend is the growing number of yarmulkes, perhaps the most visible symbol of the faith, worn in public.

Brooklyn Family Of 15 Survives Rollover Crash On Ramp

ALBANY, N.Y. -- State Police say unsafe speed and an inexperience driver caused an accident near exit 24 of the New York State Thruway.

A family of two adults and 13 children were heading home to Brooklyn from a weekend trip to Montreal when their van took a curve too fast and rolled over on the southbound ramp from the Northway to the Thruway.

The father, who was behind the wheel , was trapped in the van with serious injuries. Rescue crews had to cut the roof off the vehicle to free him, He is still at Albany Med at this time. There is no word on his condition.

The battalion chief of the Albany Fire Department, said that it was amazing that there weren't more serious injuries.

LONDON - Council Accused Of Discrimination Over Bus Costs

LEEDS, LONDON - Angry nine Orthodox Jewish families have taken Leeds City Council to the High Court in London over claims the authority discriminated against their children.
The case was brought by families who pay for their children to be bussed every day to a school in Manchester.
They argued, if the council would not provide a Jewish school in Leeds, then it should fund the travel costs of allowing the children to continue their Jewish education, claiming the council had acted unreasonably and unlawfully and failed to treat Jewish children the same as they would Christian children.

The case was brought after the council decided last September that it was "not appropriate" to provide funding for a school coach to take the nine children from Leeds to Manchester, where they attend either the independent Manchester Grammar or state-funded Jewish school King David High.

Bronx +Again An Accident On The Cross Bronx Expy+

Bronx +Again Accident Cross Bronx Expy+ An MVA again on the Cross Bronx Expressway northbound and Jerome Ave, FD on the scene and reporting some are injuried, heavy delays all morning long.

Bronx +Major Traffic Delays At Cross Bronx Expy+

Bronx +Major Traffic Delays At Cross Bronx Expy+ A MVA on the eastbound of the Cross Brox Expressway at the Sheridan Expressway is causing major traffic problems all the way into New Jersey across the G.W. Bridge, PD, FD and EMS are all on the scene with several injuried.

WASHINGTON -- Supreme Court Nominee Selected

WASHINGTON -- President Bush is nominating Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, choosing a long-time federal judge embraced by judicial conservatives to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
The President is expected to announce his choice at 8 a.m. Eastern Time.

Elizabeth NJ +Train Strikes Multiple Pedestrians+

Elizabeth NJ +Train Strikes Multiple Pedestrians+ Multiple pedestrians where fatally hit by a train at Penn St Station northbound, EMS on the scene with 2 DOA's and now searching for more under the train.

German Court Sides With Wertheimer Heirs Who Lost Their Retail Fortune Under Nazis

BERLIN - Germany's highest administrative court has upheld claims to real estate in Berlin by heirs of a Jewish family who lost their department store fortune under the Nazis.
The ruling is a victory for the Wertheim heirs, and delivers a setback to KarstadtQuelle, which had fought the family's claim to the site of its former downtown Berlin department store near the city's glitzy, redeveloped Potsdamer Platz square worth millions of dollars.
The State Administrative Court in Leipzig ruled that the Wertheimers retained their claim on the property because they had not been compensated for it under Allied restitution programs.
A KarstadtQuelle spokesman could not immediately be reached.
The department store site is worth some $20 million, attorneys for the heirs said.
They said the decision opened the way for claims on a total of 24 acres of former Wertheimer property in Berlin, which they estimated to be worth some $200 million.

Williamsburg +Pedestrian Struck+

Williamsburg +Pedestrian Struck+ Pedestrian was struck at the exit ramp of the eastbound of the B.Q.E. Hatzolah EMS on the scene requesting Medics.

Hispanics Uncovering Roots as Inquisition's 'Marranos' Jews

HOUSTON, TX - For more than two decades, anecdotal evidence collected by researchers in New Mexico, Colorado and Texas suggested that some nominally Catholic families of Iberian descent had stealthily maintained Jewish customs throughout the centuries, including lighting candles on Friday evening, avoiding pork.

Modern science may now be shedding new light on the history of the crypto-Jews after molecular anthropologists recently developed a DNA test of the male or Y chromosome that can indicate an ancestral connection to the Cohanim, a priestly class of Jews that traces its origin back more than 3,000 years to Aaron, the older brother of Moses.

Williamsburg +Pedestrian Struck+

Williamsburg +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA at Wythe Ave and Penn St, Hatzolah on the scene requesting ALS units to respond.

Syracuse, NY - Anti Semitic Graffiti Painted on Jewish Center

DeWitt, Syracuse - The DeWitt Police are investigating the vandalism of anti-semitic graffiti that was spray painted around the campus of the Jewish Community Center in DeWitt. The swastikas and obscene words were painted on signs in the parking lot and also on the walls.

Some in the community are also asking the F.B.I to help in the investigation. They are anxious for the vandals to be caught.

Crown Heights - +Pedestrian Struck+

Crown Heights - +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA with a vehicle hitting a pedestrian in front of 736 Montgomery St. between Kingston Ave. and Albany Ave. Hatzolah EMS on the scene.

Williamsburg -- Sergeant Norman Horowitz Of The 90th Precinct Is Hanging Up His Gumshoes

Unlike most city cops, Sgt. Norman Horowitz worked his way up from beat cop to head of the robbery unit and now commanding officer of the detective squad - all in the same precinct.
Now, after nearly 40 years chasing rapists, robbers, murderers and armed gunmen and cheating death many times over, Horowitz, 62, is retiring - reluctantly.
"After 40 years, they think I can't do the job," said Horowitz, only half joking.
Horowitz joined the NYPD in 1966. Under department rules, he must step down before his 63rd birthday, Nov. 18. His last day will be Halloween.
"Norman would do this job for free if he could because he loves it so much," said Precinct Commander Capt. John Corbisiero.
"He's been in and offered some of the premier jobs in this department, Horowitz turned down high-level posts to stay in Williamsburg. Norman is the best." said a Police Department official.
Horowitz's longevity has earned him a critical role in policing Williamsburg's established Chasidic, Hispanic and Italian communities - sometimes a delicate balancing act.
When Horowitz gets involved, "both sides leave happy," said Corbisiero.
During his time on the force, Horowitz was stabbed three times. He stood at the wrong end of a barrel on several occasions - and owes his life to the fact that the gun malfunctioned.
"I'm living on borrowed time," he said.