Staten Island +Fire In Basement Of Synagogue+

Staten Island +Fire In Basement Of Synagogue+ A working fire at the basement of a 3 story framed 20x40 synagogue on 3151 Hylan Blvd between Malone and Montreal Avenue's, all hands working, fire is under control and placed as P/W/D

Orlando, FL - Suspicious Package Turns Out To Be Goods Stolen From Synagogue

Orlando, FL - Security saw a man go inside the Chabad Synagogue, and leave a suitcase outside. He called Orlando police, who evacuated the plaza near Universal Studios while they checked out the bag on Friday, because the package was suspicious.

Police found items stolen from the synagogue inside the suitcase and the man was arrested.

Newark, NJ +F.B.I. Investigating Areon+

Newark, NJ +F.B.I. Investigating Areon+ Police, F.B.I. and A.T.F. are investigating an attempted arson and a fire to the Getty oil tanks critical infrastructure last night on Doremus Avenue in Newark, N.J. Fire was k/d by the fire department.

PA +Tornado Touchdown+

Emigsville, PA +Tornado Touchdown+ Numerous reposts of structural damage due to apparent tornado touchdown, unknown of ant injuries at this time.

Kiev - Knife-wielding Man Apprehended At Synagogue

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Kiev - A man wielding a knife was arrested at the Brodsky central synagogue in Kiev.
The incident happened during Shabbas service at about 5:20 p.m. The man entered the synagogue and demanded to see the rabbi, but security found a knife on him and called the police.
Policemen shortly arrived on the scene, and the man explained that the Muscovite who committed a slaughter at the synagogue on Bolshaya Bronnaya Street in Moscow several weeks ago had impressed him. He said he came to the synagogue during the Shabbas service on purpose "to desecrate the temple."
The prayer ceremony, however, was not even interrupted.

New York - Independence Party moves again against Fulani's Anti-Semitic Faction

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N.Y. - New York's Independence Party on Saturday voted to disband its county organizations in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx controlled by a party faction accused of taking an anti-Semitic stance, the party chairman said.
"In essence they lost three of their five chairs today in the city, all due the anti-Semitic rhetoric and refusal to pull it back," party Chairman said. "Candidates in the counties will be told they're not to deal with these chairs."
The faction, led by Lenora Fulani, has somewhere between 106 and 160 members but controlled the party in New York City. The Independence Party has about 325,000 members statewide.

Iran Defiant After Being Reported by IAEA

TEHRAN, Iran - In a move that could change the course of international diplomacy towards Iran, the 35-nation board of the International Atomic Energy Agency approved a resolution on Saturday to report the country's nuclear case to the United
Nations Security Council, over concerns about its nuclear programme.
Because of this, Iran's president order the resumption of uranium enrichment and the end of snap nuclear inspections.

Canada - Jewish school Evacuated Because Of Bomb Threat

Canada - A bomb threat led to the evacuation of a Jewish elementary school in Cote des Neiges. The threat was made via a phone call and it led to the evacuation of about 500 students from Jewish People's and Peretz School.
Police were called in and after a check of the building declared it safe.One parent said, "The kids were a little shaken up, but everything was ok." Police stepped up their patrols around the school. the source of the bomb threat remains a mystery.

Flatbush +Serious Assoult+

Flatbush +Serious Assoult+ A person was seriously assoulted in Flatbush by a perp between Avenue K and L, Shomrim and NYPD are working the case searching for male black, Hatzolah transporting the aided.

Monsey's Main Streets On An Erev Shabbos

London +Child Very Seriously Struck By Bus+

Stamford Hill, London +Child Very Seriously Struck By Bus+ A very serious motor vehicle accident this morning in Stamford Hill, London when a 2-year-old boy - who came along with his mother, who was waiting for bus of his other siblings - ran under the bus while the bus was puling away, Emergency Medical Services called for a medivac choper to take the infant to the hospital. Child was pronounced DOA.

Borough Park - Plans For A Public School Upsets The Community

Borough Park - The Department of Education decided to place one of 36 new, small secondary schools it is opening next year inside the Montauk building which is half empty, and it seemed like a fine plan.

But the Montauk school happens to be in Borough Park, Brooklyn, a Hasidic Jewish neighborhood where virtually all residents send their children to private yeshivas. And the plan for the new school has angered community leaders, who say that any one of the neighborhood's yeshivas would be thrilled to buy the building for a fair price.
"The yeshivas are bursting - every time you turn around, there's more going up, and boy, would our community like to get those schools that are empty," said Assemblyman Dov Hikind, a Brooklyn Democrat who represents the area.

CAIRO - +Cruise Ship Sinks+

CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyption passenger cruise ship carrying over 1300 people, including muslim pilgrims, has sunk in the Red Sea off Saudi coast, but the ships captain was the first to leave and abandon the ship and is now missing.

Egyptian maritime officials say bodies have been seen floating where near cruise liner disappeared.

Egypt has declined Israel Navy's offer of search and rescue assistance.

U/D: 09:14
ATT about 100 survivors in five lifeboats have been rescued.

U/D: 14:04
Egypt's transport minister said now that 203 survivors have been rescued from the sinking of the passenger ferry.

Manhattan +A.C.S. Agency Assistance+

Manhattan +A.C.S. Agency Assistance+ NYPD ESU has been requested to assist A.C.S. To 2430 7th Avenue in the removel of several children from a home with a possible suspect barricaded inside, and also some animal condition at the location.

Queens - Teen Mom And Baby Missing

Queens - Police need the public's help to track down a missing teenaged mother and her newborn baby.

14-year old Nina Spiro is missing from her home on Forest Parkway in Woodhaven, Queens. Police say her baby daughter, is 3 week old, and is believed to be with her mother.

Brooklyn +Pedestrian Seriously Struk+

Brooklyn +Pedestrian Seriously Struk+ Hatzolah on the scene working on a 22-year-old male that was struck by a vehicle on Kings Highway and Nostrand Avenue, aided is in serious condition with head trauna, transporting to Kings County Hospital in a rush with ALS on board.

PD looking for a Lexus vehicle that fled the scene.

U/D: 20:19
Aided is in likely condition, Highway A.I.S Team for the investigation.
Intersection is closed, delays in the area.

Manhattan +W.S.H. Shut Down/Suspicious Package+

Manhattan +W.S.H. Shut Down/Suspicious Package+ A suspicious package at West 16th street and 10th Avenue has the NYPD calling for a level one mobilization and the West Side Highway to be shut down at both directions from West 14th to West 23rd Street's until package could be cleared, Bomb Squad on the scene.

Moscow - Synagogue Attack Suspect Declared Sane, Faces Trial

Moscow - The man who accused of a knife-wielding attack on a central Moscow synagogue has been declared sane and will face trial.
The prosecutor said forensic psychiatrists had found that Alexander Koptsev, 20, who stabbed nine people in the synagogue on January 11, "was sane while committing the crime."
He also said that the Moscow Prosecutor's Office had completed its investigation into the attack on the synagogue and found that Koptsev had no accomplices, not with extremist organizations, and not with skinheads.

All the nine victims of the attack had been discharged from the hospital.

Washington - G.O.P. Picks New House Majority Leader

Washington - Representative John Boehner R-Ohio chosen House majority leader, replacing Representative Tom DeLay.

Washington, DC - +Suicide At 911 Police Fire Dispatch Center+

Washington, DC - +Suicide At 911 Police Fire Dispatch Center+ A female officer committed suicide with a gun at the Office of Unified Communications, Police-Fire-EMS Dispatch Center at 310 McMillan Drive, Officer is DOA on the scene on the 2nd floor of the facility, all info not over the radio.

Bronx - ACS Worker Accused Of Abusing Her Child

Bronx - A mother who is an ACS worker as an administrative assistant was arrested because she allegedly hit her girl in the face on Monday,
in their Harlem apartment. The girl was not badly hurt, but the slap left a mark.

Washington - More Iraqi Aid Requested From Congress

Washington - The White House has told Congress to expect requests for another $70 billion in funding for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and $18 billion more for hurricane relief.

Queens +Unstable Bldg / Transit Alert+

Queens +Unstable Bldg / Transit Alert+ Building at 45-11 41st Street and Queens Blvd. has cracks in the walls, FDNY Collapse Units are on the scene, NYPD from the 108th Pct are requesting the Building Dept. to check, building has been evacuated at this time for precaution reasons, Transit Flushing #7 Line between Queensboro Plaza and 61st Street / Woodside Station has been suspended.

New York - Suozzi Meeting Religious Leaders

Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi who is challenging state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for the Democratic nomination, meets with supporters at a breakfast from Brooklyn civic, business, and religious leaders on his "New York State" tour.

In New York Schools, Whole Milk Is Cast From the Menu

To reduce the risks of obesity, diabetes and other health problems, New York City has decided to serve one percent and skim milk.

U/D: 13:33
The American Dairy Association is upset.

Police In Williamsburg On The Hunt For This Dangerous Suspect

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Williamsburg - Police are searching for a perpnthey say has attacked several times. The latest attack occured Wednesday morning.
The victim was a 38-year-old woman heading to work.
The first attack happened in early October, the second attack in late October and the latest attack -- Wednesday. According to police, the latest attack happened around the Williamsburg Houses.

Police say. They are now counting on the public's help to get the suspect off the street, "Whoever has females in their family is concerned right now."
Wednesday night in the Bushwick Houses complex, police handed out flyers with the suspect's description and a sketch of his face. Investigators have noticed a pattern: every time the suspect attacks he approaches his victim from behind and tells them he has a gun or a knife. He demands money and then takes them to a secluded area.

U/D: 16:45
Police have their suspect! Gerard Mitchell, of Brooklyn, was arrested Thursday.

Brooklyn - Councilman Yassky With Largest Campaign War Chest

Brooklyn - In his bid to replace retiring Congressman Major Owens, Councilman David Yassky has raised more money than all of his opponents combined.

Borough Park - +Pedestrian Struck+

Borough Park - +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck on 16th Avenue between 49th and 50th Streets, Hatzolah on the scene.

Man That Jumped From Empire State Building Yesterday Was Apparent Suicide

A New York man that jumped to his death from the Empire State Building yesterday was an apparent suicide.

New York City Police report that 21-year-old Dovid Abramowitz who lived on Grand Street on the Lower East Side, entered a vacant office, opened the window and jumped, after buying a ticket to the 86th floor observation deck at around 3 p.m. Officials discovered his body on a landing on the sixth- floor parapet of the building facing 34th Street. "An employee in my office yelled out, 'Oh my God! A big black bird just went past the window,' " said David Burgos, 27, who works on the 60th floor. "He ran to the window and saw it was a body."

It is 1,454 feet to the top of the Empire State Building's lightning rod.

New York City- Most Wanted By FBI, Could Be Walking City Streets

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The FBI shared information about 10 of the Most Wanted fugitives - all with Big Apple-area connections, and could be walking the streets or riding the subways of New York City - in the hopes that an eagle-eyed reader might provide a tip that could bring one or more of them to justice.

"We know that some of these fugitives might come to New York to blend into the crowd or hide in plain sight," said FBI agent Jim Margolin of the New York office.

West Virginia - All Mine Work On Temporary Hold

West Virginia - The Governor Joe Manchin has ordered all mines to cease production until safety checks can be conducted following the deaths of two workers in separate accidents on Wednesday.
'We're going to check for unsafe conditions, and we're going to correct any unsafe conditions before we mine another lump of coal.

Moscow - Rabbi Urges Return Of Old Sacred Seforim

Moscow - The rabbi of a Moscow synagogue has asked Russia's authorities to return thousands of "Jewish sacred objects" seized by Soviet authorities.

"There are 12,000 seforim of the Lubavitcher Rebbe nearby, in the Lenin Library." Yitzhak Kogan told a news conference in the synagogue. The seforim should be moved back into the possession of Chasidic Jews, he said.

Flatbush +Pedestrian Struck+

Flatbush +Pedestrian Struck+ A MVA with a pedestrian that was struck on Coney Island Avenue and Avenue U, Hatzolah on the scene.

Pfizer To Cut 270 Jobs At Brooklyn Factory

Pfizer Inc. plans to cut 270 jobs at its Brooklyn manufacturing plant in anticipation of lower sales for several drugs that are made there. The Brooklyn plant employs 990.

The reductions at the Brooklyn plant span a range of manufacturing jobs, Diflucan, Zithromax, Zoloft, Norvasc and Zyrtec are among products that have lost or will lose patent exclusivity, so several of this products are going off patent so they expect to see volumes decline.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said he was saddened by the layoffs but optimistic about the future. "The good news is that the Brooklyn facility continues to be open and it is my hope that in the days ahead new drugs will be discovered that will be appropriate for the Brooklyn plant to produce,” he said in an emailed statement.

Manhattan +Fatal Jumper+

Manhattan +Fatal Jumper+ NYPD ESU on the scene at 350 5th Avenue at the Empire State Building with a jumper down from an ukn floor and landed on the 6th floor ledge, aided is DOA on the scene.

Flatbush +Pedestrian Struck+

Flatbush +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian that was struck at East 14th Street and Avenue Z, Hatzolah on the scene.

Brooklyn - NYPD Officer Arrested For Attempting To Steal Baby Formuly

Brooklyn - An off-duty police officer assigned to the 81st precinct was arrested after attempting to steal baby formula at a Rite Aid pharmacy on Halsey Street in Brooklyn, police reported.

A security guard at the pharmacy stopped the officer, who reportedly was attempting to steal two cans of Enfamil formula. He was given a desk appearance ticket to return to court for his arraignment rather than be sent to jail. He is charged with attempted petit larceny.

But the officer claimed he bought the cans moments earlier and had put them in his bag.

People Arrested In New York City Are Often Jailed Past 24-Hour Limit

New York City - In the 13 months ended last October, more than a third of the 360,000 people arrested in New York City sat in jail beyond the legal limit of 24 hours, according to a study released yesterday by the New York Civil Liberties Union.

Leader of World Jewish Congress Is Barred From Fiscal Role

New York - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office found that the leader of the World Jewish Congress, Israel Singer, violated his fiduciary responsibilities and barred him and a former executive from any financial role in the organization, according to a settlement disclosed.
The Attorney general's office also identified shortcomings in the organization's financial controls, record keeping and fund-raising, but said it found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.

Bronx - Amid Inquiry, Builder Is Called to Testify About Work for Former Police Commissioner Kerik

Bronx - A builder who helped renovate former Police Commissioner Bernard B. Kerik's Riverdale apartment has been called to testify before a Bronx grand jury about who paid for tens of thousands of dollars in work there.
The Bronx district attorney's office and the city's Department of Investigation, which have been investigating the dealings involving Mr. Kerik's apartment for about a year, would not comment or describe the exact nature of the grand jury's inquiry.

Activist Cindy Sheehan Arrested At Capitol

Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said.

Sheehan, who was invited to attend the speech by Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D- Calif., was charged with demonstrating in the Capitol building, said Capitol Police Sgt. Kimberly Schneider. The charge was later changed to unlawful conduct, Schneider said. Both charges are misdemeanors.

U/D: 02/01/06 18:44
Capitol Police Apologize, and droped the charges Against Sheehan.

Williamsburg +MVA Involving A School Bus+

Williamsburg +MVA Involving A School Bus+ A School bus involved in a motor vehicle accident with a van that passed a stop sign on Wallabout corner Harrison Ave, FDNY, NYPD ESU Units and Hatzolah on the scene requesting additional Hatzolah members with a rush to respond for multiple children on the bus and the diriver who is injured.

U/D: 18:43
Bus was full with children, but only 2 have been transported with minor injuries to a local hospital, the driver of the bus was also transported with minor injuries by Hatzolah EMS.
Rest of the children are all RMA's.

Crown Heights +Motor Vehicle Accident+

Crown Heights +Motor Vehicle Accident+ A MVA at Atlantic Avenue between Brooklyn and New York Avenue's, Hatzola responding.

New York - Vulnerable to Terrorism

New York State is vulnerable to a terrorist attack or natural disaster even four years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, according to a state Senate report released.

Los Angeles - Jacko's Anti-Semitic Remarks Could Hurt Child-Custody Battle

Los Angeles - Michael Jackson's lawyer fears his client's past anti-Semitic remarks could be hurting him in a child-custody battle.

New York - Governor Pataki Seeking Appeal For Proposed School Tax Credit.

New York - Governor Pataki and the Senate majority leader, Joseph Bruno, are seeking broader appeal for a proposed school tax credit. They said parents in under performing districts could use it for gifted programs and for preparatory courses for the SAT, as well as for tutoring and private school tuition.

Bronx - Police Say Shooting of an Officer Appears to Have Been Justified

Bronx - A preliminary investigation has indicated that a police officer was justified in shooting an off-duty colleague who was pointing a gun at another man.

U/D: 13:38
Surgeons on amputated the lower right leg of the off-duty police officer who was gravely injured in the friendly fire incident in the Bronx.

Washington - Alito Confirmed As Supreme Court Justice

Washington - The United States Senate has confirmed Samuel Alito as the 110th Supreme Court Justice of the United States in a 58-42 Vote.

U/D: 13:14
Samuel Alito has been sworn in as 110th justice at the Supreme Court building.

Williamsburg - One Of The Highest In Asthma Sufferers

Williamsburg - While hospital visits by asthma sufferers are falling in New York, decreasing by about 10% in 2004, according to city statistics, they remain about twice the nation's average. Bushwick-Williamsburg, after Harlem, had the highest rate of hospitalization for asthma sufferers, at 12% in 2004, quadruple the city's average.

NYPD Cop That Shot Another Officer Is From Orange County

New York City Police Officer Alfredo Toro, who shot a gunman in the Bronx Saturday morning, who turned out to be another cop, is an Orange County resident.
Toro, a 20-year veteran of the police department is a Washingtonville resident and remains secluded at home.
He shot the man who did not listen to his orders to drop his weapon when he confronted him outside a hamburger store.
Off-duty Officer Eric Hernandez of White Plains was shot three times by Toro who was unaware that Hernandez was also a cop.

Borough Park To Get New Commerce Bank

Fast-growing Commerce Bank is planning to add at least another 10 branches in New York City this year, as a part of a broader effort to build its business on the east coast.

Known for keeping its branches open seven days a week, the bank plans to build three branches in Brooklyn, one of them in Borough Park, two in Manhattan, three in Queens, and one each in Staten Island and the Bronx.

By the end of the year, the bank will have 57 branches in the city, after a second consecutive year of adding 10 branches.

Sullivan County - Volunteers To Get Break On County Taxes

Sullivan County - Legislators are expected to pass a law that will allow volunteer firefighters and members of volunteer ambulance squads to apply for an exemption on their county taxes.
The law would provide a real property tax credit of up to $3,000 to qualified volunteers who have at least five years of active service or have accrued more than 20 years of active service with a fire company or ambulance squad.
In Sullivan County, it's estimated that 1,500 active firefighters and ambulance corps members could get the tax break.

Goleta, CA - Seven Die In Postal Shooting

Goleta, California - A former female postal employee opened fire at a mail processing plant killing six people before committing suicide.

Williamsburg +Pedestrian Struck+

Williamsburg +Pedestrian Struck+ A motor vehicle accident hitting a couple walking on Bedford Avenue and Clymer Street and fled the scene, Hatzolah PD are on the scene.

U/D: 20:43
NYPD of the 90th Pct are looking for a black Nisan Ultima vehicle, aided have minor injuries.

You May Be Eating More Insects Than You Think

Food makers may not want to dwell on it, but the ingredient that gives Dannon Boysenberry yogurt and Tropicana Ruby Red Grapefruit juice their distinctive colors comes from crushed female cochineal beetles.

Pressed by consumer advocates, the FDA is expected to publish a food-labeling proposal online today that would require companies to disclose when a food contains beetle-derived colorings including vivid-red "carmine" and bright-orange "cochineal". And the public has 60 days to comment before a final ruling is made.
Under current FDA regulations, food labels must identify certain man-made colorings by name. But for carmine, cochineal and other naturally occurring ingredients, companies can use terms such as "color added" or, oddly, "artificial color."
Bugged by the loophole, Vegetarians, who don’t want to eat insects, and consumers observing kosher dietary practices. Products containing carmine "may look like kosher," but they aren’t, says a Rabbi, "There are a lot of people who will not be happy to know that they are eating products that contain dried beetle."

Bronx Zoo +Man Into The Lions Cage+

Bronx Zoo +Man Into The Lions Cage+ NYPD ESU requested to the scene at the Bronx Zoo on 2300 Southern Blvd. by the staff from the Bronx Zoo they are reporting a man fell into the lions cage in the zoo.

U/D: 14:17
This was a worker that fell into the lions cage, but there were no lions there today, due to construction ongoing in the lions den.

A Near Miss Between Two Planes In London

An Airbus A300 belonging to transport firm DHL, seemed to narrowly avoid flying into the rear of a Japan Airlines Boeing 777.

NYPD Officer Who Collapsed And Died Worked At WTC Site

The police officer who collapsed and died during a pursuit Friday night in Manhattan, reportedly spent a lot of time at the World Trade Center Site.

Palisades Parkway +High Speed Pursuit+

Palisades Interstate Parkway +High Speed Pursuit+ Northbound of the Palisades Interstate Parkway near M/M 12 at the NY/NJ border, NY State Police are in a high speed pursuit of a black and red motorcycle who is speeding in excess of +100MPH.

Washington - South Floridians Push For A Presidential Proclamation Of Jewish Heritage Month

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Washington - Hoping to highlight the contributions of Jewish culture to the nation, a determined band of South Floridians is leading a campaign to create an American Jewish History Month.

With backing from Congress and President Bush, their dream appears headed for reality. This month and every January, schoolchildren throughout Florida study the long, sometimes painful, but always productive Jewish history of their state. An American Jewish history month would expand that cross-cultural experience on a national scale.

Prompted by U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution urging the president to proclaim an American Jewish History Month. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., plans to push the same resolution through the Senate.

Williamsburg +Motor Vehicle Accident+

Williamsburg +Motor Vehicle Accident+ A MVA at Williamsburg Street East and Wythe Avenue, PD requesting a supervisor to respond, Hatzolah on the scene.

NYC - Gang Chases and Shots Deputy Mayor's Son

New York City - Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott's son was shot by a group of men that were chasing him around Queens yesterday.

Timothy Walcott was shot in the right thigh and was released after being treated; apparently there were multiple shots fired against the 21 year-old, trying to avoid the group. Deputy Mayor Walcott, who is the Deputy Mayor of Policy, said, "God was looking after him and could not give any more details.
His son had been arrested a few years ago for buying some pot, but when guns are involved, it usually means something more serious.

New York - Holocaust Survivors And Jewish Agencies To Receive Assistance From 'Hungarian Gold Train' Funds

New York - The first funds from a $25 million class-action settlement between Hungarian Holocaust survivors and the U.S. government have been distributed to social service agencies for the benefit of Hungarian survivors. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference) allocated $4.2 million to 27 agencies in seven countries.

Agencies Receiving Allocations from the Hungarian Gold Train Settlement Funds were distributed to social service institutions providing services to Jewish victims of Nazism including.

Bikur Cholim of Rockland County, Monsey, N.Y.

Bikur Cholim of Boro Park

Pesach Tikvah/U.J.O. of Williamsburg

Highland Mills, NY +Overturned Vehicle+

Highland Mills, NY +Overturned Vehicle+ A motor vehicle accident with an overturned auto on Seven Springs Road in Highland Mills, has the Woodbury Fire District and PD requesting additional FD units and BLS to the scene.

Brooklyn +Heavy Traffic Delays B.Q.E. Atlantic Ave+

Brooklyn +Heavy Traffic Delays B.Q.E. Atlantic Ave+ A MVA on the southbound Brooklyn Queens Expressway near Atlantic Avenue, is blocking some lanes and is causing heavy traffic delays all the way back past the Brooklyn Bridge.

NYPD Community Affairs Bureau To Be Run By Officer For First Time

The NYPD's Community Affairs Bureau will be headed up by a uniformed officer for the first time in its history. Douglas Zeigler, the current chief of the Organized Crime Control Bureau, will take over the bureau starting February 1."
This added operational responsibility formally recognizes the important relationship between schools and communities and the Police Department," Police Commissioner, Ray Kelly, said in a statement.

Also did Commissioner Kelly become dissatisfied with how the Community Affairs Bureau was being run under its former leader, Joyce A. Stephen, and decided to replace her with Chief Douglas Zeigler, a lawyer and 33-year-veteran, as the bureau is overhauled to absorb the School Safety Division.

Bronx +Major Deegan Traffic Alert+

Bronx +Major Deegan Traffic Alert+ A 5 car motor vehicle accident on the soutbound of the Major Deegan Expressway and 138th Street with serious injuries and possible entrapment, NYPD Highway units are on the scene requesting EMS and ESU forthwith.

Wesley Hills - Swastikas Painted On Synagogue

Wesley Hills - Ramapo police are investigating as a possible hate crime the spraypainting of swastikas on a Wesley Hills synagogue.
The incident happened to the Congregation Kehillas Bais Yehudah, located on Lime Kiln Road in the village. Several eggs were also thrown on the synagogue's walkway.

U/D: 01/30/06
As Ramapo police today continued their investigation of the spray-painting of the swastikas at the Lime Kiln Road synagogue, Jewish leaders urged them to examine it as a possible hate crime.

State Police Say 3 Nabbed In West Nyack Are Suspects In Monroe

Monroe - Three people from New York City arrested at the Palisades Center mall are suspects in a larger larceny scheme.
The three have a string of reports by women in Orange County. In each case, the victims have been approached by two strangers in store parking lots as they loaded their purchases into their vehicles.
Each woman said a gold Chrysler minivan had pulled up beside their car and was approached by a young woman claiming she had earlier witnessed a car striking the victim's car, then they were ushered over to the side of their cars as a second woman approached and provided a bogus license plate number for the phantom hit-and-run car.
With the two women distracting the victim, a third suspect went into the woman's car and stole her pocketbook. After leaving, the suspects used the stolen cash and credit cards to go on shopping sprees within hours of the thefts.
The first reported incident was in the Woodbury Commons parking lot and it was reported to Woodbury police. The second was outside BJ's Wholesale in Monroe and was reported to state police. And the third robbery happened outside Wal-Mart in Monroe.

New York City - Top Narcotics Will Head Organized Crime Unit

New York City - The NYPD's top narcotics cop Assistant Chief Anthony Izzo, has been promoted to run the department's Organized Crime Control Bureau.

"Chief Izzo has done an outstanding job of marshaling the department's resources in our ongoing efforts to combat narcotics trafficking," Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
Izzo's new responsibilities include vice and auto crimes, a consolidated illegal gun unit and gang intervention.

New York - Judge Strikes Down System For Picking Judges

New York - A federal judge in Brooklyn ruled Friday that the state's system for
selecting Supreme Court judges gives too much power to political party bosses, and
ordered that it be replaced.

Montreal - Fiery Explosion Rip Through Plateau Apartment Building

Montreal - Two people were injured after a fire and an explosion destroyed a three-storey apartment building in the Plateau Mont Royal area last night after 7.
Firefighters arrived within minutes to find the entire building ablaze and reports of some people caught in the building. Shards of glass, door frames and window frames were strewn across the street.
All of the building's residents safely escaped the flames and blast, just two people were treated for minor injuries to the legs, possibly caused by the large blast.
Police have yet to determine whether the explosion was an accident or of criminal intent.

Hatzolah Ambulance Photo In NY Times Article

Williamsburg - Conflict Of Interest For Self Proclaimed Advocate

Williamsburg - Legal Services in Washington are investigating tenants complaints at the Los Sures low-income housing agains Marty Needelman, that his conflict of interast has kept legal services from representing tenants against Los Sures.
Also that the housing project is in a very poor condition, and Needelman's office is refusing legal help for the complaints.
Angry residents also charged that for 25 years, Needelman has oddupied a free co-op apartment which was ment for low-income residents, though he earns more than $100,000.

Manhattan +Homicide @ Indonesian Consulet+

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Manhattan +Homicide @ Indonesian Consulet+ NYPD Sgt of the 19th Pct is calling for a level one mobilization at 5 East 68th Street between 5th and Madison Avenue's at the Indonesian Consulet in regards to a perp and evidence serach for a serious assault in the basement of the consulate on a member of the Indonesian Consulet with one victim DOA, ECT, K-9 requested, and ESU to secure the crime scene.

U/D: 01/30/06 23:56
Authorities said that he took his own life by repeatedly stabbing himself with various knives in a gruesome fashion.

The man's wife told investigators that she believed he had suffered a mental breakdown and said he was supposed to be taking medication for a psychological disorder, a high-ranking police investigator, speaking on condition of anonymity, said.

Iraq +ABC News Anchorman Attacked+

Iraq - ABC News anchorman Bob Woodruff and his cameraman were seriously injured in a roadside IAD bomb attack while traveling with the Iraqi army in their vehicle.

U/D: 08:49
They were medevaced to a hospital with head injuries, and are undergoing surgery ATT.

Bronx +Mistaken Identity, Cop Shoots Cop+

Bronx +Mistaken Identity, Cop Shoots Cop+ A drunken off-duty NYPD officer from the 52nd Pct was holding a man at gun-point outside a Bronx eatery at 1831 Webster Avenue and East 176th Street when he was shot three times by a veteran officer from the 46th Pct in a case of mistaken identity.
Officer is critically injured and was in likely condition.


The city's last cop-on-cop shooting was more than a decade ago.