New York News

After Brief Senate Career, Russian-Speaking Pol Aims For City Council

06/17/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor

He served just 11 days in Albany, and spent much of his brief term as a state senator struggling to help constituents recover from Superstorm Sandy before falling victim to redistricting.

Now, David Storobin is jumping back into politics in a run for City Hall. Born in Belarus, the Republican prevailed in an extremely tight Brooklyn race last year to succeed imprisoned Sen. Carl Kruger -– after months of counting and unproven allegations of voter fraud. But Kruger’s district was split in five in last year’s reapportionment process.

Court Awards $3.5 Million In Abuse Case

06/13/2013 | Staff Report

A Jewish gay activist who sued his cousin for allegedly molesting him for several years has been awarded $3.5 million in Brooklyn Supreme Court, according to the Daily News.

Grassroots Brooklyn Organization Teaches Orthodox Kids To Be Wary Of Abuse

06/13/2013 | Adam Dickter | Assistant Managing Editor

A Brooklyn-based organization wants to educate yeshiva kids about the dangers of sexual abuse.

But rather than dwell on that uncomfortable topic, which can be jarring, Magenu focuses on subtle messages in the larger context of physical safety.

United Synagogue On Sounder Footing

06/12/2013 | Stewart Ain | Staff Writer

Although conceding that the road to fiscal solvency is tougher than anticipated — this year’s $1 million budget shortfall will be double what was expected — a leader of the Conservative movement expressed confidence that the 2015 budget would not have to tap into reserves, more than half of which have been depleted in the last four years.

‘Hundreds Of Thousands Of People Passed Through His Doors’

06/11/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

In the years since he turned 90 a decade ago, Rabbi Sidney Kleiman would ask his friends if they thought he would celebrate his next significant birthday.

Study: One In Five NY Jews In Or Near Poverty

06/11/2013 | Steve Lipman | Staff Writer

A few years out of the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he was a political science major and an active volunteer in several campus activities, Jeremy Levine works every day at the Manhattan headquarters of UJA-Federation of New York, helping to coordinate many of the anti-poverty programs the philanthropy supports.