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NYPD to Crackdown on Abuse of City Issued Parking Placards

By: Noah Robinson The NYPD is kicking off a crackdown on abuse of city-issued parking placards with increased fines and violations starting this week. City Council Speaker Corey Johnson pitched the idea of tightened enforcement in November and, surprisingly, received majority support from the rest of the City Council. Other units will be out specifically […]

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Leading Israeli Think Tank Warns of Potential War with Iran

By: Arye Green Israel’s security is currently challenged on multiple fronts, and the government’s present policy could lead to a large-scale war in the region if it is not updated in the near future, the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) said in its annual report on Monday. The report was delivered by INSS executive […]

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Netanyahu Appoints New Ministers  to Positions He Previously Held

By: Arye Green Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday announced to the cabinet that he is appointing new ministers to positions he previously held, from which he had resigned due to the criminal charges against him. Netanyahu appointed Member of Knesset (MK) David Bitan (Likud) as Agriculture Minister, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) as […]

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Hudson Yards Rivals Silicon Valley in Providing Workspace for Amazon, Google

By: Ilana Siyance The mini-city taking shape on Manhattan’s Far West Side is becoming a behemoth for big companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google, whose traditional headquarters are in California’s Silicon Valley. These four giant companies are expected to have roughly 20,000 workers in New York by the year 2022, mostly concentrated along Manhattan’s […]

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New York Musical Festival Shuts Doors After 15 Years

By: Ilana Siyance The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) announced that after 15 years it is ceasing operations immediately. The board of directors for the NYMF made the announcement on Thursday January 2nd. The popular annual festival, which touted itself as the largest annual musical theatre event in the nation, had presenting cutting edge new […]

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Israel and Panama’s Free Trade Agreement Goes into Effect

By: Arye Green The global trade war continues to escalate as a free trade area agreement between the State of Israel and the Republic of Panama went into effect over the weekend, lowering tariffs for importers in both countries in a variety of fields. The agreement was signed by the Israeli Minister of Economy and […]

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Netflix Debuts Documentary Series on Murder of Argentine Prosecutor, Alberto Nisman

Netflix has launched a documentary series focusing on the murder of Argentine AMIA bombing prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was murdered five years ago this month. Nisman had been investigating the worst terror outrage in the history of Latin America — streaming giant Netflix unveiled its new documentary series “The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy” […]

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