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Taibel Brod was walking home from a birthday party for a rebbe around 8:25 p.m. April 8 when a 65-year-old man behind the wheel of a 2023 GMC Yukon SUV plowed into her as she crossed at the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Montgomery Street in Crown Heights, cops said.

All but four Hasidic Jewish students charged with tunneling under a holy Brooklyn synagogue agreed to plea deals or conditional discharges on Monday.

Stephan Stowe, 28, was picked up early Sunday and charged with attempted kidnapping – several hours after he tried to yank the young boy away from his dad on Kingston Avenue near Empire Boulevard in Crown Heights around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.

Two blocks in Bedford-Stuyvesant have received landmark status, despite objections from many Orthodox Jews who argue that it pushes them out of their residences

A group of Orthodox Jewish homeowners in Bedford-Stuyvesant are pushing back on advocates' attempts to landmark two blocks in the Brooklyn neighborhood, The Post has learned.

Following a riot at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn due to the discovery of a hidden tunnel, sources report that those responsible employed migrants for its construction

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made at least three pilgrimages to upstate New York recently to confer with Orthodox Jewish leaders who head voting blocs critical to swing-district Republicans.

A 5-year-old boy was fatally hit by a school bus Sunday in upstate Kiryas Joel, according to reports.

This week, the state Board of Regents decided to maintain the minimum passing score for the formerly esteemed Regents Exams at only 50% for another year

However, the House nominee, set to represent a segment of a Hasidic community in Brooklyn, urged for a deeper comprehension of the "context" surrounding the existence of these schools

New Jersey rabbi Raziel Cohen has created a $550 kapota, a jacket typically worn by married Hasidic men on Shabbat and holidays, tailored to discreetly hide a firearm while at synagogue

Rabbi Joel Roth, the Hasidic leader of the Williamsburg yeshiva named Mosdos Heichel Hakodesh Breslev, is being investigated

Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Jay Weiner decided that Darryl Jones, 30, would be held without bail on attempted murder charges following the shocking attack captured on video near Battery Park on Wednesday

A thief in Brooklyn approached a Hasidic Jewish man from behind last week and snatched the traditional fur hat he was wearing off his head, police reported Sunday

The funeral procession for Rabbi Meshulam Soloveitchik, who passed away at the age of 99, made its way through the streets of Jerusalem, marking yet another instance of ultra-Orthodox Israelis' unwillingness to adhere to coronavirus restrictions

A synagogue that was previously halted by the state from holding a wedding in October successfully managed to host another event with potential for widespread transmission on Monday

Mayor Bill de Blasio, showing a lack of awareness, shrugged off the city's astonishing oversight in not catching a Hasidic wedding that drew thousands during the COVID-19 pandemic

On Monday night in New York, another major Hasidic wedding took place, defying a state-issued cease-and-desist order that prohibits gatherings larger than 50 individuals, The Post has verified

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday blasted a Hasidic synagogue for hosting a secret maskless wedding with thousands of guests, saying the potential coronavirus super-spreader event was “a blatant disregard of the law” as he called on the de Blasio administration to investigate.

Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday downplayed worries about the prohibited large Hasidic wedding in Brooklyn, saying it was "not at the top of the state's list of concerns" amid the COVID-19 situation

From the right: NYC's Double Standard "Haredim, the term for ultra-Orthodox Jews, means 'those who tremble.' However, as New York's leaders are..

Brooklyn’s “red” zone includes Gravesend, Midwood and Borough Park, which drew immediate outrage and accusations that Orthodox Jews were being singled out.

The board, a statewide organization including multiple denominations, issued a statement slamming protesters for disregarding safety, invoking "pikuach nefesh," the principle that saving lives supersedes religious rules.

Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged a “clearer approach to enforcement” on Thursday, after the second night of sometimes-violent unrest in a Hasidic Brooklyn neighborhood.

For the second night in a row, police did not arrest anyone in Borough Park, as the protest against coronavirus restrictions scheduled to begin on Thursday became disorderly once more