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Muslim Community Patrol & Services Is Here To Stay

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerSUNSET PARK – “This is basically a neighborhood community patrol on steroids,” said Noor Rabah of the new Muslim Community Patrol & Services, “and people are intimidated.” Last November, neighbors in Sunset Park formed a new community patrol. Run by Muslims to serve both Muslim and non-Muslim communities

News

Anti-Semitic Attack in Williamsburg Targets 11-Year-Old Boy

(Courtesy: bee721 / flickr)WILLIAMSBURG – What appears to be yet another anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish youth took place in Williamsburg over the weekend, following on the heels of a long string of hate crimes directed at the Jewish community across Brooklyn. The attack occurred over the weekend, when a suspect

Borough Park

Why you should care about the arrest of Shomrim leader Jacob Daskal

In blue: 66th Precinct Community Affairs Sgt. Michael Andreano (L) and detective Mike Milici with Shomrim NYPD liaison Jacob Daskal (far left) (Photo by Jole Carliner/2013) Both Adreano and Milici have since been stripped of their badges following a corruption probe.BORO PARK – Last Thursday the NYPD arrested Jacob

Borough Park

Shomrim Safety Officer Charged for Raping 15-Year Old Girl

A photo from National Night Out 2016. Daskal can be seen at the right, wearing the black vest. (Jole Carliner/Bklyner)BOROUGH PARK – Police have charged a safety officer from the Shomrim neighborhood watch group with the rape of a 15-year old girl, the Daily News reported. The accused, 59-year

Bensonhurst

City Freezes Grants Earmarked For Borough Park Shomrim

Still image of Alex Lichtenstein on CBS News/New York.The de Blasio administration has frozen two City Council grants intended for an Orthodox Jewish security patrol in Borough Park. Mayoral spokeswoman Karen Hinton announced this week that $35,000 intended for the Borough Park Shomrim would not be released

Bensonhurst

66th Precinct CO: Businessman Named In NYPD Bribery Probe Had ‘No Authority’ In Community

Capt. Kenneth Quick (center) with 66th Precinct Council President Mark Katz (left), and Community Board 12 District Manager Barry Spitzer (right) discussing business before the meeting. (Photo: Jole Carliner)A quick Happy New Year’s greeting to the Bangladeshi community, and then Captain Kenneth Quick got right to the point.

Central Brooklyn

Man Viciously Mugged On Avenue M, Politicians Offering Reward

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nUQ_5tdOyg The NYPD is looking for two suspects who attacked and robbed a man on Avenue M early Monday morning. The incident took place around 12:45am on Monday, December 28. A 55-year-old man, who Assembly member Dov Hikind identified as Eli, was

Borough Park Shomrim

Police: Woman Abducted Two Children In Borough Park

A woman is accused of snatching two young children from the backyard of a Borough Park home, setting off a two-hour search and rekindling memories of the tragic Leiby Kletzky abduction and murder. Jewish Politics and News Updates is reporting that two 4-year-old children, a boy and a girl, went

shomrim

Aquittal For Man Who Shot Four Shomrim Members In Borough Park

After spending more than three years behind bars awaiting trial, a man accused of the attempted murder and assault of Borough Park Shomrim members has been acquitted, although he has been found guilty of the illegal possession of a firearm. The 2010 incident saw David Flores, 37, open fire on

rescues

During Sandy, Councilman Nelson Rescued From Flooding Office By Chief Of Operations

Photo: Erica ShermanIn a press release this morning from Councilman Michael Nelson restating that his office is temporarily co-locating with State Senator David Storobin, the pol revealed that, like many of us, he too ignored evacuation orders and chose to stay in his office (1605 Voorhies Avenue) and take calls.