Tuesday Oct 25 Rosh Chodesh News updates Lakewood

 First day Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan

Weather: 69° Morning fog, then cloudy this afternoon. Slight chance of a rain shower. High 69F.

-Updated Report: President Biden spoke on the phone today with the Skverer and Vizhnitz Monsey Rebbes and asked them to support New Democrat Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney ahead of the upcoming election. (Belaaz) the president told the rebbe he has an open door to his administration.

- Gridlock  traffic this afternoon all over Cedarbridge/New Hampshire/Rt 88/Clover/Pine

- Lots of shidduch dates today as new bochurim try to beat the bmg freezer ahead of the zman that begins tonight.

- New York judge just ordered the reinstatement of all fired unvaccinated NYC employees, orders backpay, says the state violated their rights

- HUD applications now open at Lakewood housing authority apply only online HERE no income needed anyone 18 and above can apply

- GSP and NJ tpk tolls going up in 2023 Parkway tolls would increase from the current $1.96 for E-ZPass customers to $2.02 and from $2 to $2.10 for cash at toll plazas with one-way toll collection Toll plazas in Toms River will increase from 97 cents to $1.01 for E-ZPass customers and from $1 to $1.05 for cash customers The average Turnpike toll for passenger cars would increase from $4.95 to $5.10, 

- APP front page story all about the transformation of Jackson  "Booming Orthodox Jewish community grasps political power in Jackson The Orthodox Jewish community is the newest and maybe strongest voting bloc in Jackson leading into the reelection campaign of Mayor Michael Reina" in 2017, community leaders estimated there were about 500 Orthodox families living in Jackson. Now the estimate is that there are between 2,000 and 2,200 Orthodox families. Longtime Jackson residents have feared their town becoming overdeveloped and overcrowded, like Lakewood, with 31,850 occupied housing units,"The irony is many of the Orthodox Jews moving to Jackson in recent years have cited that same reasoning for getting out of Lakewood". Other reports how the demand for warehouse and fulfillment space closer to the Turnpike is sending developers to Jackson. And a report on Latino residents moving to Jackson after being priced out of neighboring Lakewood.

- Lakewood planning board meeting tonight at 6 Pm watch livestream HERE see agenda HERE on the application sefardi shul on Sunset, a  elementary school  building and seminary dorm building for Migdal Bais Yaakov,  at 541 Joe Parker Road. 

-  Congressman Chris Smith endorses Mike Reina for Mayor of Jackson, town council Marty Flemming running as well. 

- Lakewood township replants trees in town square after cutting them down to deter the homeless. Mayor Ray Coles told New Jersey 101.5 that there are various new types of trees including several Colorado spruce and crepe myrtle that should grow larger with time. Critics say homelessness is still a very bad situation in Lakewood. They've been sleeping in the alleyways."  railroad tracks, and muster zone area.

- Adidas sneakers said on Tuesday that it is cutting ties with  rapper Kanye West, after he made a series of antisemitic remarks and embraced a slogan associated with white supremacists

With a week left to general elections in Israel some polls show right wing block getting a majority with 61 while others show no majority for either side. Gedolei yisrael call on citizens living abroad to cast their votes for Gimmel UTJ.