Thursday June 26 News Updates Lakewood

 1st Rosh chodesh Tamuz 5785

Weather: 77° Cloudy skies this morning will become partly cloudy this afternoon.

- President Trump announces the US has already taken in $88 BILLION in tariffs, much more than expected "I got a call from Congress: 'we're taking in much more money than we have scheduled.' I said 'so far, that sounds good!"

- President Trump just announced the US has signed a trade deal with China

- Rep. Andy Ogles just formally asked Attorney General Bondi to REVOKE Zohran Mamdani’s citizenship and DEPORT him back to Uganda

-Legislation expanding the real estate transfer fee, or "mansion tax," in New Jersey has been amended and now includes several crucial changes:

1) The tax will remain at 1% for homes sold below $2 million.

2) The tax rate on homes sold for over $2 million but under $2.5 million, will double to 2%, increase to 2.5% for homes sold for $2.5-$3 million and triple to 3% for homes sold for over $3 million.

3) The tax will now be on the seller, not the buyer.

4) Would take effect for closures after November 15. (Shlomo schorr one jersey)

- Today  Daf Yomi os learning  the 2,000th Blatt gemara of  the current cycle of the Shass with another 711 to go for the siyum

- With a change in routine and schedule especially with hot weather Its important to keep the safeguards and implement reminders not to forget a child in the car. A good deterrent is for the Morah to call after a pre set time if the baby does not come after 10:15 am. It should be mandatory to take attendance each morning and call both parents if baby or child is not there by 10:30.

- JCP&L woes continued this morning with more power outages around Lakewood at the Jackson border. Officials have remained mum with no statements to the community.

 Power has been restored to Lakewood 

- Sone Boys schools will have off tomorrow thru Sunday for the in-between  end of English studies and after school camp.

- Heading up to the Catskills today The Thruway Mincha Area will be located at The Marketplace shopping center in Spring Valley, located just off exit 14 of the New York State Thruway. Minyanim will be held every Thursday starting today on June 26th and running through August 28th Signs posted inside the mall pointing travelers to the davening spot.

- New Mattel Leah wedding halls opening next week with the first chasunas. As Heavy traffic will be anticipated on the busy Oak street with potentially 4 weddings a night, there's a plan to implement shuttle buses only to the hall with people parking at selected parking lots nearby. more information will be forthcoming. 

- Jack Ciattarelli statement: Mikie Sherrill is endorsing a socialist, antisemite, and defund the police extremist, which is shocking, even for her. That Mikie supports bringing Mamdani’s ‘playbook’ to New Jersey is even worse. Sherrill and Mamdani want to raise taxes to give away free stuff to criminals and those who are here illegally. She should retract her endorsement and apologize to NJ law-enforcement and Jewish residents immediately.

Eretz HaKodesh will reenter the World Zionist Organisation WZO elections in England after Israeli panel dismisses UK ruling disqualifying slate as ‘extreme and disproportionate’ f ruling there was insufficient evidence of voter fraud.

- Lakewood township committee meeting virtual only today 5:30 pm watch livestream Here see agenda Here 

on the agenda introducing budget for 2025 with public hearing in August

Replacement Lighting For Pine Park for $32,000

street vacations

tax abatements to Kikar shabbos and 1965 Swarthmore

“Four-Way Stops” (Sims Avenue And Radiant Hill)

private sale and transfer of a 2012 Dodge Ram 350 Utility, to Chaverim Volunteer Services for the nominal sum of one dollar ($1.00).

private land sales and more

public can comment during the meeting at during the meeting via comments@lakewoodnj.gov

- Included in the proposed New Jersey state budget for Fiscal Year 2026 is an increase of the New Jersey state tax on packs of cigarettes to $3 per pack.The current tax rate of $2.70 per pack of 20 cigarettes has been in effect since 2009.The new tax would go into effect August 1st.Also included in the proposed state budget is an expansion of the real estate transfer fee, or "mansion tax" on sales of homes worth more than $1 million, up from the current 1% to 2%. Properties that sell for $2 million or more would see the fee triple to 3%.(Sschorr)

- Dime Community Bank, a 161-year-old bank founded in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, will open a branch in Lakewood, its first location ever outside of New York.

Earlier this week, officials broke ground on the new two-story full-service branch that will be constructed next to the existing 500 Boulevard office building on Boulevard of the Americas. Dime hopes to open the branch in early 2026, said Stuart H. Lubow, president and chief executive officer at Dime Community.

"This is our first branch in New Jersey," Lubow said. "We think Lakewood is the right jumping off point and it dovetails as well with our existing Brooklyn relationships."(APP)

- Tax dollars an APP investigation reveals the newest state monitor hires mean Lakewood Schools will have three state monitors on the payroll at a time when the district is still facing fiscal problems and a current state loan debt of $143 million.

“Despite the assignment of four state monitors (during 2022 and 2023) with total salaries of $936,667 to provide fiscal oversight, the district continues to experience fiscal issues,” he added at the time.

- Eric Adams says the Jewish community should be concerned following Mamdani’s Primary Win in NYC Adams noted, “If the Jewish community cannot feel safe in the city where it’s the largest Jewish population outside of Israel, then when can they feel safe? And I think it’s problematic when you have a socialist who is displaying antisemitic views to be able to run and be elected in New York City,”

 

- Yated editorial: When President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu took to the airwaves to inform their nations of what had just occurred, they both made a point of thanking G-d for making it happen. When we see Netanyahu, who once took credit for everything, now including Hashem in his public remarks and telling his generals, commanders, and citizens that the main component in victory is siyata diShmaya, we know that something has changed. Living in historic times has its downsides, but it has upsides as well, and seeing the Yad Hashem guiding the world is a major plus.

--Trump: FAKE NEWS REPORTERS FROM CNN & THE NEW YORK TIMES SHOULD BE FIRED, IMMEDIATELY!!! BAD PEOPLE WITH EVIL