Wednesday July 2nd News Updates Lakewood

 Weather:  83° A mix of clouds and sun. High 83F. Winds light and variable.

- Big Beautiful Bill has advanced in the House with a 219-213 vote  at 3:30am with Rep. Thomas Massie flipping to yes.final vote can come at 8:30am Thursday 

- Trump: It looks like the House is ready to vote tonight. We had GREAT conversations all day, and the Republican House Majority is UNITED, for the Good of our Country, delivering the Biggest Tax Cuts in History and MASSIVE Growth. Let’s go Republicans, and everyone else - MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN

The USA is on track to break every record on GROWTH. Go Republicans, beat the Crooked Democrats tonight! PRO-GROWTH Tax Cuts never fail. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! 

- KA"H According to the New Jersey Department of Health, Lakewood had the most births in the state in 2024, with 5,420 children born, the fourth straight year with over 5,000 births.

Of the 101,357 babies born statewide, 5.3% were in Lakewood - where 49.5% of the population is under 18.

In addition to Lakewood, neighboring Jackson Township - where many young Lakewood families have been moving due to skyrocketing housing costs - a record 1,236 babies were born last year.The 1,236 figure represents a whopping 167% increase in births in Jackson from 2018. (Shlomo Schorr)

- Trump says that Fed Chair Jerome Powell should resign "immediately." after 

US Federal Housing Chair Bill Pulte calls for Congress to INVESTIGATE Jerome Powell

- Giyus: All current yeshiva students received a draft summons today to the IDF for or all yeshiva students of enlistment age without exception. 54,000 notices were sent out.

- Plane crashes near N.J. airport, A plane went down Wednesday afternoon in Monroe Township in Gloucester County near the Cross Keys Airport ABC6 reported that people were being taken away on stretchers in the area of the incident and that 14 people were on board the plane. Officials told the outlet that at least five people were being rushed to Cooper University Hospital in Camden. Their conditions were unknown.

- House Republicans claim they have secured sufficient votes to approve President Donald Trump’s landmark “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

- Lakewood BOE attorney Michael Inzelbuch is no longer Lakewood Board of Education attorney. At least for now. An administrative law judge on Tuesday, July 1, ruled that Inzelbuch cannot remain in his $475-per hour post until a legal dispute over his contract is settled, which could take several months.(APP)

- Republican holdouts on the Senate-passed version of the party’s “big, beautiful bill” are huddling with House GOP leaders, who are holding open a vote to move the legislation forward as they negotiate. Seven Republicans have yet to vote, and several of them are gathered in a room off the House floor where Speaker Mike Johnson and other top leaders have been shuffling in and out.

- Judge blocks ‘sweeping’ asylum crackdown after Trump declared ‘invasion’ at southern border U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss an Obama apointee said Trump’s proclamation declaring an “invasion” at the border cannot be used to justify the unilateral restrictions he sought to impose on asylum seekers.

-  NJSP ticket blitz on the GSP at mile 109- 105 

 - Heavy grid lock traffic this morning as camp and car pools there were several township crossing guards stationed at busy intersections while traffi was backed up on Central rt 9 Oak st for 45 minutes

-Local Politicians ares silent as Residents in flooded Lakewood streets say the flooding has been going on for years, clogged storm drains from garbage in the streets has backed up the storm water from flowing through the sewer pipes 

CBS News reports on Lakewood flooding yesterday:

Lakewood, N.J., hit with severe flooding as storms move through region

Rounds of storms Tuesday evening caused a mess in parts of the Tri-State Area, including Lakewood, New Jersey. The Lakewood Police Department told CBS News New York lightning struck a power line, leaving some residents in the dark. Crews worked in the rain to repair it.Many residents were most frustrated by severe flooding, which they say has been a problem for years. "I didn't know if my car would make it through" Resident Nechama Blech said she had to drive through at least 1 foot of water in some areas to get home. "Some parts I was driving through, I didn't know if my car would make it through," she said. In a neighborhood off Arboretum Parkway, crews cleared drains to try to bring relief to residents. 

Resident Moshe Drew said the water came dangerously close to his home.

"It was creeping up around the side. My neighbor's house was up to the front door," he said. Sandbags lined his basement window. He says three years ago, torrential rain flooded his home. Neighbors say the area is prone to flooding and were relieved as rain moved out Tuesday night.

- Sherrill leads Ciattarelli by 20 points in Rutgers-Eagleton poll Trump is a factor in New Jersey governor’s race. Democrat Mikie Sherrill has a twenty-point lead over Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the New Jersey governor’s race, with President Donald Trump figuring prominently in voters’ decisions, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released this morning.

Sherrill leads Ciattarelli, 51%-31%, with 13% undecided. iCattarelli’s top strategist, Chris Russell, panned the poll as erroneous.(NJ Globe)

- Trump: As President of the United States, I’m not going to let this Communist Lunatic destroy New York. Rest assured, I hold all the levers, and have all the cards. I’ll save New York City, and make it “Hot” and “Great” again, just like I did with the Good Ol’ USA!

- On The date of 6 Tamuz it is brought down by some chasidishe seforim to avoid swimming or going to a oceans and Rivers. There's no known mekor for this, some say it was perhaps a mix up from the date of Vov Chukas historically a day  that had tragedies and was declared as a fast day.

- ICE Newark makes attest in Lakewood arresting Jose Heladio Bonilla-Sanchez, a Mexican native & an active Cartel del Noreste gang member, June 30 in Lakewood, New Jersey, was deported three times before, is in ICE custody, pending removal & federal prosecution for illegal reentry.

- Conservative commentary and reports on the School choice tax credit bill:

The plan grants donors to scholarship organizations a tax credit for the same amount they contribute. Those nonprofits then award funds to families for private school tuition and other educational expenses

Republicans dropped the total amount a donor can contribute from 10% of their annual income to $1,700.“To raise $1.7 million for scholarships, [organizations]need to identify 1,000 donors, which is a lot harder to do, “That wasn’t done to help students or families.”

 The bill sets eligibility at 300% of median income, meaning that in higher-income areas, families earning nearly half a million dollars could use the scholarships. 

The Senate gives states a say over which groups can participate and strikes language that would have prohibited any control over private schools

As it currently stands, states may opt in, meaning many Democratic-majority states probably won’t participate.

Under the federal program,If there isn’t a Jewish or neutral SGO in a state, for instance, then a Jewish student looking for a scholarship to go to a Jewish school may be out of luck.

Scholarship granting organizations (SGOs), which will collect donations and turn them into scholarships, are the lynchpin of the program. They will be given an extraordinary amount of freedom in how they operate. A Catholic, Evangelical Christian, Jewish or Muslim based organization can give awards only to Catholics, Evangelical Christians, Jews or Muslims, respectively. Here and Here  

- The highly paid Lakewood BOE attorney who has earned more than $6 million since 2017 is technically not on the job, at least for now. His most recent contract ended on Monday, June 30. Although the school board approved a new agreement months ago to begin July 1, it was blocked by state monitor Louise Davis in March. he meantime, the school board also requested a stay in the matter so that Inzelbuch could remain on the job until a final decision of the appeal is made, according to Board Member Moshe Raitzik. A state report criticized his contract, which has paid him more than $6 million since 2017 and requires little accountability. APP reports

-Agudah NJ the following increases were secured for FY2026: in the NJ budget

$48.8 million for Chapter 192 services (services for nonpublic school students), a $2.65 million increase from last year.

$22.6 million for nonpublic school nursing services, representing a $2.5 million increase over last year, or $145 for every child.

Continued support for programs such as $28.4 million for Chapter 193 (speech), $1,177 per student eligible for aid-in-lieu of transportation, $205 per student for school security, $7.4 million in technology aid, and $10 million for the New Jersey nonprofit security grant program.

- BDE: tragedy in Yerushalayim a 5 year old boy Yisroel Goldstein Z"L was killed while riding a bike after he was hit by a car in Romema section at the  intersection of Petach Tikva and Zichron Yaakov streets. Adding to the tragedy The boys mother Mrs. Shoshana GoldsteinA"H passed away a few years ago when  she gave birth to twin girls from complications the twins also passed away RL. The father Rav Moshe Goldstein shlita a talmid of Rav Moshe Sternbuch shlita,has moved from Bet Shemesh to Yerushalayim after his wife's Petirah to  be close to the family and care for the children.

Trump: It is my Great Honor to announce that I have just made a Trade Deal with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam after speaking with To Lam, the Highly Respected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam. It will be a Great Deal of Cooperation between our two Countries. The Terms are that Vietnam will pay the United States a 20% Tariff on any and all goods sent into our Territory, and a 40% Tariff on any Transshipping. In return, Vietnam will do something that they have never done before, give the United States of America TOTAL ACCESS to their Markets for Trade. In other words, they will “OPEN THEIR MARKET TO THE UNITED STATES,” meaning that, we will be able to sell our product into Vietnam at ZERO Tariff.