NEW YORK (PIX11) — A recent spike in hate crimes is prompting the New York City Council to consider adding a police-manned buffer zone for protestors outside houses of worship. New York City Council ...

The Police Department now backs proposed legislation to create buffer zones around houses of worship and schools, after the City Council modified the bill to give cops the ability to decide the ...

The mounting fight over “buffer zone” legislation reached a new phase in a contentious New York City Council hearing on Wednesday. A number of Jewish leaders and constituents attended the public ...

A new City Council bill would allow the NYPD to decide when houses of worship in the city should be protected from protesters by buffer zones and how big those zones should be. The legislation is part ...

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NEW YORK — New Yorkers support legislation that would establish protected areas around houses of worship, a Monday poll found, as both supporters and opponents of the buffer zones prepared for a ...

Legislation to establish “security perimeters” around houses of worship is being softened in the New York City Council. Speaker Julie Menin initially proposed a buffer zone of up to 100 feet around ...

A new version of a City Council bill would let the NYPD decide when city houses of worship should be protected from protesters by “buffer zones” and how big the zones should be. City lawmakers will ...

GOP senator Ted Budd calls on Qatar to extradite Hamas leade...r to the U.S.