The Mile Only Runs One Way A new Skver shtiebel opened this past Shabbos in the Nanuet–New City area. According to Rockland Daily, the shtiebel was established after several Skver families moved into the neighborhood and was opened with the encouragement and bracha of the Skverer Rebbe. It is reportedly the ninth Skver shtiebel serving…

Many of you may have seen the cover story in Mishpacha over Shavuos. Icouldn’t bring myself to read it. I live within “the mile,” and it waspainful to see a man whom many of us believe bears responsibility foryears of suffering in our community being given such honor andpositive exposure. This isn’t about attacking Jewish…

The Holy Mothers of New Square and Their Mesiras Nefesh for the Cause In every era, Klal Yisrael produces women of extraordinary mesirasnefesh. In our own generation, that devotion has taken on a modernform: signing mortgage documents and renting out homes to multiplefamilies in an area when this is illegal and unjust. For the sake…

2/18/26 In the competitive landscape of New York mortgage lending, the latestdata from Modex, Inc. has surfaced a striking paradox. While industrygiants like JPMorganChase and Rocket continue to dominate the top ofthe leaderboard, CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC has surged to the #3position in the state, fueled in part by the astronomical productionof Zev Spitzer, who currently…

Note: We will continue publishing these cases until New Square leadership announces an end to the “mile policy,” and repairs the harm that they have caused. We strive to only publish factual mistake free information. If there are any mistakes in this article, please post in the comments section and they will be addressed. Feel…

One House Tells the Whole Story You don’t need a map to see what’s happening within the Mile. Walk any block and you’ll find it: homes owned by New Square residents in individual names, homes parked in opaque LLCs, homes financed as “personal residences” that were never lived in. The details change. The structure doesn’t….

I want to be very clear at the outset: I am not a talmid chacham, and I am certainly not writing this as one. I am a regular person who came across a piece of Torah that struck me very strongly, and it feels impossible not to share it in light of what is happening. This is too directly…

There are moments when a community reaches a crossroads – not because of outside hostility, but because of choices made from within. What we are witnessing now with New Square is one of those moments. And make no mistake: this marks a new low. A plumbing company, operating openly and without hesitation, has now put…

In recent years, growing concern has been voiced by residents, local advocates, and community observers about housing practices in certain properties located within “the Mile”—a residential area neighboring New Square, but not within the Village of New Square itself. These concerns do not implicate New Square as a municipality or its official institutions; however, individual…