People attend the New York Young Republican Club's 113th Annual Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on Dec. 13, 2025, New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

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• The New York Young Republicans’ treasurer — whom the club suspended while it investigated a photo of him performing a Nazi salute and wearing Nazi regalia — was reportedly spotted mingling with the club’s president 10 days after the suspension, according to Politico.
• Park East Synagogue and Chabad of the Upper East Side announced a new partnership that will merge the two congregations’ leadership. Starting on Rosh Hashanah, Chabad’s rabbi will serve as associate rabbi at Park East — a 136-year-old Modern Orthodox congregation — alongside senior rabbi Arthur Schneier. A number of Chabad’s programs will also be brought into the fold.
• William Shakin, a 25-year-old from Great Neck, New York, who served in the Israel Defense Forces, died of suicide amid a struggle with PTSD on Sunday, according to multiple media outlets. A volunteer who assists lone soldiers told VINnews that Shakin had not received the necessary psychological care for a combatant because he was not present in Israel.
• Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a roundtable this afternoon with New York City rabbis, according to his public schedule. The meeting was closed to press.