One person at least was injured as protests broke out in Brooklyn overnight, leading to scenes of chaos, over new COVID 19 restrictions on schools, businesses and houses of worship, when Orthodox Jewish and other religious leaders lashed out at Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo
Four Orthodox Jewish lawmakers representing the areas affected by the shutdown said in a letter posted online late Tuesday:
“We are appalled by Governor Cuomo’s words and actions today… He has chosen to pursue a scientifically and constitutionally questionable shutdown of our communities.”
Boro Park uprising against @andrewcuomo @nycmayor has begun. People starting fires in the street. So not normal. pic.twitter.com/AB5BpfeyvF
— NYCPHOTOG (@nycphotog) October 7, 2020
Video shared on social media showed hundreds of Hasidic men, most of them without masks, gathering along 13th Avenue in the Borough Park neighborhood after 10 pm, and setting fires . The crowd turned violent, attacking one Hasidic man they believed to be disloyal to the community.
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