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NY Orthodox lawmakers cut chains off shut Brooklyn playground

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Published: 19 June 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Move defies mayor Bill de Blasio, who says he’s ‘not going to allow people to take the law into their own hands’ after protest over coronavirus restrictions

Defying NYC mayor, Orthodox lawmakers cut chains off shut Brooklyn playground (Times of Israel)
Bill de Blasio says he’s ‘not going to allow people to take the law into their own hands’ after protest over coronavirus restrictions

NYC Orthodox Jews accuse De Blasio of ‘double standard’ on shuttered parks (Haaretz)
The city has officially closed all playgrounds in effort to slow spread of coronavirus, but Orthodox elected officials say rules are being enforced differently in various parts of the city

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Some New York City yeshivas are operating in the shadows (JTA)

Photo: New York State Senator Simcha Felder (right), Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein (centre), and New York City Councilman Kalman Yeger open up Kolbert Playground in the Midwood neighbourhood of the Brooklyn on June 16 (Benjamin Kanter via JTA)
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