WASHINGTON EXAMINER
New York’s crackdown on Jewish businesses makes no public health sense
by Melissa Braunstein
October 30, 2020

Nobody is tossing tea into New York Harbor, but restlessness appears to be growing in Brooklyn. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo complained earlier this month that New York City was too lax about enforcing COVID-19-related health regulations, but Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish residents wouldn’t necessarily agree, especially now. Seven months into our “new normal,” reports are emerging of the city and state being notably heavy-handed in their public health enforcement. The New York City Department of Buildings issued a summons to a kosher pizzeria “that was only open for takeout.” READ MORE