Hundreds of businesses and schools in New York City neighborhoods where coronavirus instances are highest were closed Thursday on the governor’s orders, but doubts arose about the effectiveness with which officials can enforce closure in spaces where they received resentment.
The new regulations also found legal resistance, and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel of America, an Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, sued for a provision restricting participation in closed devotees to up to 10 people.
Confusion and dismay prevailed when restrictions began to take effect.
In the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, the scene of two nights of protests against the repression of Orthodox Jews, some merchants under the final order gave the impression that they were operating as usual at noon, adding a hairdresser, mobile outlets and a toy store.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said 1,200 city employees would be on the streets enforcing the law, although some of the efforts were to teach businesses about regulations imposed with little caution in spaces hurriedly drawn with borders.
All non-essential businesses in spaces designated as “red zones” in parts of Queens and Brooklyn through Governor Andrew Cuomo were meant to close. Public and personal schools had to close, either in the red areas and in the surrounding “orange zones”. appointed through the Democratic governor.
However, the precise location where those spaces began and ended is not obvious on maps published in the governor’s workplace or in the city. Parents of a school in Brooklyn protested that their school closed through the city even though it was out of the domain that the governor had appointed for schools to be closed.
The new restrictions cover parts of Brooklyn and Queens in New York, sections of Orange and Rockland counties in the Hudson Valley, and a Binghamton domain near the Pennsylvania border.
Many limited neighborhoods house Orthodox Jewish communities, and network leaders have complained that they have been selected to enforce the law.
Agudath’s trial that defied attendance limits said it would be a disturbing Jewish holiday next weekend.
“By depriving whistleblowers and their admirers of the cult and critical practices related to upcoming celebrations, the defendant violated his constitutional right to the relaxed exercise of religion,” the lawsuit says.
In its lawsuit, the Diocese of Brooklyn said the new restrictions “go too far. Array violates too much and does not have a valid basis as they apply to churches in the diocese. “
Police gave the impression of being up and running in the Midwood segment of Brooklyn, where police had closed at least two beauty salons, adding Coney Island Barber.
The owner, Adeel Shakoor, said the business had been slow on Thursday morning, with 3 consumers showing up for a haircut, however, a police officer arrived in the early afternoon and told him to close and watch the news to find out when it was reopening.
“This is not the right time to have a hairdresser,” Shakoor said, noting that she had not been allowed to offer shaving facilities for months. “It’s hard to know what’s going to happen. “
De Blasio suggested that commercial homeowners follow regulations and consequences or fines.
“When we have consequences, we will have them,” he said, “but the first thing we have to achieve is compliance. “
At Borough Park, many men took to the streets on Wednesday to protest restrictions for a moment at night.
Anger has overflowed. Videos posted on social media showed a crowd chasing Jewish journalist Jacob Kornbluh down a street and then trapping him in front of a shop window, where a local activist unmasked himself screaming in his face. The police then intervened and took Kornbluh to safety.
“I attacked brutally, hit the head and kicked, ” tweeted Kornbluh later.
Police say he’s investigating, no arrests have been made.
De Blasio called the assembly “disgusting” in a briefing on Thursday and promised that police would refine their technique for further protests. A night earlier, two other people who video-recorded the riots were also chased into the crowd, a guy seeking medical attention after being beaten, according to relatives.
Overall, coronavirus has spread at a slower rate in New York than in much of the rest of the country, but a small number of neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens have noticed many new cases in recent weeks, leading to fears that the peak will simply change. in a broader resurgence.
Virus instances were also expanding into a domain of up-and-coming New York state near the Pennsylvania border. Mayor Rich David said he tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday night.
“I sit down and I’m going to rest at home, ” he tweeted on Thursday.
David’s announcement came a day after he gave the impression at a press convention in Syracuse with other mayors. Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh were among the other mayors at the press convention who were entering pre-trial quarantine.
Associated Press editors Karen Matthews, Tom Hays, Jennifer Peltz and Marina Villeneuve contributed to this report.
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