- Members of an Orthodox Jewish community in New York City’s Borough Park neighbourhood started a bonfire in the street Tuesday night to protest a new lockdown.
- Borough Park is among nine NYC neighbourhoods that have been ordered into lockdown to address localised spikes in coronavirus cases. The lockdown goes into effect Friday.
- All nine of the neighbourhoods are home to Orthodox Jewish populations, and the lockdowns come during the celebration of the Sukkot holiday.
- Local leaders told The New York Times that the spike in infections is due in part to community members’ belief that they had achieved herd immunity, and in various misinformation spread by President Trump.
- Parents, staffers, and children at a Catholic school in Marine Park, Brooklyn, also protested having to close during the lockdown.
Members of an Orthodox Jewish community started a bonfire in the middle of a Borough Park, Brooklyn street on Tuesday night, as the community protested a new local lockdown.
Borough Park is among nine New York City zip codes set to go into a new lockdown on Friday, to address a spike in coronavirus cases. The lockdown, imposed by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will include closing schools and nonessential businesses, banning mass gatherings, and restricting houses of worship to no more than ten people.
All nine neighbourhoods are home to Orthodox Jewish populations, according to The New York Times, and the lockdown announcement comes as they celebrate the Sukkot holiday.
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