CUOMO CLAMPS DOWN ON NEW YORK CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS (AGAIN) AND UPDATED, CUOMO SUED

For those of us monitoring the governor's turf war with DeBlasio, worship restrictions, etc.

There comes a moment as you're listening to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo rant when you realize it all seems so familiar. Oh, yeah, you think—this guy sounds like the dictator in the movie Bananas who ordered everybody to speak Swedish and wear their underwear over their clothes. Only Cuomo isn't intentionally a joke, and his commands have serious consequences.

This week, Cuomo announced another closure of New York schools that have already left families floundering through the pandemic and threatened to shutter synagogues and churches if their congregations don't bend to his will.

"I am not going to recommend or allow any New York City family to send their child to a school that I wouldn't send my child to. We're going to close the schools in those areas tomorrow," Cuomo announced on October 5, in a command that applied to private schools as well as public ones.

Since places of worship have been resistant to restrictions on gatherings, the governor got specific about penalties. "I have to say to the Orthodox community tomorrow, if you're not willing to live with these rules, then I'm going to close the synagogues," he threatened.

The targets of Cuomo's ire fired back.

"A picture that [Cuomo] said showed an unlawfully large gathering of Hasidic Jews from recent weeks turned out to be a picture of a major rabbi's funeral in 2006," pointed out Ari Feldman at The Forward.

"In the three Catholic Academies and one Parish School located in the affected areas, enrollment totals 1,070 students, and there has only been one confirmed COVID case," pointed out the Diocese of Brooklyn. "These statistics prove that the Diocesan COVID-19 safety policies are effectively protecting our students and teachers." READ MORE AT https://reason.com/2020/10/07/cuomo-clamps-down-on-new-york-churches-and-schools-again/

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THIS POST IS CLOSED TO ALL COMMENTS. COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS MUST BE REFERRED TO THE MEDIA SOURCE CITED.  To those residents with complaints about local schools and houses of worship, you will have to find another outlet for your demands. 

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CUOMO SUED --An Orthodox Jewish organization has sued Gov. Andrew Cuomo over new coronavirus restrictions that will limit synagogue capacity and go into effect as three Jewish holidays arrive this weekend, new court papers show. Agudath Israel of America and some of its Big Apple affiliates argue that the new COVID measures violate their constitutional right to free exercise of religion, a Brooklyn Federal lawsuit from Thursday claims. MORE AT https://nypost.com/2020/10/08/jewish-group-sues-gov-cuomo-over-new-covid-19-restrictions/