"Members of the Jewish community were putting each other in danger. Earlier this month, police used sirens and played social distancing messages over their public-announcement system in another Brooklyn neighborhood, Borough Park, to break up a large gathering for a Hasidic funeral that did not follow social distancing guidelines, CNN reported. Where de Blasio went wrong"My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed," de Blasio tweeted afterward. "Last night, the Mayor painted the Jewish community as lawbreakers and unconcerned about the city's public health," Lauder said. for all social distancing problems in NYC," but called any suggestion of anti-Semitism on the mayor's part "absurd."

Source: CNN April 30, 2020 00:33 UTC