NYC Mayor's tweet draws backlash from critics who say he singled out the Jewish community
NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio sparked controversy Tuesday evening after ordering the shutdown of a large Orthodox Jewish funeral in Brooklyn — and vowing to fine or arrest residents who continue to defy social distancing rules.
De Blasio, who has historically been close to the Orthodox Jewish community, showed up on the scene in person to see the crowd dispersed."Hey @NYCMayor, there are 1mil+ Jewish people in #NYC. The few who don’t social distance should be called out — but generalizing against the whole population is outrageous especially when so many are scapegoating Jews," Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said in a tweet.
"Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite: a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic. When I heard, I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed. And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the Coronavirus," de Blasio said in another tweet.
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