Demeaning comments made in private by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier in his political career about the festival of Sukkot raised some eyebrows in the Jewish community on Tuesday. In an extensive profile of Cuomo in the New York TImes Magazine, journalist Matt Flegenheimer reported that during the 2006 campaign for attorney general, Cuomo…
When the city was laid low and he was riding high, Andrew Cuomo’s daily press conferences were essential viewing. Their style was somehow both low-res and hi-def, the janky PowerPoints and abandoned recreation room setting making us feel as if we were all in the same absurdist bunker. Sure, he didn’t have the same charisma…
As calls mount for embattled Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York to step down amid allegations of sexual misconduct, Jewish groups are seeming reluctant to express an opinion. In particular, Orthodox groups, who have expressed their fair share of criticism of Cuomo in recent months, have remained on the sidelines. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and…
An organization representing ultra-Orthodox Jews is asking the highest court in the land to block New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 restrictions on worship — and to do it in time for Shabbat on Nov. 20. Agudath Israel of America has been trying to overturn Cuomo’s rules in the courts for more than a month…
While New York City public schools are closing due to the city reaching an average 3% positivity rate over the last seven days, private schools, including Jewish day schools and yeshivas, are not being asked to comply with the city’s ruling — yet. The city and state both have different data for the seven-day average…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has released a plan to reopen schools in areas with high rates of coronavirus, many of which are concentrated in Orthodox areas like Borough Park and Kiryas Joel. The plan requires mass testing before schools reopen, and subsequent weekly testing with rapid-result test kits provided by the state. “We look…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo relaxed coronavirus control measures Wednesday for parts of the state with elevated rates of infection, but several areas in the New York City area with large Orthodox Jewish communities will remain within the state’s most restricted zones. Under the new rules, two parts of the borough of Queens — around…
A local rabble rouser had a request for President Donald Trump, which he tapped out and sent into the universe through Twitter on Wednesday. “We are asking for President Trump to interfere with Gov Cuomo’s hateful decision of tough lockdown on our schools and places of worship,” tweeted city council candidate Heshy Tischler. “#Cuomohatesjews.” In…
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