Thousands of people lined the streets of Williamsburg for a funeral of a local rabbi, a gathering that brought the NYPD and Mayor Bill de Blasio to Brooklyn to break it up, with the mayor saying the city has "zero tolerance" for such large events at this time.
But it was his reaction to the funeral on social media that drew scorn and calls for the World Jewish Congress to censure him.
Crowds of Hasidic men and women were packed tightly onto sidewalks and in the streets for the funeral, some wearing masks -- but all other social distancing measures were completely disregarded, pictures posted on Twitter showed.
