The mayor of New York City cautioned that the city is "dealing with a health emergency," telling New Yorkers to act accordingly after a neighborhood erupted in protests in response to new restrictions in areas where coronavirus cases are spiking.
"Even folks who disagree with these new rules to get us out of this crisis: Respect the laws, respect the instructions of the NYPD," Bill de Blasio said, adding that "there'll be consequences" if people don't.
Videos of Tuesday night's protest on social media show hundreds of Orthodox Jewish men gathered in the streets of Borough Park, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, in some cases setting bonfires by burning masks. Another video posted on social media shows a crowd swarming and knocking down a man holding a camera. Police said there were no arrests.
"This is a very, very sensitive moment for the future of all of New York City," De Blasio said.
"If we right now respect these new rules and quickly work together, we can overcome this problem in a matter of weeks and then communities can go back to where we were just weeks ago, which was actually very good compared to what we experienced in the spring...We want to keep that restart going," he later added.
The new rules announced by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday will shut down schools and businesses and restrict capacity at houses of worship in affected parts of Brooklyn and Queens in New York City, sections of Orange and Rockland counties in the Hudson Valley and an area within Binghamton in the Southern Tier. The restrictions are set to take effect by Friday.
Most of the New York City and Hudson Valley neighborhoods are home to large enclaves of Orthodox Jews, and community leaders have complained of being singled out for enforcement.
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