Housing developers sue New York officials for trying to keep out Hasidic Jews
The developers have asked the court to reverse the town’s building-permit denials for homes that comply with approved plans.
Followers of ultra-orthodox Jewish rabbi Moses Teitelbaum of the Satmar Hassidim pack the Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar in the town of Kirays Joel, New York(photo credit: REUTERS)ByMARCY OSTER/JTA