Federal court strikes New York’s capacity limits on houses of worship
The case, brought by the Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel of America, an advocacy organization representing Haredi Orthodox Jews.
A NYPD officer speaks with Ultra-Orthodox Jews as they gather in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn amid the coronavirus outbreak in New York, US October 7, 2020(photo credit: REUTERS/YUKI IWAMURA)BySHIRA HANAU/JTA