New York City to shut down 9 neighborhoods with large Orthodox populations

The announcement was made on the second day of the Sukkot holiday, when Orthodox Jews do not use electricity and would not have gotten news about the upcoming closures until sundown on Sunday.

A sign warning people of measles in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg is seen in New York

A sign warning people of measles in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg is seen in New York

(photo credit: REUTERS/SHANNON STAPLETON)

ByMARCY OSTER/JTA

OCTOBER 5, 2020 13:23