NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio says an Orthodox Jewish funeral that drew thousands of mourners in Brooklyn “was absolutely unacceptable.”
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday a funeral for an ultra-Orthodox rabbi that drew thousands of mourners in Brooklyn "was absolutely unacceptable," and he warned that police will start issuing summonses or arrest violators at similar gatherings.
"That event last night never should have happened, it better not happen again," Shea warned. "You are putting my cops' lives at risk and it's unacceptable." De Blasio said he understood the instinct to gather and mourn, but he has now instructed the NYPD to take a "zero tolerance" policy to large gatherings.
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said the mayor's comments were "outrageous, especially when so many are scapegoating Jews."
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