Cuomo Sued by Orthodox Jewish Group Over Covid Restrictions
- Agudath Israel asks federal court to block enforcement
- N.Y. governor ‘explicitly targeted’ Orthodox Jews, Suit Says
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was sued Thursday by Agudath Israel of America, a national grassroots Orthodox Jewish organization that advocates for synagogues, over new restrictions instituted in state coronavirus hot spots.
The group said in a complaint filed in federal court in Brooklyn that Cuomo “has trampled” on Orthodox Jews’ “constitutional right to the Free Exercise of Religion.”