Judge Overturns New York Limits on Religious Gatheringswhen de Blasio was asked by a Hamodia reporter why he was allowing the protests despite not allowing religious gatherings or retail-store openings, the mayor replied,
When you see a nation, an entire nation, simultaneously grappling with an extraordinary crisis seeded in 400 years of American racism, I’m sorry, that is not the same question as the understandably aggrieved store owner or the devout religious person who wants to go back to services.
דיבלאזיא בנוגע האבן די סולם ערכים ריכטיג
the judge
“Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio could have just as easily discouraged protests, short of condemning their message, in the name of public health and exercised discretion to suspend enforcement for public safety reasons instead of encouraging what they knew was a flagrant disregard of the outdoor limits and social distancing rules. They could have also been silent. But by acting as they did, Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio sent a clear message that mass protests are deserving of preferential treatment.”
דער גו פארשטייט ס'דא זאכן וואס זענען בארעכטיגט צי preferential treatment.