Brooklyn Diocese, Jewish group sue Cuomo over COVID-19 closures

[canada-man]

NEW YORK - The Brooklyn Diocese and Jewish Orthodox leaders filed lawsuits against the State of New York over the newly ordered closures and restrictions placed on religious institutions due to spikes in COVID-19 cases.

Approximately 300 public and private schools, non-essential businesses and houses of worship in New York City were ordered closed this week due to the alarming rise in cases mostly in Brooklyn and Queens. Other areas outside the 'red zone' were ordered to reduce capacity.

Most of the neighborhoods targeted by the restrictions are home to part of the city’s large Orthodox Jewish community, where many religious schools resumed in-person instruction in early September.


The Brooklyn federal court complaint seeks a protective order blocking Cuomo's executive order.

"We are trying to protect the most fundamental freedom that we have under the First Amendment- our free exercise of religion," Randy Mastro, Attorney for the Brooklyn Diocese, told FOX 5 NY morning program, 'Good Day New York.' "And, here, for the Diocese of Brooklyn, these churches in Brooklyn and Queens, they have done everything the right way There has been no outbreak or spread of coronavirus in Diocese churches."


Twenty-eight churches and parishes are part of the lawsuit.

"This decision goes too far. This decision sweeps too broadly. This decision is wrong. If there are areas of concern, address them in a targeted way. If there are communities of concern, address them in a targeted way. It shuts down all houses of worship. There is absolutely no basis for doing it to these Catholic churches and parishes."

Judge allows Cuomo's hot spot restrictions ahead of Jewish holidays

The Brooklyn Diocese and Jewish Orthodox leaders filed lawsuits against Gov. Andrew Cuomo over COVID-related closures.

www.fox5ny.com

 

[canada-man]

CALIFORNIA, October 9, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A Catholic priest in California is suing Governor Newsom, along with 19 other officials for what he describes as his “tyrannical COVID-19 control measures” which place severe restrictions on churches and religious services.


In a 77 page document filed on September 29, Fr. Trevor Burfitt, a priest of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), issued a withering attack upon Newsom, saying that his restrictions on religious worship in violation of the constitution, are “no longer warranted” and are “causing more harm than good.”


The document is introduced by a quotation from the case of the Department of Health vs Manke: “It is incumbent on the courts to ensure decisions are made according to the rule of law, not hysteria…One hopes that this great principle—essential to any free society, including ours—will not itself become yet another casualty of COVID-19.”





Stating that “a bona fide health emergency has not existed in California for several months,” Fr. Burfitt warns that Newsom intends to continue to restrict religious worship.


“Newsom intends to continue indefinitely a massive and baseless suspension of the constitutional rights of plaintiff and nearly 40,000,000 other residents of the State of California,” the lawsuit states.


The document extensively covers a wide range of issues: the unnecessary state of emergency; the mis-reporting of COVID-19 cases; the uselessness of face masks; the irrationality of social distancing; the “threat of a Permanent Medical Dictatorship,” as well as the egregious effect which such laws are having upon religious worship.


https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/p...res?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=standard

 

[canada-man]

Fitness Coalition, LI Law Firm Spearhead Lawsuit Against Cuomo


SYOSSET, NY —Two weeks after Michigan's Supreme Court overturned the continued emergency executive orders of Gov. Whitmer, a coalition of business owners on Long Island are hoping their own lawsuit will achieve the same result in New York.
The New York Fitness Coalition, an advocacy group of gym owners who came together during the coronavirus pandemic, is leading the class-action lawsuit. A news conference to announce the lawsuit is being held Wednesday at the Sysosset office of The Mermigas Law Group, P.C.

Charlie Cassara founded the New York Fitness Coalition, which sued Gov. Cuomo in July, seeking an injunction of Cuomo's orders in order for gyms to reopen. This lawsuit, Cassara, says is a broader effort to declare the extended emergency executive orders that Cuomo uses to mandate the COVID-19 business and school regulations as unconstitutional and illegal.


"This wasn't his job," Cassara told Patch. Once the original aims of the state of emergency were fulfilled in the early months of the pandemic, the unilateral executive authority of the governor's emergency powers were no longer needed, or legal, he says.

Cassara owns a health club, SC Fitness, with two Long Island locations. He tells Patch that the regulations his industry has to operate under are "unsurvivable."


"33 percent capacity is a joke, and then you add six feet, contact tracing—We can't live under these orders."

Representatives from other industries including restaurant owners, as well as teachers and parents concerned about the impact of the mandates on education, are also involved in the suit, Cassara says.
"Now regular citizens of New York can jump on board. Cuomo keeps saying he is going to give the authority back to the state [legislatures] and local executives, but every week there is a new excuse."
A similar legal challenge was raised against Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf, which initially was won before being overturned in federal appeals court.

Fitness Coalition, LI Law Firm Spearhead Lawsuit Against Cuomo

The class-action lawsuit seeks to overturn the governor's executive orders as unconstitutional: 'We can't live under these orders.'

patch.com

 

[jerimander]

Cuomo ignores Muslim mass gatherings.

While Cuomo Targets Orthodox Jews, Muslim Mass Gatherings Go On

Like Black Lives Matter riots, Muslim mobs don’t spread the virus. Every year, Shiite Muslims in Flushing, Queens conduct the Arbaeen, a procession in honor of Mohammed's grandson whose death at the hands of a Sunni caliph marked the pivotal break between Shiites and Sunnis, slapping their faces...

www.jihadwatch.org

 

[basketcase]

The N.Y. lawsuit was thrown out yesterday. Meanwhile, large Ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities are reporting increasing COVID-19 cases, some with positivity rate as high as 28%, because they don’t wear masks and they don’t practice social distancing.

It seems like the trumptards, they pride themselves on disobeying health precautions. Israel is also having huge issues with the virus spreading in ultra-orthodox communities and mass gatherings.

 

[canada-man]

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted to Jewish leaders in a leaked private phone call that the government’s coronavirus initiatives are “not based on science but were based out of fear.”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1316222568177827842

BC Health Officer Admits Science Not Used To Determine COVID-19 Restrictions

 

[jcpro]

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted to Jewish leaders in a leaked private phone call that the government’s coronavirus initiatives are “not based on science but were based out of fear.”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1316222568177827842

BC Health Officer Admits Science Not Used To Determine COVID-19 Restrictions

I tend to believe this because it is consistent with what has been leaking from the Ford camp in Ontario. Especially the latest roll back in Toronto.

 

[decoy2673]

Democrats/Liberals are often anti-semitic. They are white supremacists that use black plight/suffering as a bargaining chip/tool for manipulation.

 

[canada-man]

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted to Jewish leaders in a leaked private phone call that the government’s coronavirus initiatives are “not based on science but were based out of fear.”

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1316222568177827842

BC Health Officer Admits Science Not Used To Determine COVID-19 Restrictions

ladies and gentlemen of Terb I rest my case.

 

[lenny2]

ladies and gentlemen of Terb I rest my case.

"This guidance is based on current available scientific evidence and expert opinion and is subject to change as new information on the clinical spectrum, transmissibility and epidemiology becomes available. This guidance builds upon relevant Canadian guidance developed for the current and previous coronavirus outbreaks (e.g. MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV), in addition to available guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) i . It should be read in conjunction with relevant provincial and local legislation, regulations and policies. This guidance has been developed based on the Canadian situation; therefore, may differ from guidance developed by other countries."

http://www.bccdc.ca/resource-gallery/Documents/Guidelines%20and%20Forms/Guidelines%20and%20Manuals/Epid/CD%20Manual/Chapter%201%20-%20CDC/2019-nCoV-Interim_Guidelines.pdf

 

[basketcase]

Democrats/Liberals are often anti-semitic. They are white supremacists that use black plight/suffering as a bargaining chip/tool for manipulation.

Except in this case the policy was decided on by virus cases, not religion. It's not Cuomo's fault that some ultra-Orthodox Jews have gone out of their way to violate reasonable precautions.

(and no surprise that those same communities tend to be hardcore Trump supporters)