Part of the retort of Agudath Israel lying without shame to the the Supreme Court:
......that the spread was “because of their religious practices.” App’x 310, 386.4And he emphasized that “[t]he micro-cluster we’re focusing on is the ultra-Orthodox communities” and that it is necessary to impose stringent restrictions on “these ultra-Orthodox communities, who are also very politically powerful.”5In his Opposition, the Governor has no serious defense for his repeated discriminatory statements, which show beyond dispute that he targeted the Orthodox Jewish community. The Governor simply ignores many discriminatory statements for which he has no possible answer. He does not even attempt to provide a neutral basis for his October 14 identification of Orthodox Jewish religious practices for targeting, stating “[w]ere now having issues in the Orthodox Jewish community in New York, where because of their religious practices, etc., we’re seeing a spread.” App’x 310, 386 (emphasis added). He likewise has no response for his October 9 comments when asked whether he planned to impose a “targeted fix” or “a more broader lockdown,” to which he responded unequivocally that “we have a couple of unique clusters, frankly, which are more religious organizations, and that’s what we’re targeting” and identified “the cluster [as] a predominately ultra-orthodox cluster.” October 9 Interview (emphasis added). The Governor’s statements that he believes the “religious practices” of “the Orthodox Jewish community” cause COVID-19 spread
4See also https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cuomo-says-religious-practices-of-orthodox-jews-causing-virus-to-spread-in-new-york-city/. 5NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo Conference Call Transcript October 14, rev.com (Oct. 14, 2020), https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/ny-gov-andrew-cuomo-conference-call-transcript-october-14/.
- 6 - and that he is “targeting” the “ultra-orthodox cluster” and “religious organizations” for restrictions thus stand unrebutted.READ THE LITANY OF LIES AND ASSURANCES TO THE SUPREME COURT:
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