New York Mayor De Blasio Threatens Religious Freedom, Threatens To Shut Down Synagogue Permanently

The Daily Wire exposed the tyranny here:

Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio warned an ultra-Orthodox synagogue in Brooklyn on Tuesday that he will shut them down “once and for all” if they continue to flout his lockdown orders.

During a Tuesday press conference, de Blasio was asked about a large indoor funeral held Monday by Congregation Yetev Lev D’Satmar, a prominent synagogue in Williamsburg that was also recently fined $15,000 for secretly conducting a large indoor wedding in November.

“If we see another confirmed situation in which an inappropriate event is happening in that same building, then we’re going to have to move to shut down the building once and for all,” de Blasio said, according to Gothamist. “That would be the next step if we see non-compliance.”

“I do think there’s an ideological factor that’s making things a lot harder,” de Blasio also said, seeming to imply that the Hasidic community’s continued non-compliance with state and city lockdown orders stems from their widespread support for President Donald Trump.

Gothamist also added: 

On Monday, the funeral of a 94-year-old rabbinic judge — Yisroel Chaim Menashe Friedman — drew hundreds of largely unmasked observers to the Satmar community's main Williamsburg synagogue at 152 Rodney Street.

Asked about the gathering during his daily briefing Tuesday, de Blasio said he'd initiate a "clear dialogue" with Jewish community leaders — with the possibility of more drastic action if that outreach failed.

"If we see another confirmed situation in which an inappropriate event is happening in that same building, then we’re going to have to move to shut down the building once and for all," the mayor warned. "That would be next step if we see non-compliance."

Ahead of this week's indoor funeral, City Hall officials requested the synagogue hold the event outdoors and to ensure all participants were wearing masks, according to a source familiar with the conversation, who was not authorized to speak on the record. The Satmar leadership largely ignored the appeals.