Bill de Blasio vows NYPD will have more effective response if unrest over COVID-19 restrictions again breaks out in Brooklyn

Violent demonstrations lay bare frustration felt by local Hasidic Jews now at center of first widespread resurgence of COVID-19 in New York since spring

Positive test rate in Kiryas Joel is 27.6%, the highest in the country; institutes in overlapping Palm Tree to also be closed for two weeks under order from health commissioner

After Cuomo reinstates localized virus restrictions focused on several heavily Jewish areas, Agudath Israel of America vows to fight 'surprise' new rules limiting prayers

Restrictions for 'red zones' will limit Jewish holiday celebrations in areas with high infection rates

Mayer Rispler, a prominent figure in the sect's Aronim faction, put on a ventilator amid rising infections in NY Orthodox communities

Rates slowly increasing throughout state, but particularly in Orthodox neighborhoods, governor warns; Yom Kippur may have been a factor

Upward trend possibly related to increasing numbers of businesses reopening, college campuses reopening and children returning to school

Councilmember says 'only an intolerant person' would think name connected to Nazis, as state senator announces plans to force upstate hamlet's hand

Virus cases are spiking in some New York Orthodox communities, but various factors are preventing widespread adoption of a practice experts say can help keep COVID away