Measles Outbreak: City’s Response Is Tangled in de Blasio’s Ties to Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Throughout his political rise in New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio has nurtured a close relationship with the city’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.
But those ties have also complicated how the mayor has dealt with the community on sensitive issues.
The latest example came last week, when Mr. de Blasio declared a public health emergency in ultra-Orthodox communities in Williamsburg over the measles outbreak, requiring unvaccinated individuals to receive the vaccine or face a fine.
Some critics accused the mayor of acting too slowly because the outbreak, affecting now close to 300 people, first began in the fall.
Yet some members of the ultra-Orthodox community accused Mr. de Blasio of having overstepped his authority by issuing the vaccination declaration, and a lawsuit filed Monday argues that the city’s order was unjustified because of “insufficient evidence of a measles outbreak or dangerous epidemic.”
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