It represents a portion of the community, and not a small portion either.
I don't know about Brooklyn, but I don't think that it's the case in Lakewood.
The media harped on the fact that the police had to close two weddings in Lakewood. This took place less than 24 hours after Gov. Murphy's ban went into effect, and the ban was extremely confusing. Both weddings were outdoors, a situation which attendees clearly thought circumvented the danger that prompted the ban. Additionally, attendance at these weddings were minuscule, not much over the 50 person limit, many of who were close relatives of the married couple, and were naturally very preoccupied with wedding preparations and couldn't focus on the details of the ban.
Yet, this story was prominently reported about by all NJ media outlets, and it was even used to define the Orthodox community's response to the virus.
One Asbury Park Press article about the way the community was responding to the virus featured this paragraph near the beginning of the article:
“Just a few hours after the Asbury Park Press spoke to Orthodox Jewish leaders about how the community was handling coronavirus, Lakewood police “shut down” a wedding at a catering hall, according to an exchange on the police department’s Facebook page.
That event came two full days after Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday issued an executive order mandating social distancing, including a ban on any gatherings of over 50 people.”
The reporter amended the language after I voiced my concern.