Do you seriously believe that there is an equal rate of noncompliance in NY among non-Jews, are less/non frum Jews? Truth.
I don’t think you can say yes with a straight face. And I don’t get my news from the media.
My answer is 100% YES. Yes, that's 100% YES.
A quick comparison.
The few shuls that are open, (INMHO they can legally be open) all have SD practices comparable to any store. You don't have to agree moraly to the fact that they are open. You just have to look at the facts regarding SD practices.
Events in jewish community have been at par with events in no jewish communities. Just look at this.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8235937/Brooklyn-barbershop-busted-underground-party-50-people-defying-social-distancing.html .
https://guestofaguest.com/weddings/weddings-101/greenpoint-rooftop-wedding-paula-ken-quarantine - For them 5 was the number they chose, as that was important to them others such as jews have large families and 5 is just a half of the brides siblings. A photographer was important so that was permitted. You get my point PPl in very community, some have cancelled and some have preceded with what they consider a minimum and some just do whatever they want. .
Remember the events you are hearing about are usually weddings or alike with immediate family and with maximum SD. The police in many cases cite PPl illegally such as the case in lakewood when one family was another's front lawn getting cited for child endangerment. Its more about the optics then the facts.
Funerals, there have been many documented cases of large funerals by non jews, but that's ok because they don't look a specific way.
https://twitter.com/OJPAC/status/1254588384837865472?s=20Stores- In LKWD no warnings issed but citations yet in other areas
https://www.nj.com/ocean/2020/04/nj-gym-owner-charged-after-ignoring-order-to-stay-closed-during-coronavirus-pandemic.html - Multible warnings.
I think any reasonable person will tell you that based on citations and population rate for LAKEWOOD VS Newark, its not much different.
Now while I wasn't at the funeral in willi, these are what ppl are reporting.
The NYPD was notified in advance that a lot of PPL will show up for the funeral, so they (NYPD and Shomrim)
-Coordinated masks to be disturbed
-Set up speakers
-Set up barricades
-Plans were in place for people to enforce social distancing.
Once the funeral started the NYPD ordered the speakers to be shut, which obviously caused people to gather closely to see what's going on. I'm guessing they didn't want speakers because of optics.
Once ppl got closer together, the reporters on seen, sadly Jewish, tweeted as if the world is collapsing.
De Blasio saw this and chaos ensued.
Remember- Optics of Jews standing together is worse then
thousands of NY'rs standing together thousands of NY City residents standing together watching a flyer. So, bring in the police and make them VISIBLE so ppl know who is in charge.
Edited due to
@CountValentine observation.