Yes, though this is a different situation, unrelated to the proposed housing project. Some non-Hasidic Jewish students allegedy victims of anti-Semetism, that case is still under investigation. Actually, there’s more animosity between the Hasidim and Reformed Jews than any anti-Semitism that still lingers. Not to mention the 20-odd sects within the Chasidic branch of Judaism that are oftentimes at odds with each other. Nothing like what goes on in the Mideast between moslem sects. Just ask anyone on the NYPD who’s familiar with the Williamsburg or Midwood precindts, or the Rockland Cty Sheriff’s office, or any NY state troopers stationed in Monroe-Woodbury or the Catskills. Breaking up rock and bottle throwing incidents between them is quite common. And as far as any klan activity in Pine Bush, some clown named James Sheely claims to be a klan dragon. About 15 yrs ago he staged a klan rally near Prospect Park in Brooklyn (talk about Darwin Awards candidates!) Ironically his brother’s business, a chain of laundromats and car washes in the area, sponsors a car club, Downforce Creations, a bunch of mostly Black and Latino 20-somethings mainly from Newburgh who build lowriders. Go figure!
Can you link to a single report of a rock throwing incident involving Chassidim in New York State? You say they are “quite common” and I never have heard of them. I have been at weddings in Mknsey and Soring Valley at which there were Chassidix attendees from many groups and they all got along.