The article did mention that they were shut for Yom Kippur.
A quick check reveals that there are nearly two million Jews living in New York out of a population of nearly nine million. That puts them at about 22 % of the total population. Muslims are estimated around a half million.
The Jews get one day and the Muslims get two? Someone isn't doing their math correctly.
Apart from that, I regard Judaism (especially Orthodox) as beneficial/benign, while I regard Islam as detrimental/destructive.