These are targeting heavily populated orthodox Jewish areas, who overwhelmingly vote republican.
I am furious with the court Jews comprising the NY Board of Rabbis, who labeled the Chassidic Jews' protest as "shameful" and who pledged to "continue to work with government officials to improve compliance." They would deprive the protesters of their First Amendment rights in order to soothe the antisemitic NYC administration, at the expense of their own.
The NY Board of Rabbis is made up of Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist rabbis in New York State, Connecticut, and New Jersey. It is well known that Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist rabbis are far more concerned with blending in and appeasement than they are with standing up for religious practices and being singled out for harsher treatment than other groups. I am equally FURIOUS with DumblASSio's comment. According to the Jewish Press newspaper, "Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday that the attacks by the protesters were “just unacceptable,” and warned that “there need to be consequences for that.” Oh yeah? What about consequences for the Antifa and BLM rioters who destroyed millions of dollars of property and who looted stores?
I agree that people living in areas with high COVID counts need to improve their anti-COVID measures of social distancing, avoiding large gatherings, etc., but the Chassidim in those areas are not the only residents and should not be singled out for particularly draconian treatment when others are not.