New York City will begin enforcing new shutdown rules on businesses and schools in
Coronavirus hot spots on Thursday that have already triggered angry
protests from a small contingent of Orthodox Jews in one of the affected areas.
Mayor Bill de Blasio first announced his plan to tamp down outbreaks in parts of Brooklyn and Queens on Sunday after the rate of positive coronavirus tests in some neighborhoods exceeded 3% for seven straight days.
De Blasio's decision to delineate the neighborhoods where closures would be enforced using postal ZIP codes drew scorn from
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat with whom he has often feuded.