Professor Michael Helfand, "To Avoid the Charge of Anti-Semitism, New York Needs to Make its COVID Crackdown Standards Clearer" -- Jewish Telegraph Agency

Professor Michael A. Helfand's opinion piece, "To Avoid the Charge of Anti-Semitism, New York Needs to Make its COVID Crackdown Standards Clearer," has been published in the Jewish Telegraph Agency. The article considers the recent clashes between Governor Cuomo and the New York ultra-Orthodox Jewish community over new COVID-19 restrictions.

Excerpt from "To Avoid the Charge of Anti-Semitism, New York Needs to Make its COVID Crackdown Standards Clearer"

The strategy to address both the growing trust deficit and the ongoing legal challenges is the same. The state must be far more transparent and clear in how it uses numbers and not politics to identify which neighborhoods are being subjected to increased regulation.

The complete article may be found here