kfb – Interesting point. I would say you have a good point if not for the fact De Blasio also kept schools open.
And to your argument that it is compared to socialism. I disagree. its worse. It is a different form of rule where education management in the frum communities have a constant belief that they are saving their students from their own home. It is this fear of the home that is being instilled in our children. Unfortunately, as we all know the home is all we have. Destroying it for sake of holiness will not get us as a nation anywhere.