akuperma: The days that secular Jews governed New York are long gone. These days the frum are a powerful voice in both the city and state level in New York. The entire New York State annual budget was held up a couple months ago until they could insert a provision into it protecting Yeshivos from governmental interference mandating specific secular studies requirements, to take a recent example. The governor has multiple times vetoed legislation that the little village of Kiryas Yoel were the only ones objecting to. The mayor of America’s largest city routinely caters to the needs of the frum community, including having eliminated a city health department regulation on Bris Mila, not to mention many financial benefits granted.
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