” save some YI and Avi Weiss type shul ”
Rabbi Weiss retired in 2015, but the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale is still not sure what it can do. Before the pandemic it was standing room only in the main minyan every Shabbat and the fire code set a limit of 496 on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. A downstairs minyan in the social hall added another 300 or so, and shul members also run services at another location for about 180 more. However, with social distance, only about 25 people can be accommodated in the outdoor terrace, about 50 in the main shul, and about 30 in the social hall. And there aren’t a lot of other options.