“that he doesn’t want to get involved… But it is not the same opinion as he gave in person. It is something that is unsourced and never heard before.”
No. He did not give an opinion in person. He did not want to get involved period. Now that he had to write a teshuvah regarding Brooklyn, because he was ‘told’ that there where those who said that he allowed, he needed to clarify the matter, and write a teshuvah. The teshuvah needed to explore why Brooklyn was osser as well. Rav Moshe did not need to give numbers for Manhattan (although he may have had it worked out at that time, and may be that’s is what he was referring to), because they were irrelevant in light of the mechitzos encompassing the island.
I am not making anything up, the fact is Rav Moshe is the one who made up these numbers. Where do you get the chutzpah to cite Rav Moshe’s opinion, and leave out his own words. Stop this nariskeit. Furthermore, you cite the entire beginning of 4:87, and conveniently leave out that Rav Moshe did not issue a psak din barrur for Brooklyn. How deceitful of you.
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