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NYC City Hall failed to stop massive Satmar funeral

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City Hall and the NYPD knew in advance that an Orthodox synagogue would hold a massive funeral in Williamsburg Monday, and begged leaders to comply with COVID-19 restrictions — to no avail, The Post has learned.

In pleas before the event, Mayor de Blasio’s representatives, including Pinny Ringel, the mayor’s liaison to the Orthodox Jewish community, asked the Yetev Lev D’Satmar temple at 152 Rodney St.

to hold the funeral more safely outside, or at least require that everyone wear masks.The Satmar sect leaders refused, agreeing only to announce that masks were available at the door, sources revealed.

When officials threatened to shut down the funeral, the synagogue leaders dared them to do so, saying in essence: “Go ahead, make a.

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