Hochul’s proposal, which she first pitched during her fifth State of the State address in January, goes beyond the watered-down City Council bill still awaiting Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s signature, which would require the NYPD to publish plans for handling protests near houses of worship rather than create a flat 25-foot prohibition. Mamdani said last month that he was reviewing those bills amid “serious” constitutional concerns and was trying to protect both “the right to prayer and the right to protest.” Like the City Council’s measure, Hochul’s push grew out of protests outside synagogues in Manhattan and Queens, including Park East...
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