Voters in neighborhoods with high Orthodox Jewish populations moved to the right in Tuesday's election, data shows.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2022.A flood of voters in New York City’s Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods broke from Gov. Kathy Hochul in Tuesday’s election — a move community leaders fear could embolden greater scrutiny from state officials over yeshiva schools after the incumbent held on in a tight race.
In the weeks leading up to the election, state education officials launched an investigation into a lack of secular education at some Brooklyn yeshivas. The probe — which followed ainto publicly funded yeshivas flouting state education requirements — found at least one boys' school failed to give students basic education.
But many voters in orthodox neighborhoods didn’t vote Republican across the ticket, according to a Gothamist analysis of election night results. Democrat state Attorney General Letitia James, who was running for a second term, received more than 3,500 votes in Borough Park than Hochul, suggesting voters there split their ballots.
As Zeldin made repeated stops in Hasidic neighborhoods, the Hochul administration was keeping close watch: Those who levied especially bad faith attacks on the governor, the source said, may find themselves cut out of future discussions about yeshiva oversight.with influential leaders in the Orthodox Jewish community, earning the backing of one sect and issuing a letter reassuring the community that “Jewish schools will always be treated with fairness and respect.
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