New York City Mayor de Blasio singles out the city's Jewish community for flouting coronavirus rules and said cops will start arresting people gathered in large groups

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• New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been criticized for singling out the Jewish community in a tweet about people who are not following the city's social distancing rules. 
• "My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed," he wrote in a tweet on Tuesday evening.
• Critics slammed de Blasio and pointed out that New York state is home to an estimated 1.7 million Jews who have largely followed the social distancing rules in place.
• The coronavirus pandemic is fueling anti-Semitism around the world, particularly in New York, where Jews comprise about 13 percent of the city's population
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is catching heat for singling out the Jewish community in a tweet about people who are not following the city's social distancing rules. 

"My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed," he wrote on Tuesday evening. "I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period." 

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