Catholics, Jews Sue NY’s Cuomo Over Limits on Religious Attendance

Catholics, Jews Sue NY’s Cuomo Over Limits on Religious Attendance
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference in New York City, N.Y., on Sept. 8, 2020. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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Catholics and Jews are suing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in two separate federal lawsuits over restrictions on attendance of religious services that they say violate their constitutional rights.

“The governor’s new ‘Cluster Action Initiative’ is a completely arbitrary and astounding abuse of power, just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse,” Christopher Ferrara, special counsel to the Thomas More Society, a public-interest law firm that focuses on protecting religious freedoms, said in a statement.