Wednesday’s action, described by local media as a “raid,” ostensibly was conducted because the school was operating without an Education Ministry permit and not abiding by basic provincial curriculum requirements.
2013 grant to Beth Medrash Govoha was supposed to help pay for construction of a new library at the all-male school, which has more than 6,500 students.
A joint investigation by WNYC and the New York Daily News found that in heavily Hasidic sections of Williamsburg, more than 30 percent of residents get Section 8 housing subsidies.