Historic Achievement for the Haredi Community in New York

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The elections in the State of New York have brought unprecedented representation of the Orthodox community in the legislature. According to Behadrei Haredim, ten Haredi and religious legislators were elected to the Senate and the State Assembly. According to Kikar HaShabbat, eight legislators in the Assembly and two in the Senate will serve simultaneously in Albany.

According to Arutz Sheva, the representatives will sit in the legislative chambers for the first time in such numbers, and will make it possible to form a minyan in the corridors of power. According to Behadrei Haredim, the representatives represent communities in Brooklyn, Queens, Rockland and Nassau.