Excerpt from Yiddish article in Der Yid’s October 25, 2019 edition
Brooklyn, NY –During the final days of the holiday, the NYC Environmental Protection (DEP) abruptly started emergency sewer work on Bedford Avenue and Rutledge Street in front of Pupa Shul. This caused major havoc and greatly impeded the progress of foot traffic during the holiday. It greatly hindered the ability of a large number of the Pupa community from reaching the shul when they came to be with the rebbe on the holiday. The day after the holiday, the repairs caused overwhelming vehicular traffic due to the streets closure.
UJO worked with the DEP and the NYPD to get traffic agents while the emergency repairs were underway. The police department was able to provide a large number of traffic agents to cover the entire area. This helped ease the situation and greatly relieved the traffic.
UJO thanks Captain Timothy J. Skretch of the 90th Precinct for providing traffic agents. Additionally UJO thanks Chief Thomas M. Chan, NYPD Chief of Transportation, and Mr. Lincoln Ressler for assisting in securing desperately needed community assistance and coordinating the logistics with the DEP and other agencies.
