New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday he was cracking down on a few Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods following a spike in COVID-19 infections.<br />According to HuffPost, city officials will start issuing fines in those areas to people who refuse to wear masks.<br />Hundreds of outreach workers and contact tracers are going to nine Brooklyn and Queens ZIP codes that have seen an upswing in positive COVID-19 tests.<br />While they are collectively home to just 7% of the city’s population, the nine ZIP codes accounted for 25% of the city’s positive tests in the last two weeks.<br />They'll hand out masks, but also insist that people wear them if they within 6 feet of other people. Scofflaws will receive a $1000 fine.
