Blooming Grove -- Anti-Semitism Charges By Chasidic Builders.

Blooming Grove -- A lawyer for two Chasidic businesses involved in a construction dispute with the town has filed papers suggesting anti-Semitism is to blame.
A notice warning the town of an impending lawsuit implies that officials stopped work on a commercial building and denied a request to modify the plans last month because the builders were "Chasidic Jews whose outward appearance evidences their religious orientation."
The insinuation of anti-Semitism has infuriated the town Supervisor, who accuses the builders' lawyer of weaving an unsubstantiated and inflammatory charge into what was otherwise a routine construction disagreement, "It's insulting, and it's a cop-out for a violation of our building codes," he said.
The builders' lawyer, said Blooming Grove officials acted unduly harshly toward his clients, although he offered no evidence supporting his claim of bias.