NYC Trying To Shutter Jewish Community Matzah Bakeries
As Pesach approaches, a new New York City decree went into affect threatening the closure of Brooklyn's Matzah Bakeries. Askunim from all NYC communities are urgently trying to find a compromise to keep NYC Matzah Bakeries open
A new controversial New York City environmental regulation that went into effect, would threaten Brooklyn’s beloved matzah bakeries for Pesach.
The new rule introduced by the NYC Department of Environmental Protection requires coal and wood-fire pizza stores and eateries—including matzah bakeries—to install a very costly emission control system to cut their smoke pollutants by 75%.
The very costly filters would raise the cost of matzah much higher, matzah bakeries warn. Likely leading to the closure of most New York City Matzah Bakeries and having them relocated to more business friendly territories.
As the new NYC rules were introduced, Mayor Eric Adams also weighed in, urging a path of compromise. “We don’t want to hurt businesses in the city, and we don’t want to hurt the environment. So, let’s see if we can find a way to get the resolutions we’re looking for.”
NY Republican Assemblyman Sam Pirozzolo, who proudly represents the growing Frum community in Staten Island, is trying to fight this. He proposed a new compromised bill, “Preserving Our Culinary Traditions Act,” which would waive the restrictions on burning wood, coal, natural gas, or other fuels to cook or prepare food.
Assemblyman Pirozzolo argues that this rule is anti-business and would do little to actually help the fight against pollution and global warming. He points out that Governor Hochul’s controversial bill to ban gas stoves and furnaces from new buildings gave an exception to existing restaurants, which this bill doesn’t, so why not here?
“I’m trying to stop discrimination against ethnic restaurants. These misguided laws go against businesses that cook ethnic cuisine,” Pirozzolo said. “A police officer just got killed. People are getting thrown in front of subway trains. We have people dying from overdoses and an illegal migrant crisis we didn’t ask for. But we’re going after wood-burning pizza style ovens? It’s misguided. Let’s get our priorities straight.”
FrumNews.com has confirmed that many prominent Askunim from all NYC Jewish communities are actively in-communication with city officials trying to find a middle ground that would keep the NYC Matzah Bakeries open.
12 Comments
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03/26/2025 | כ"ו אדר התשפ"ה
The Republican Co Grossman from SI is absolutely right. Government Hochul will not be governor very long. At a time when antisemitism is raging in New York, right before the Passover holiday, the Jewish holiday which celebrates Jewish redemption from slavery in Egypt, that the children of Israel suffered for 400 years, when over 90% of Jewish people sit down at a family or communal Seder eating Matza, Gov. Hochul decides to put restrictions on Matza baking factories. These restrictions will raise prices for Matza, a mandate for Passover, so most Jewish people will not be able to afford the required food. In an economy where all people are struggling, buying a dozen eggs was over $10.00 a dozen two weeks ago, what kind of governor would make such an outrageous law right before the stringent observances of the Passover. Gov Hochul did absolutely nothing to stop the harassment of Jewish students on college campuses all over this state. She showed up, uttered four sentences calling out the pro Palestinian riots where Jewish students were locked in a library in fear for their lives, and then she left. No National Guards were called out to patrol the college campuses where Jewish students were physically assaulted. She would have protected Black or Chinese students. She would have called out the police and the National Guard.
Passover is to be celebrated in roughly two weeks. Now she is putting restrictions on Matza bakeries that will make them go out of business. A Jewish staff member on her team needs to have a good conversation with her.
The governor’s election is in 2026. Governor Hochul is about to see her last year in office. -
03/25/2025 | כ"ה אדר התשפ"ה
💯% right
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03/25/2025 | כ"ה אדר התשפ"ה
So the aforementioned article.lts possibly antisemitism. One can’t say that everything is that though. Hopefully it won’t happen before this pesach,and next year iy”H we will work on it.The aforementioned artice was about that there are so many other things to be seen to.
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03/21/2025 | כ"א אדר התשפ"ה
The city is crumbling to pieces, between high crime and ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, not to mention all the additional problems facing this once great city, thanks to the fools running (ruining) Her, yet they are worried about matzah bakeries and some ethnic pizza parlors, the BLAZING NINCOMPOOPS.
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03/21/2025 | כ"א אדר התשפ"ה
Once again, the term “Askonim” rears its head, yet who are these true Askonim ? Let the community know who to thank for looking out in our best interests
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03/21/2025 | כ"א אדר התשפ"ה
We just celebrated Purim when Mordechai stood his ground and refused to bow down to wicked Haman. Eventually he managed to save the entire Jewish population world-wide.
Unfortunately, we don’t have that type of leadership these days. We’re too forgiving and we don’t stand up for our religious values. We were tested recently during the Covid-19 and we caved In allowing secular laws to determine how we are to observe our religion in our Synagogues and even in our homes as to how many relatives can sit in our Passover Seder, etc.
Once we cave in and allow our traditions to be challenged over ridiculous scares, we’re doomed. It’ll never stop. Our history is full of challenges that attacked our religious customs. All in the name of “compassion and sensitivity” to animals, etc., when we have the most caring and humane religion.
The ongoing tragedy in Israel is also due to our passive attitude trying to live in peace with an enemy vowing to destroy us. And when we’re attacked the world will condemn us for responding and trying to avoid another attack!
Our Passover costs are already so highly it would be practically impossible to celebrate our Holiday if Matzah prices would be more costly! I can’t imagine how our 1-week-a-year Holday would add to the world pollution.
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03/21/2025 | כ"א אדר התשפ"ה
This entire issue of global warming is a made up communistic attempt at taking over the world. Iit is nothing else but political and anti semitic and anti religion.
But, there is a G-D in the world, and as much as these evil creatures try to deny him, and fight him, he is mightier than them and will give them what they justly deserve for all their wicked deeds! May it be very very soon. -
03/21/2025 | כ"א אדר התשפ"ה
It’s not misguided. It’s exactly what the globalists want. To kill small business and convince feeble minded folks into 15 minute cities, to own nothing and to eat the bugs. But don’t worry! It’s all to ‘save the enviroment’. Anyone awake realizes that we, people, are the carbon they wish to elliminate. Time to elliminate these bad and ‘misguided’ actors from office .
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03/21/2025 | כ"א אדר התשפ"ה
The various anti-Semites in history must be kicking themselves in Gehinnom: why’d they have to attack Yidden on false claims, when they could have claimed that baking matzah causes pollution?
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03/21/2025 | כ"א אדר התשפ"ה
I wonder if the entire new rule is not aimed at the matzoh bakeries in particular but covering it up so that it cannot be labeled anti semitic?!!!
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03/21/2025 | כ"א אדר התשפ"ה
I’m at all surprised. And we keep voting for democrats we can’t blame anyone but ourselves!
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03/21/2025 | כ"א אדר התשפ"ה
Ridiculous!!!!
I totally agree – so much danger; so many people getting hurt ; crime; Guns; and we are worried about matzos ???
Ridiculous !!
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