News Release
HIKIND HONORS BOBOVER REBBE (z”tl)
ON YAHRZEIT BY OPENING S.I. EXPRESSWAY
PRAISES NY STATE D.O.T. COMMISSIONER
FOR RESPECTING TZADIK AND COMMUNITY
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) has
convinced the NYS Department of Transportation to specially open a second lane
on the Staten Island Expressway (which is undergoing construction) tonight to
allow thousands of Chassidim easier access to the cemetery of Rabbi Shlomo
Halberstam, the Bobover Rebbe, z”tl, who is interred at Floral Park Cemetery in
Deans, NJ. The Rebbe’s 12th yahrzeit is tonight and the NY State D.O.T.
will open a second lane from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. to accommodate extra
traffic going to the cemetery.
“On behalf of our community, I extend
our sincere thanks to Commissioner Joan McDonald for this accommodation,” said
Assemblyman Hikind. “The respect being shown to the community on behalf of the
Rebbe’s yahrzeit shows the value of our community working with government.”
The construction work currently
underway on the S.I. Expressway will continue while the extra lane is open.
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