WATCH: NYPD forced to break up hasidic funeral in Brooklyn

On Sunday, the New York Police Department broke up the Brooklyn funeral for Rabbi Yosef Kalish, 63, as mourners ignored guidelines on social distancing. Kalish himself died of COVID-19 on Sunday morning.

🇺🇸 – The NYPD attempting to disperse a funeral in Boro Park. pic.twitter.com/piAnnrU2Kw

— J News 24 (@JNEWS245) April 5, 2020

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