Thread by @OJPAC

Hasidim stay in one place "oh no, they overdevelop." Hasidim move into new areas "oh no, they are taking over." Hasidim mind their own business, "they are insular." Hasidim shop at malls and go to entertainment places, "they are everywhere."

Hasidim use social services, "oh no, they suck the system dry." Hasidim have an unprecedented network of charity orgs (which help reduce the reliance on many gov services), "oh no they only help their own."

Hasidim own properties, "they are rich greedy landlords." Hasidim use some social services, "Hasidim are poor." (Well, every community has people on all sides of the economic spectrum, but it's Hasidim so every complaint goes even the contradictory ones.)

"Hasidim don't work."

"Hasidim work but earn little because they are undereducated."

"Hasidim earn BIG bucks but they are 'fake poor' because it's a cash economy."

"Hasidim are poor because they have large families"

Some Facebook pages have all 4 claims in the same post!

Home selling prices in the Lower Hudson Valley (multiple counties north of NYC) rose most between 2014-2018 in neighborhoods where Hasidim moved to. ojpac.org/updates/home-v…

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A town in Orange County, New York saw an increase of $47 million in taxable assessed property value over 10 years due fully to a Hasidic populated village in it that had explosive growth in population and new housing units. ojpac.org/updates/record…

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Some in Monroe fought against Hasidic-populated KJ village with claims of "overdevelopment" and others claimed Hasidim don't pay tax. KJ created its own town in 2018 and Monroe raised tax on remaining residents to cover the loss of the Hasidic tax base! ojpac.org/updates/this-h…

69.9% males age 20-64 in Hasidic-populated Kirys Joel were employed during the 2013-2017 Census survey years. This is close to the 75.8% employment level for males across NY in the same age group. ojpac.org/updates/averag…