Residents, Jewish leaders accuse Chester town supervisor of anti-Semitism

CHESTER - National and local Jewish community leaders are joining some residents in accusing an Orange County town official of being anti-Semitic after he allegedly made comments about Hasidic people to a local reporter.

According to a Times-Herald Record story published last week, Chester Town Supervisor Alex Jamieson told the publication that the town is buying some properties to "keep the Hasidic out."

The comments were made only months after construction started at the Greens at Chester, a 430-home Hasidic community in the town.

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