U.S. sues village for denying building permit to 'Shabbos house' - Haaretz - Israel News

U.S. sues village for denying building permit to 'Shabbos house' - Haaretz - Israel News: "U.S. sues village for denying building permit to 'Shabbos house'
By The Associated Press

WHITE PLAINS - The U.S. government has filed a lawsuit against a New York village, accusing it of religious discrimination for denying a zoning variance to a residence used by Orthodox Jews so they can visit a hospital on the Sabbath without breaking religious laws.

The government said their lawsuit that in denying the variance for a 'Shabbos house,' the village of Suffern violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. It requested an injunction against enforcement of any village laws that would burden the group's religious practices.

A village attorney, Terry Rice, said that while he had not seen the lawsuit, the agency that requested the variance 'did not claim it was a religious use.'"