Attorneys for a group of Orthodox Jewish synagogues and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday continued to debate the terms of a preliminary injunction that would block Cuomo’s percentage-capacity attendance limits at houses of worship, a discussion remanded to the Eastern District of New York by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in December.

The U.S. Supreme Court in November issued a 5-4 ruling in the religious institutions’ favor, reversing rulings from the Second Circuit and U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto of the Eastern District of New York that had upheld Cuomo’s restrictions. The executive order initially sought to restrict attendance at houses of worship in COVID-19 “red zones” to 10 people or a quarter of maximum occupancy, whichever was lower, and to restrict attendance in “orange zones” to 25 people or a third of maximum occupancy, whichever was lower.

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