New Square ( yi, שיכון סקווירא, Shikun Skvir) is an
all-Hasidic village
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in the town of
Ramapo,
Rockland County
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,
New York, United States. It is located north of
Hillcrest, east of
Viola
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, south of
New Hempstead, and west of
New City. As of the
2020 United States census
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, it had a population of 9,679.
Its inhabitants are predominantly members of the
Skverer Hasidic movement who seek to maintain a Hasidic lifestyle disconnected from the secular world. It is the poorest town (measured by median income) in New York, and the eighth poorest in the United States. It also has the highest poverty rate, at 64.4%.
History
New Square is named after the
Ukrainian
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* Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe
* Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine
* So ...
town
Skvyra
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, where the
Skverer Hasidic group originated. The founders intended to name the settlement ''New Skvir'', but a typist's error anglicized the name.
New Square was established in 1954,
when the Zemach David Corporation, representing Skverer
Grand Rabbi Yakov Yosef Twersky, purchased a dairy farm near
Spring Valley, New York
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, in the town of
Ramapo. At that time, most Skverer members lived in the
Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
New Square's founders had felt that the Hasidic community in Williamsburg was being "threatened by assimilation", as ''The New York Times'' later described it. Construction began in 1956, and the first four families moved to New Square in December 1956.
In 1958, the settlement had 68 houses.
The development of New Square was obstructed by Ramapo's zoning regulations, which forbade the construction of multi-family houses and the use of basements for shops and stores. Multiple families sharing single-family houses said that they belonged to extended families, and businesses in private homes had to be secret. In 1959, the community asked for a building permit to expand its
synagogue
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, located in the basement of a
Cape Cod-style house. The Ramapo town attorney requested condemnation of the entire New Square community, claiming that it threatened sewage lines. In response, the community requested incorporation as a village, but Ramapo town officials refused to allow it. In 1961, a New York state court ruled in favor of New Square, and the village was incorporated in July of that year.
After incorporating, New Square set its own zoning and building codes, legalizing the existing houses, and the liens disappeared. Lots were sold, and new houses were built. The basement businesses could trade openly, and new businesses were founded, including a watch assembly plant and a cap manufacturer. Three knitting mills and a used car lot opened, but most men continued to go to work in New York City. A ''
Kollel
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'' was opened in 1963. In 1968, Grand Rabbi Yakov Yosef Twersky died; he was succeeded as Grand Rabbi by his son
David Twersky.
In New Square's first mayoral election in 1961,
Mates Friesel was chosen unopposed. Friesel was re-elected every two years until his death in 2015, thereby becoming one of the longest-serving mayors in the United States.
Culture
The population of New Square is made up exclusively of
Hasidic Jews
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, mostly from the
Skverer Hasidic movement, who wish to maintain a Hasidic lifestyle, while keeping outside influences to a minimum. The predominant language spoken in New Square is
Yiddish
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.
Young people typically marry around 18 to 20 years of age. Girls finish high school at around age 17, and then marry. Custom dictates that women who marry men from other Hasidic communities leave New Square. Some women who left New Square settled in the
Borough Park community in Brooklyn and the
Monsey community in Ramapo, where the community is not as tightly knit. Men who marry women from outside of the community are encouraged to leave New Square. This is due to a shortage of space; thus, new housing is granted to couples of which both members are from the community.
In 2005, the community's
rabbinical court
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ruled that women should not drive cars. In a 2003 article, Lisa W. Foderaro of ''
The New York Times
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'' described New Square as "extremely insular", and said that the community's residents do not own televisions or radios.
Economy
Young women, prior to entering marriage, and before they have children, work as teachers, secretaries, and bookkeepers, or they work in the New Square shopping center as cashiers and clerks. Some of the women, after having children, work as bookkeepers in their homes.
Young men work as teachers, bus drivers, deliverymen, and store clerks. Some work as computer programmers, or as craftsmen and entrepreneurs in the diamond industry. Many study in the ''
kollel
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'', a yeshiva for married men, and receive stipends to support their families.
In 1970, the village had the lowest per-capita income in New York State. In 1963, four persons received welfare due to illness. One dozen people received welfare in 1975. In 1992, the village administrator said that in 1975, about two thirds of the families received food stamps and
Medicaid
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.
According to the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the village was $12,162, and the median income for a family was $12,208. Males had a median income of $21,696, versus $29,375 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the village was $5,237. About 67.0% of families and 72.5% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 77.3% of those under age 18 and 14.7% of those age 65 or over.
2007 and 2008 reports from the State of New York stated that 89.8% of the village consisted of low-income and moderate-income residents.
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''. 2008.[V. of New Square expansion of Aim B'yisroel](_blank)
." ''New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal
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''. 2007.
, New Square is by far the poorest town in New York, with a median annual household income of $21,773, which is nearly $5,000 below that of Kiryas Joel, the next poorest town in the state, and only about a third of the median income across the state as a whole.
Not only is it the poorest town in New York state, but New Square also has the highest poverty and
SNAP
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(food stamps) recipiency rates of any town in the United States. Some 70.0% of New Square residents live in poverty, and 77.1% of area households rely on SNAP benefits to afford food. In comparison, 15.1% of Americans live below the poverty line, and 13.0% of households nationwide receive SNAP benefits.
Geography
New Square is located at (41.139745, -74.028197).
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 0.4 square mile (0.9 km
2), all land.
Demographics
In 1963, the settlement had 85 families and a total of 620 inhabitants. By 1967, this increased to 126 families and 812 total residents. The community celebrated ten marriages in 1967. In 1970, the village had 1,156 inhabitants, with 57% of the population under the age of 18.
The village had around one hundred births each year from 1971 to 1986. By that year, the village had 140 one-, two-, and three-family houses, a 45-unit low-rent apartment complex, 2,100 people, and 450 families, with an average of 7 to 8 children per family. During the late 1970s, the Town of Ramapo denied New Square's attempt to annex land. Six years later, in March 1982, New Square gained the legal right to annex of land.
New Square's population increased 77.5% between 1990 and 2000. In 2005, the village contained approximately 7,830 residents; 1,350 families, with 5.8 persons per family.
[''Jewish Upstate Directory'', 2005-2006] Robert Zeliger of ''
Rockland Magazine'' described New Square in 2007 as "a densely packed haven where Hasidic residents live largely by their own customs and laws".
In November 2008, a new water tower serving New Square and the
hamlet
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of
Hillcrest opened, increasing residents' water pressure.
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 4,624 people, 820 households, and 786 families residing in the village. The
population density
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was 12,811.8 people per square mile (4,959.3/km
2). There were 838 housing units, at an average density of 2,321.9 per square mile (898.8/km
2). The racial make-up of the village was 96.95%
White
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, 1.64%
African American
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, 0.89%
Asian
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, and 0.52% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 0.41% of the population. 87.26% speak
Yiddish
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at home, 7.68%
English
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, and 4.11%
Hebrew
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.
There were 820 households, out of which 77.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 92.6% were
married couples living together, 2.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 4.1% were non-families. 3.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 5.64, and the average family size was 5.81.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 60.5% under the age of 18, 13.9% from 18 to 24, 15.9% from 25 to 44, 7.1% from 45 to 64, and 2.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 14 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.7 males. The median income for a household in the village was $21,172, and the median income for a family was $21,758. Males had a median income of $35,871, versus $21,389 for females. The per capita income for the village was $6,585. About 58.0% of families and 58.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 60.9% of those under age 18 and 36.2% of those age 65 or over.
A 2007 report stated that each year, one half of the women between ages 18 and 25 gave birth.
Government and infrastructure
![NewSquareElectionSign](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/NewSquareElectionSign.JPG)
As of 1992, the Village of New Square has a mayor, a mayor's assistant, a board of trustees, a village clerk, and a justice of the peace. The mayor's assistant performs the bulk of administrative work. The justice of the peace mainly handles harassment cases perpetrated by outsiders within New Square.
The Hillcrest Fire Department (also known as the Moleston Fire District) provides fire protection services to New Square. In March 2007, the fire district met with Town of Ramapo supervisors, and proposed removing New Square from its fire district, after a February 7, 2007, fire that destroyed two buildings in New Square. Further hazards stem from the fact that the town has only one main access road (Washington Avenue), and the failure of some residents to yield to emergency vehicles, or to the crowd of people on the streets surrounding an incident. There also have been isolated cases of residents tampering with fire equipment while responders are on scene.
The fire department felt concern about a lack of fire protection in buildings in New Square. On March 29, 2007, Ramapo town officials met fire district officials and fire department chiefs. On April 4 of that year, the fire district announced that New Square would remain in the fire district. Christopher St. Lawrence, the Town of Ramapo supervisor, said that the town is considering a "public safety loan program" to help New Square residents install life safety devices such as
smoke alarm
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s and sprinkler systems.
In 1989, New Square funded their own health clinic, called
Refuah Health Center. The New Square Cemetery is located on Bais Hachaim Way. The village has a
Hatzalah
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ambulance service branch, part of the
Rockland County
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chapter, and has a public safety department that patrols the village.
New Square is within the 97th Assembly District in the
New York State Assembly
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The Assem ...
, which is represented by
Mike Lawler
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. New Square is within Senate District 38 in the
New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...
, which is represented by
Elijah Reichlin-Melnick.
Community norms
There is a strong expectation that residents of New Square will conform to community norms; for example, by worshiping at the community's synagogue
and conforming to the Hasidic lifestyle.
Generally, conformity by those who do not comply voluntarily is enforced by the powers of the ''kehillah'', a council appointed by the rebbe, whose members control most community institutions.
Those who have not conformed voluntarily have faced
vigilante
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justice, as exemplified by the
New Square arson attack and other incidents. The rebbe has denounced this practice, saying, "The use of force and violence to make a point or settle an argument violates Skver's most fundamental principles."
Education
Yeshiva Avir Yakov, a private school with its own locations and separate boys' and girls' schooling, is the sole primary and secondary school in the community. It is statistically counted as Avir Yaakov Boys School (Yeshiva Avir Yakov Boys' School) and Avir Yaakov Girls School.
Although the town is within the
East Ramapo Central School District
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History 20th century
On March 4, 1952, seven school districts me ...
, all children of New Square attend the local private Jewish pre-K-12 schools. The zoned public schools are Summit Park Elementary (Kindergarten-grade 3), Kakiat Elementary School (grades 4–6), Pomona Middle School (grades 7–8), and
Ramapo High School (grades 9–12).
Controversies
Fraudulent grant controversy
Four Hasidic men from New Square – Benjamin Berger, Jacob Elbaum, David Goldstein, and Kalmen Stern – created a non-existent Jewish school and enrolled thousands of students, to receive US$30 million in education grants, subsidies, and loans from the U.S. federal government. Some of the money were used to enrich themselves, but also to benefit the community institutions.
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''ABC News
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''. February 4, 2001
1
[Benjamin Weiser]
''New York Times,'' May 29, 1997. The fraud scheme in New Square was tied into larger schemes in other ultra-Orthodox communities in Brooklyn and across the country.
[Larry Cohler-Esse]
U.S. Att'y Ripped Hasidic Pardons
''New York Daily News,'' January 25, 2001. The men were convicted in 1999. In October of that year, all four men received prison sentences ranging from 30 months to 78 months. Two other suspects who were indicted left the United States.
[Anderson, Nick.]
Hasidic Clemency Case Entangles Hillary Clinton
" ''Los Angeles Times
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''. February 24, 2001. The indictment drew sharp criticism in New Square. A statement by village representatives accused authorities of having a ''vendetta'' against New Square residents, and acting "in a manner remindful of the
Holocaust
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," during the investigations.
Hillary Clinton
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met with New Square-area Hasidic leaders as part of her Senate campaign. Michael Duffy and Karen Tumulty of
''Time'' Magazine said that "as far as anyone knows, that was a campaign event only; no pardons were mentioned". Hillary Clinton attended another session with the men, who wanted to see the four Hasidic leaders released. After Hillary Clinton was voted in as a senator, during the morning of December 22, Twersky and an associate visited
Bill Clinton
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in the White House Map Room in Washington, D. C., and asked him to pardon the four men. Hillary Clinton attended the meeting; she said that she did not participate in it and did not discuss the meeting with her husband.
[Duffy, Michael and Karen Tumulty. "Pardon Me, Boys." '']TIME
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''. Sunday February 25, 2001
1
On January 20, 2001, President Clinton commuted the sentences of the men; Berger's sentence became two years, and the other men each had 30 months. Federal prosecutors investigated the pardons to see if they were made in exchange for political support.
A 2001 ''
ABC News
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'' article stated that some people wondered whether the pardons occurred as a kind of favor because the Village of New Square had voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton for her first senate term (1359 out of 1369 votes – in contrast to two other Hasidic communities nearby who voted overwhelmingly
Republican
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) – or if the pardons occurred as part of a
quid pro quo swap for votes.
Hillary Clinton said that she was not involved in the pardons, and that her husband pardoned the men out of clemency.
In 2002 the prosecutors closed the investigation with no action.
Kiryas Square
Due to population growth and a housing shortage in New Square, the Skver Hasidim had plans to expand to a new village named Kiryas Square in the
hamlet
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of
Spring Glen, New York.
The property, the former
Homowack Resort, was purchased by the Skver community in 2006. Dedication of the site was in August 2007.
The New York State Department of Health cited the property which was used as a summer camp for girls for "numerous, persistent, and serious violations", including inoperable fire alarms, pervasive mold, and water running over electrical boxes. The health department issued a mandatory order of evacuation. In addition to problems with the health department, some local residents have also voiced opposition to the building of a Hasidic village. The site was evacuated in August 2009, as a result of a judge's deadline.
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See also
* Kaser, New York
Kaser is a village in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States. The village is completely surrounded by the hamlet of Monsey. As of the 2020 United States census, the village population was 5,491.
Kaser is a village with ...
− an all-Hasidic village in the same county
* Kiryas Joel, New York
Kiryas Joel ( yi, קרית יואל, Kiryas Yoyel, ; often locally abbreviated as KJ) is a village coterminous with the Town of Palm Tree in Orange County, New York, United States. The village shares one government with the Town. The vast major ...
− an all-Hasidic village in a neighboring county
* Qırmızı Qəsəbə
Qırmızı Qəsəbə (, ), translated as "Red Town" (russian: Красная Слобода, ; he, , ), is a village and municipality in the Quba District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of approximately 3,598 people. Outside of Israel and th ...
* Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)
Chernobyl ( yi, טשערנאָביל) is a Hasidic dynasty that was founded by Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky, known by the name of his work as the ''Meor Einayim''. The dynasty is named after the northern Ukrainian town of Chernobyl, wh ...
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