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Preparing for grand rebbe's death
Law enforcement officials create traffic plans to prevent chaos

By Chris McKenna
Times Herald-Record
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Three levels of law enforcement are choreographing how to manage the traffic that will inundate the Monroe-Woodbury area when the Satmar grand rebbe dies and tens of thousands of mourners pour into Kiryas Joel for a funeral and burial.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04142006/news/regionalnews/62382.htm REBBE ROUSERS By LARRY CELONA and PATRICK GALLAHUE April 14, 2006 -- RIOT ALERT WITH HASID LEADER, 91, NEAR DEATH The NYPD has prepared a massive mobilization in Brooklyn to brace for crushing throngs and potentially unruly crowds that will come to mourn the now gravely ill spiritual leader of a Hasidic sect. A contentious succession battle between the two sons of Satmar Grand Rebbe Moses Teitelbaum has split the sect and forced cops to ready themselves for potentially violent clashes. The clashes could come between supporters of Aaron Teitelbaum, who heads the Satmar faction in upstate Kiryas Joel, and his brother, Zalman, the leader of the Williamsburg, Brooklyn congregation. "You would hope nothing happens during this time, but we have to be prepared against an outbreak of fights between the two sides," a police source said. In preparing a response, "Operation Sundown," police have 400 cops ready if the beloved 91-year-old grand rebbe passes away. His death would set the stage for one of the largest local funeral processions in recent memory. Police have barriers ready to pen in the expected crowds and expect to shut down the streets around the main Satmar synagogue on Rodney Street in Williamsburg. To avert traffic congestion, cops are prepared to close the Flushing Avenue exit from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Kent Avenue ramp leading onto it, if necessary. And the NYPD must brace for even more volatile possibilities. The neighborhood has already been rocked by several beard-pulling brawls, including one between hundreds of worshipers outside the Rodney Street synagogue last October. Since early last week, the grand rebbe has been close to death at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, suffering from kidney failure, a spinal tumor and pneumonia. But after he was put on a respirator and calls for prayer went out around the world, he's made a miraculous turnaround, sources said. During the height of his illness leaders discussed the possibility of holding two services for the rebbe, one in Brooklyn and one in Kiryas Joel, creating a potential flood of cars into and out of Williamsburg. When the previous grand rebbe, Joel Teitelbaum, passed away in 1979, more than 100,000 people poured into Kiryas Joel - backing up traffic for miles and leading some motorists to abandon their cars on the road. But today cops said they're prepared - with tow trucks and available spaces at the Brooklyn Navy Yard if cars are abandoned illegally. In addition, they've prepared a police escort from Mount Sinai and could pull one sergeant and eight officers from every precinct in Brooklyn North to assist in traffic and crowd control. In addition to closing Rodney Street, police are prepared to shut down Lee and Bedford avenues.

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