ROL: Yeshivaworld had a story yesterday about how the Township of Bloomingrove SUED the Kiryas Joel Twnshp for $1,200. Why? Their Police Dept had to work overtime by the Satmar Rebbe’s Levaya and they wanted the money back. Well guess what? They got it!

YW Editor.

Supervisor Charles Bohan appeared speechless when Pinkus Jakobowitz walked into his office minutes before closing yesterday.

Jakobowitz, a leader of the Kiryas Joel Alliance – a coalition of groups opposed to the dominate faction in the Satmar Hasidic village – came with a message of peace.

“We do want to be good neighbors,” Jakobowitz said. Then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a check for $1,200.

He passed it to Bohan. The two shook hands.

“Thank you. I appreciate that,” Bohan said.

A pause.

“Well,” said Bohan, holding the check. “There it is.”

The extension of this olive branch comes on the heels of the Town Board’s decision to sue the Village of Kiryas Joel for $1,200 the town spent on police overtime during the April 25 burial of Satmar Grand Rebbe Moses Teitelbaum.

When the town asked Kiryas Joel leaders to be reimbursed, the village said it wouldn’t pay, but would ask the state Comptroller’s Office for a ruling.

“The heart of the issue isn’t really a dispute over $1,200,” Jakobowitz said. “It was over the way it was rejected.”

The exact amount due was $1,118.34. The alliance can expect a refund for the difference, Bohan said.