NYT: Mayor de Blasio and Rabbonim Near Accord on New Circumcision Rule regarding Metzitza B'peh

 NYT -Members of the de Blasio administration have conferred about half a dozen times over the last year with Orthodox leaders about the issue and are now close to a compromise agreement, said Avi Fink, the mayor’s deputy director of intergovernmental affairs, an Orthodox Jew involved in the discussions. The goal of the new rule would be to better educate parents about the ritual’s health risks, while respecting their right to have it done, he said read more HERE.