Nassau County (N.Y.) Buffer Zone Outside Houses of Worship Struck Down

Free Speech Nassau County (N.Y.) Buffer Zone Outside Houses of Worship Struck Down Eugene Volokh | 6.22.2026 8:01 AM Nassau County's Religious Safety Act "makes it unlawful for any person to," "from one hour before to one hour after 'any religious service, community meeting, ceremony, or other congregational, educational or organizational meeting or event,'" demonstrate, picket, protest, distribute literature, display signs, engage in oral advocacy, or other forms of expressive or symbolic conduct, whether conducted individually or in groups, within thirty-five (35) feet of the Entrance Area or Driveway of a Place of Religious Worship. As Judge Sanket Bulsara (E.D.N.Y.) noted Thursday in Borecky v.

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