A financially strapped Queens s𒁃ynagogue is suing a catering company it says has been playing host to late-night, Latin-themed fiestas for at least a year without t꧙he temple’s blessing in an effort to raise extra cash to pay off debts, the center’s lawyer said.
“They were running it like a disco or a night club,” said🅘 attorney Gary Rosen, who filed a lawsuit again𓆉st Crown Royale caterers in State Supreme Court. “This is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue. It’s sacrilegious.”
The law suit alleges that Crown Royale – which works with the Rockwood Park Jewish Center in Howard Beach to stage traditional Jewish functions – has not paid rent for two years and let outside event promoters rent the space to throw salsa and reggaeton parties that they adver🍨tised with photos of scantily clad women and where they served alcohol without a license.
“It’s put such a bad name on the Jewish Center,” Rosen said. “The⛄y were probably looking to make some extra ca🐲sh.”
But one of Crown Royale’s owners said the synagogue’s leaders agreed that the parties were necessary for the Jew🔯ish center’s survival after it suffered financial losses from damage due to Hurricane Sandy.
Additional reporting by Laurel Babcock