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another ultra orthodox hudson valley community is involved in another religious dispute this one in orange county the hasidic village of curious joel where a lawsuit is threatening to shut the entire village down news 12's blaise gomez reports tonight village leaders don't appear to be too worried curious joel has released this statement amidst a new federal lawsuit now threatening to shut the village down it calls the people behind the suit and allegations of misconduct and religious discrimination a small group of discontented persons and on wednesday we went to village hall to speak with officials about their side of the story we're looking for mayor wieder or someone from the village who could speak with us but we were turned away and told we needed an appointment the hasidic village has been under fire since monday when high profile civil rights attorney michael sussman filed this lawsuit on behalf of joseph waldman and others against the village its leaders and this congregation an attorney for the village released this statement referencing a similar lawsuit in the past and saying there is no merit to the new lawsuit which appears to be an attempt to relitigate matters which have been previously rejected in both federal and state court there are 21 thousand hasidic jews here and curious joel the group behind this lawsuit who call themselves the dissidents are a minority here who pray outside of the main congregation and because of that they feel they're disliked and discriminated against by the village dissident members have given news 12 video they say is of their temple being demolished and protesters getting arrested as well as headlines about car bombings dating back decades ago incidents that are outlined in the lawsuit as examples of alleged abuse of power by local officials and something it seems no one wants to discuss anything about the local politics with the dissidents filing suit i don't really know about that i'm sorry in curious joel blaise gomez news 12.