In a report yesterday on the upcoming mayoral election, the
New York Times says that either of the top two candidates-- Bill de Blasio or Joseph Lhota-- will be more accommodating of religious practices than Mayor Bloomberg has been:
They [both] say they would accommodate two of the most important Muslim holy days [on school calendars], allow church services on school property, and work with Jewish leaders to ease the city’s supervision of circumcision rituals.