![]() ![]() (“We are here to get stuff done,” the robot told the mayor. The K5 can travel up to three miles an hour, has 360-degree HD recording capabilities, and talks. It’s “similar to like a Roomba,” Jeffrey Madrey, the NYPD’s chief of department, said earlier this month while introducing the new autonomous fleet alongside the mayor. But the K5, an “autonomous security robot” made by a California tech-company called Knightscope, comes across like a child-size marshmallow that sort of glides. The four-legged “Digidog” from Boston Dynamics prowls with an unsettlingly insect-like crawl. The robot egg looks friendlier than the robot dog. "There are rules in every faith and I want LeFrak management to respect every religious belief," he said.Photo-Illustration: by Curbed Photos Getty Images ![]() When Ibragimov brought his issues up with the building manager, he was allegedly told to "Go somewhere else if you don't like it." "I've also missed services at my synagogue many, many times." "It's like praying for a miracle to stand outside waiting for someone to come and open the door or someone to use the elevator," Ibragimov told The Daily News. The suit claims that tenants are forced to wait outside for someone to open the doors or call the elevators, and is calling for the installation of one door in every building that opens with a regular lock, as well as a "Shabbos elevator" in each building (or, a preprogrammed elevator that stops on every floor so that Orthodox tenants do not have to push buttons). The suit is being filed by residents Sulaymon Ibragimov and Murod Takhalov. Observant Jews are prohibited from "breaking or creating" an electric circuit on Shabbat and on a number of holy days, which means the "hundreds of Jewish families" that live in the complex cannot use the doors. In 2012, the 20-building complex embarked on a huge renovation, adding lobby doors that only open with electronic keys, as opposed to traditional metal keys. The Daily News reports that a group of Orthodox Jewish tenants at LeFrak City are suing the massive Corona housing complex, alleging religious discrimination under the Fair Housing Act. ![]()
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