What happened at the Chabad headquarters The illegal passage: A group of Chabad yeshiva students illegally dug a 60-foot-long tunnel to connect their synagogue at 770 Eastern Parkway to an adjacent, city-owned building. The students were part of a messianic faction that believes in expanding the synagogue based on the wishes of their deceased leader, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. The confrontation: In January 2024, when construction workers arrived to fill the unpermitted tunnel with cement, some students resisted, leading to a brawl involving the New York City Police Department. At least a dozen men were arrested. The consequences: The illegal excavation destabilized the fo