Posted on 09/06/2020 1:53:33 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Gov. Cuomo says he won't allow reopening until the NYPD has a 4,000-officer social-distancing task force in place
More than 350 New York City restaurants have joined a $2 billion class action lawsuit against Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) and Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) over the city's ban on indoor dining, arguing state and local officials have done "irreparable harm" with the coronavirus shutdown measure.
What are the details? The state of New York has opened up indoor dining for everywhere except The Big Apple where only outdoor dining is allowed, leading (remaining) struggling New York City restauranteurs to take legal action as the city's COVID-19 numbers hit new lows and colder weather approaches.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday, and the next day, Cuomo said during a media call that he would not budge on the issue until the NYPD — whose funding was stripped by $1 billion in recent weeks by de Blasio — had in place a 4,000-strong task force of officers to enforce social distancing guidelines for the city, according to Reason.
Making the issue worse, neighboring New Jersey has allowed indoor dining, leaving New York City establishments to helplessly look on as their competitors reopen for business but they remain shuttered.
Joe Oppedisano, owner of Il Bacco in New York City, spearheaded the lawsuit.
Newsday reported:
Il Bacco is about one and a half blocks, or around 500 feet, away from the Nassau border, where restaurants are permitted to have indoor dining at 50% capacity. New York City is the only part of the state where indoor dining is still banned due to pandemic-based restrictions, though its percentage of positive COVID-19 tests is similar to the rest of the state. There is currently no timeline to open indoor dining for city restaurants, even as fall weather approaches, and owners are concerned that their doors will remain closed through the end of the year.
"Every restaurant is packed and me, a block and a half away, I can't open," Joe Oppedisano, owner of Il Bacco, said Monday in an interview. The restaurant can have customers on its rooftop, but not on the first two floors of the building. "And winter is coming," Oppedisano said. The weather is warm now, but what happens two or three weeks from now? And then when it rains? I'm lucky I have a rooftop and I have a cover I can open and close, but once it gets cold, I can't do that anymore." What did Gov. Cuomo say? According to The Daily Wire, Cuomo responded Monday:
I am aware of that competitive disadvantage for NYC restaurants … I'm aware that restaurants in New York City are very unhappy with doing no indoor dining, I understand the economic consequences, their argument will now be exacerbated [because of NJ] and it's something that we're watching and considering. I want as much economic activity as quickly as possible, we also want to make sure transmission rate stays under control. That is the tension.
You don’t know that.
About time
Once the ChiCom flu has past, better known as November 4th, the 4,000-officer task force will turn into a thoughts crime unit.
And just where is this 2 billion to come from?
I think video of that riot in Rochester NY the other night took what was left of the shine off ourdoor dining...
We’ve made several donations to a lawsuit against our Governor for his unconstitutional actions.
Well, not NYS, since NYS is billions in debt and states can’t print money.
Interesting that they’re asking for money and not injunctive relief....
Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, etc all destroyed the lives of their own sonstituents. It’s a leftist modus operandi.
And Prince Andrew waited for 10 days to ask the Feds for the money to pay the LWA additional $300 bucks/week to the UI recipients... and more to come on that..
It’s Karen and Kyle (not Kevin).
Planes over NYC and Long Island beaches this weekend flew banners that Cuomo killed Nana. Beachgoers cheered.
Andrew said it was illegal. NY Post shamed him into applying.
Now every state plus DC. (With exception of SD) applied. Nobody talks about it. Trumps idea while Congress sit on their hands.
woot, about time
[[[Reality will become the brand new factor.]]]]
Reality is the new normal.
totally insane
Hundreds of NYC restaurants join $2 billion lawsuit against Cuomo, de Blasio over city’s indoor dining ban.
New Yorkers would be far better off of they applied the French Revolution method.
“It’s Karen and Kyle (not Kevin).”
Thanks...I get my KKKs mixed up. : )
Lol
I remember that. Omg was it 15 yrs ago?
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