Posted on 08/11/2020 9:27:59 AM PDT by Hojczyk
A federal judge in Syracuse has overturned Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's limit of 50 guests at wedding receptions in restaurants, a measure the governor put in place earlier this year to slow the spread of the coronavirus.
Chief U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby issued the ruling Friday in a case that involved a couple who wanted to host 110 people at a wedding at a golf club restaurant in Akron, Erie County.
The 50-person limit on wedding parties was one of a raft of executive orders and special closures the governor imposed earlier in the year amid sharply rising rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths.
But that rankled some venue owners who host weddings and similar events, who noted that larger restaurants that don’t host weddings could still operate with more than 50 people as long as they were at half capacity.
Despite the ruling, Cuomo spokeswoman Caitlin Girouard said they were exploring ways, which would include an appeal and further court action, to keep the over 50 people wedding ban in place.
“The judge's decision is irresponsible at best, as it would allow for large, non-essential gatherings that endanger public health. We will pursue all available legal remedies immediately and continue defending the policies that have led New York to having -- and maintaining -- one of the lowest infection rates in the country, while cases continue to rise in dozens of other states,” Girouard said.
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I’d love to hear the “science” behind the 50-person limit. Oh, that’s right, there is no “science” around any of the crap our “leaders” have foisted upon us.
Does this mean that we will finally be able to have a funeral for my brother-in-law who died months ago? How many people will come to a memorial service for someone who has been dead since March?
On the bright side it has saved the fathers of the brides countless of dollars on people who really couldn’t give sh@t anyway.
Our idiot governor in Michigan rolled our weddings to 10 people. If we went forward with my son’s wedding in September we would have to decide which sibling not to invite.
I don’t get why these governors can’t figure out that a blanket 1/2 capacity order for all venues saves them all the time and trouble of doing their pick and choose orders and the resulting lawsuits.
Also makes for a really short, easy to read, easy to understand, easy to implement rule.
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