New York City’s outdoor bar and restaurant scene is about to be restricted once again, reports Patch.
A “three strikes and you are closed” rule was announced on Thursday by Governor Andrew Cuomo as a way to effectively crackdown on pandemic hot spots.
Cuomo has long expressed frustration at scenes of crowded, maskless New Yorkers drinking alcohol on crowded city sidewalks. During a telephone briefing Thursday, he claimed officials looked at 5,000 downstate bars and restaurants and found mass noncompliance with social distancing.