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NY's food-with-alcohol rule has been repealed; Cuomo to lift restaurant, bar curfew [View all]
ALBANY – Soon you will be able to stay in your favorite New York bar or restaurant past midnight. And you won't have to buy food to get a drink, either.
State lawmakers on Wednesday voted to rescind Gov. Andrew Cuomo's order requiring the purchase of food at a bar or restaurant before a patron can be served an alcoholic beverage, a rule put into place in July in an effort to cut down on mingling during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hours before the vote, Cuomo himself took it a step further: He announced he would repeal the state's COVID-era curfew for bars and restaurants, allowing them to remain open beyond midnight beginning May 17 for outdoor service and May 31 for indoor.
Cuomo also said he would relax rules for catered events like weddings, rescinding the curfew next month and allowing dancing with social distancing beginning Monday. Previously, the state restricted people to dancing only with those they were seated with in designated zones for each table.
State lawmakers on Wednesday voted to rescind Gov. Andrew Cuomo's order requiring the purchase of food at a bar or restaurant before a patron can be served an alcoholic beverage, a rule put into place in July in an effort to cut down on mingling during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hours before the vote, Cuomo himself took it a step further: He announced he would repeal the state's COVID-era curfew for bars and restaurants, allowing them to remain open beyond midnight beginning May 17 for outdoor service and May 31 for indoor.
Cuomo also said he would relax rules for catered events like weddings, rescinding the curfew next month and allowing dancing with social distancing beginning Monday. Previously, the state restricted people to dancing only with those they were seated with in designated zones for each table.
Read the rest at: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2021/04/28/ny-lifts-restaurant-bar-curfew-may-17/4870572001/
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