Governor Andrew Cuomo issued new regulations on Thursday, according to which restaurants and bars in the state “are only allowed to serve alcohol to people who also order food,” as stated in a statement on Thursday. Alcoholic beverages may only be sold to seated guests who are in Minimum distance to other guests.
In addition, restaurants in New York City that were noticed three times for violating distance or mask requirements would be rigorously closed, the government in New York said. “Outrageous violations” can even lead to the immediate loss of the alcohol permit or to the closure.
“In addition, the name and location of any facility found to be guilty of offenses by the state alcohol agency will be published and updated weekly.”
The New York government’s fear of a second wave of the corona pandemic is behind the new regulations. New York had strict exit restrictions in March and was considered the epicenter of the crisis for weeks, with up to 900 deaths per day. In the meantime, despite some easing, the number of new infections is at a stable and low level, but the development in many other parts of the USA is worrying with new records in the number of infections every day.
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