NYC Restaurants See Diners Step Tentatively Back Inside
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Despite Governor Andrew Cuomo s theatrical announcement that restaurants could reopen at 25% capacity over Valentine s Day weekend ( Propose on Valentine s Day you have the wedding ceremony [in March], Cuomo declared), multiple restaurant workers told Gothamist that turnout was lighter than expected during the first three days of indoor dining’s return. They guessed that skittishness over new coronavirus variants, iffy weather, and trips out of town for the long weekend all resulted in fewer people making reservations to eat indoors.
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In a live forum on Wednesday evening, four of the 14 candidates in the mayoral election appeared on Zoom to debate issues related to the city’s battered restaurant and nightlife industry. The panel, hosted by the New York City Hospitality Alliance, featured: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams; Ray McGuire, the former vice chairman of Citigroup; New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer; and Maya Wiley, a civil rights attorney, professor, and activist. Andrew Yang was scheduled to participate in the panel but was “at home recovering from coronavirus,” according to Andrew Rigie, executive director of the NYC Hospitality Alliance, who moderated the event.
Commercial Observer & REBNY Host Historic Public Service Event Convening Top Leaders To Layout NYC S Recovery Plans
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NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Commercial Observer, the premier media and information services company that informs and connects leaders in the commercial real estate industry, partnered with the
Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY), New York s leading real estate advocacy and trade organization, to host a historic
Celebration of Public Service event on Thursday, January 28, 2021.
The event came together virtually in the midst of the pandemic to jumpstart 2021 with a discussion on the City s recovery plans. The program brought together New York s most influential business leaders and City and State officials to make one message clear: