A group of 50 protesters staged a sit-in at the Cheesecake Factory in Queens Center Mall on Tuesday and six were arrested. The next day, four were arrested at a nearby Applebee s.
Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, is standing by his sweeping vaccine mandates announced Monday, even saying in an interview with CNN that he believes it will protect businesses.
Seventy percent of New York City residents have at least one dose of the double-shot Pfizer or Moderna or one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Nearly 78 percent have one dose.