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Restaurants Brace For A Brutal Winter As Indoor Dining Pauses In NYC Again
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Last Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that indoor dining would be shut down in New York City starting today, a move that had been expected for weeks as local hospitalization rates continued to climb steadily. But despite the forewarning about an indoor dining suspension, restaurant owners are still processing how to survive this winter. After investing money in upgraded air filtration, UV lights, plexi dividers, contactless equipment and so much more, it is just beyond frustrating to be shut down again and have to lay off our staff again, Jeffrey Bank, president of the Alicart Restaurant Group (which runs Carmine s and Virgil s Real BBQ), told Gothamist. The real kicker now is you are laying off staff when there are no extended benefits and no $600 checks. Just like in