Judge strikes down 10 p.m. curfew for 91 bars, restaurants in western New York
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A state judge lifted New York s 10 p.m. bar and restaurant curfew for 91 establishments in Erie and Monroe counties after they filed a lawsuit last week in an attempt to strike it down.
Acting Supreme Court Justice Timothy Walker of Erie County ruled Friday that the curfew, which Gov. Andrew Cuomo enacted in a November executive order, is likely unconstitutional and violates restaurant owners equal protection rights.
Walker issued a temporary restraining order that lifts the curfew while the court case proceeds, but only for those bars and restaurants that are plaintiffs in the lawsuit.