New York State Team
ALBANY – Soon you will be able to stay in your favorite New York bar or restaurant past midnight. And you won t have to buy food to get a drink, either.
State lawmakers on Wednesday voted to rescind Gov. Andrew Cuomo s order requiring the purchase of food at a bar or restaurant before a patron can be served an alcoholic beverage, a rule put into place in July in an effort to cut down on mingling during the coronavirus pandemic.
Hours before the vote, Cuomo himself took it a step further: He announced he would repeal the state s COVID-era curfew for bars and restaurants, allowing them to remain open beyond midnight beginning May 17 for outdoor service and May 31 for indoor.
New York State Team
ALBANY – Restaurants and bars across New York will soon be able to remain open an hour later as the state moves to slightly ease a curfew that has been in place for months.
On Monday, bars and restaurants will be allowed to continue service until midnight, back from the current 11 p.m.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement Wednesday in what is the latest move to relax COVID-era restrictions on businesses.
For weeks, restaurant and bar owners have been urging Cuomo to lift the curfew, pointing to an increasing number of New Yorkers who have received a coronavirus vaccination.
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