New York Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt (Official photo) ALBANY Democratic and Republican lawmakers clashed Wednesday on the significance of a new measure to curb the emergency powers ceded to Gov. Andrew Cuomo a year ago to manage the state’s response to the pandemic. At least 14 times this year, the GOP legislators tried without success to advance legislation to rescind that authority. This week, with Cuomo engulfed in scandals involving allegations he sexually harassed at least three women and charges he failed to adequately protect nursing home residents from the contagion, Democrats embraced the Republican concept and put their own label on it.
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With Super Bowl Sunday just days away, bars and restaurants across the state are hoping to have a chance to prove their ability to keep patrons and staff safe while keeping their businesses afloat.
Since November, restaurants have followed the curfew created by Gov. Andrew Cuomo prior to Thanksgiving, which prevents them from serving customers indoors after 10 p.m., said Scott Wexler, executive director of the Empire State Restaurant & Tavern Association.
And throughout the holiday season and when transmission and infection rates of COVID-19 were higher in November, December and January that curfew made sense.
But the rates are improving, Wexler said, and this weekend s Super Bowl matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers presents a great opportunity to scale back some of the restrictions.
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