Extra hours for bars, restaurants draws mixed reviews | News, Sports, Jobs
nholland@post-journal.com Joe Stelmach is pictured pouring a draft beer for a patron at Group Ther-Happy in Lakewood. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that bars and restaurants will have a new midnight curfew. Photo by Nikk Holland Although restaurants and officials across the state have called for the lifting of curfew restrictions, local reactions to the new midnight curfew are mixed. Gov. Cuomo announced Wednesday that restaurants are now able to stay open until midnight. This is part of an ease of COVID restrictions as a result of a dramatic decrease in hospitalizations from the vi...