Restaurants and bars across New York are being ordered to close at 10 p.m. as part of a slew of new restrictions announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday in a bid to slow a building second wave of coronavirus infections.
Additionally, Cuomo said that health clubs and gyms will be ordered to close at 10 p.m. and there will be a new 10-person cap on parties and other gatherings in private residences, including apartments and houses.
The rules take effect Friday at 10 p.m. and beyond State Liquor Authority agents and any assisting local authorities, Cuomo did not say how it would be enforced.
And if that doesn’t work, the three-term governor threatened that further measures could be on the table — including nixing indoor dining at bars and restaurants — to get the spread of COVID-19 back under control.
“If these measures aren’t sufficient to reduce the spread — we’ll turn the value more and part of that would be reducing the number of people indoor dining,” Cuomo told reporters during a Veterans Day press briefing.
“If that doesn’t work, if these numbers keep going crazy you have some scientists who people you will go back to a close down.”
