No more curfews for NYS restaurants

The curfew for indoor dining expired on Memorial Day.

BACK TO NORMALGOOD EVENING.

THE STATE'S LASTREMAINING RESTRICTIONS ONRESTAURANT OPERATIONS HAVEEXPIRED.

THIS MARKS THE END OFA NEAR 15- MONTH EFFORT TO GETBACK TO NORMAL BUSINESS.RESTAURANTS WERE SHUT DOWNLAST MARCH.

INDOOR DINING DIDNOT RETURN UNTIL JUNE -- WITHLIMITED CAPACITY AND SOCIALDISTANCING.

BUT RESTAURANTSHAD TO CLOSE AT 10 P-M -- THEN11 -- THEN MIDNIGHT.

NOW ASJEFF RUSACK REPORTS -- THEYCAN STAY OPEN AS LONG AS THEYLIKE.NO MORE INDOOR DINING CURFEWTHE END OF THIS MEMORIAL DAYPROVIDED TOP NOTCH WEATHER FOROUTDOOR SEATING ACROSS WESTERNNEW YORK.

IT'S BEEN PROVENOVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THATPEOPLE ARE SO READY TO GETOUT.

BUT IT'S INDOOR SEATINGAT RESTUARANTS THAT ACCORDINGTO THE SATE, NEEDED TO BECLOSED BY MIDNIGHT.

THATCURFEW IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.A BIG RELIEF FOR SOMERESTAURANTS.

LIKE FOR JIMMYBUTERA, THE OWNER OF BUTERA'SIN HAMBURG.

SO NOT HAVINGTHAT EXTRA TIME WAS REALLYDEVASTATING TO US.

WITH NEARLYALL RESTRCTIONS FROM THE STATEREMOVED, RESTAURANT OWNERS AREFACING OTHER PROBLEMS LIKEFINDING STAFF.

THE EXTRA $300A WEEK IS SOMETHING THAT ISHOLDING PEOPLE BACK BUTANOTHER THING IS YOU KNOW WITHTHE UNCERTAINTY THAT THERESTAURANT INDUSTRY WENTTHROUGH IN THE LAST 14 MONTHSBEING OPEN NOT BEING OPENGETTING THEIR HOURS CAUGHTGETTING THERE YOU KNOW A LOTOF FAMILY ORIENTED PEOPLE WHOWERE SUPPORTING THEIR FAMILIESIN THIS INDUSTRY THEN FINDTHINGS THAT WERE WAS A LITTLEMORE SUBSTANTIAL.

WITHCOVID-19 CASES DOWN ANDVACCINATION NUMBERS UP,GOVERNOR CUOMO SAID HE HOPESRESTAURANT RESTRICIONS WON'TBE NEEDED AGAIN.

HE WROTE IN ASTATEMENT: "IF WE WANT TO STAYON OUR CURRENT TRAJECTORY, WENEED TO REMAIN VIGILANT ACROSSTHE BOARD - ESPECIALLY WHEN ITCOMES TO INDOOR ACTIVITIES."IN HAMBURG, JEFF RUSACK 7 EWN.THE END OF THE DINING CURFEWCOMES AS TEST NUMBERS CO