Mayor Bill de Blasio spurned the concerns of tourists who can’t dine in city restaurants because their kids aren’t vaccinated — while dismissing the economic impact on the eateries.
Costa Rican tourists Jose Santana and Daniela Alfaro saidof cutting short their visit to the city after finding out that they couldn’t dine indoors with their children Victoria, 9, and Marcelo, 5. The mandate didn’t include youngsters when they booked their trip months ago and vaccines are not available for kids in Costa Rica.
Costa Rican tourists Jose Santana and Daniela Alfaro are considering ending their trip early because they can’t dine indoors with their unvaccinated children.“For our foreign visitors, we’ve, you know, made very, very clear that vaccination is part of being able to experience the Broadway community, part of being able to experience indoor dining and for anyone who wants to get vaccinated, we will do happily what we can to help them,” de Blasio said.
Andrew Rigie, of the New York City Hospitality Alliance, said his group received a couple dozen messages from families overseas who had their Big Apple holiday vacations booked and became very concerned because their kids aren’t even eligible to be vaccinated in their home countries.De Blasio said he wanted to be responsive to their plight, “but in the end, the number one job is to protect people.
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