Restaurant owners in New York City file a $2 billion lawsuit against city and state officials as the hard-hit industry continues to call on lawmakers for a timeline and plan to reopen for indoor dining amid the pandemic.
As other neighboring counties, cities and states have began allowing restaurants to welcome diners back inside, industry leaders like Andrew Rigie at the New York City Hospitality Alliance have demanded answers from government and said that legal action was not out of the question for his organization.
Hundreds of restaurants have joined the three-story Italian restaurant -- which is located just under two blocks from the Nassau County border where customers can be seated indoors at 50% capacity -- in the suit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and the office of the attorney general for"irreparable harm" to the food and beverage industry across the five boroughs.
A restaurant employee picks up a plastic partition while cleaning up after the rain in New York, Aug. 25, 2020. "I think it's our responsibility to give them as clear an answer in the month of September as possible, of where we are going," the mayor said."If there can be a timeline, if there can be a set of standards for reopening, we need to decide that in the next few weeks and announce it, whether it is good news or bad news."
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