{"id":132416,"date":"2020-12-11T23:56:03","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T20:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gov-cuomo-destroys-restaurants-and-jobs-for-no-reason\/"},"modified":"2020-12-11T23:56:03","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T20:56:03","slug":"gov-cuomo-destroys-restaurants-and-jobs-for-no-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gov-cuomo-destroys-restaurants-and-jobs-for-no-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gov. Cuomo destroys restaurants and jobs \u2014 for no reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40eea5492cc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40eea5492cc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gov-cuomo-destroys-restaurants-and-jobs-for-no-reason\/#More_from\" >More from:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Gov. Cuomo destroys restaurants and jobs \u2014 for no reason<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"in-line-column wp-caption alignleft\">\n<div class=\"box module inline columnist desktop\">\n<div class=\"columnist-info\">\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_from\"><\/span>More from:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<picture class=\"columnist-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>XXXX<\/p>\n<p><em>Morire di fame<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s \u201cstarve\u201d in English \u2014 the message Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who often touts his Italian American family\u2019s at-home spaghetti-and-sausage feasts, sent to the city\u2019s barely alive restaurant industry. And to the nation\u2019s greatest concentration of culinary talent and 350,000 hard-working employees.<\/p>\n<p>Only some unknown childhood trauma could account for Cuomo\u2019s inexplicable <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/11\/andrew-cuomo-shuts-down-indoor-dining-in-nyc-amid-covid-19-surge\/\">shutdown of indoor dining in the Big Apple. Was he once food-poisoned at Mamma Leone\u2019s?<\/p>\n<p>The ban is supposedly to arrest rising hospitalizations. But what connection is there? The state\u2019s own data at Friday\u2019s press conference revealed that indoor dining accounted for a scant 1.4\u2009percent of infection spread \u2014 which might be less risky than crossing the street. <\/p>\n<p>The restaurant threat ranked miles behind \u201chousehold\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> gatherings\u201d (78 percent) and behind four other categories in the state\u2019s tally.<\/p>\n<p>The data offered no proof whatsoever that anyone who supposedly caught the virus inside a restaurant ended up in a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Restaurateurs have strictly abided by spacing and ventilation rules. With indoor capacity reduced to 25 percent and tables at least six feet apart, I\u2019ve eaten in places that felt lonelier at 7:30 p.m. than a subway platform at 4 a.m.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"915\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16804897 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/12.METRO_.test_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/12.METRO_.test_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/12.METRO_.test_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=944 944w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/12.METRO_.test_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=915 915w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 915px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Yet buses and stores are full of face-to-face contact. Many cops still go without masks despite the rules requiring they be worn. Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio, usually at odds, wink in lockstep at truly dangerous indoor parties and religious gatherings they\u2019re chicken to crack down on beyond promises to \u201cinvestigate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Manhattan, the capital of America\u2019s restaurant business with more places, seats and customers than anywhere else, the new-infection rate is a mere 2.5 percent, compared with 5 percent in the state overall.<\/p>\n<p>Yet absurdly, indoor dining is still allowed in most of the state including in areas with much higher infection rates.<\/p>\n<p>The indoor ban\u2019s the most painful to restaurant workers and to owners who went beyond the last mile to comply with the ever-changing rules for indoor and outdoor dining.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" alt=\"An empty restaurant in Brooklyn, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-16802234 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/empty-eatery.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/empty-eatery.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/empty-eatery.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/empty-eatery.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/empty-eatery.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>An empty restaurant in Brooklyn<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Owners spent tons of precious dough to make changes as government kept moving the goalposts \u2014 for ventilation, space heaters, outdoor shed construction, and closing times.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, they wasted the money.<\/p>\n<p>As many as 25 percent of city eateries had already closed for good, from high-end Aureole and Gotham Bar &amp; Grill to countless diners, bagel joints and pizza parlors.<\/p>\n<p>Count on some of our most world-renowned, Michelin-starred institutions to perish next in the months ahead <\/p>\n<p>Cuomo paid lip service to restaurants\u2019 dire plight, suggesting that the federal government bail it out. That\u2019s his solution to everything: Let Washington pay.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he wanted to give the impression of taking dramatic action against the virus after his catastrophic decision to pack COVID-19 victims into nursing homes, where at least 6,000 died.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the most generous interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>A more likely one is that he has an unfathomable hate-on for restaurants \u2014 and the city he once called home.<\/p>\n<p><em>Morire di fame<\/em>.\n            <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Cuomo destroys restaurants and jobs \u2014 for no reason&#8221; More from: XXXX Morire di fame. That\u2019s \u201cstarve\u201d in English \u2014 the message Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who often touts his Italian American family\u2019s at-home spaghetti-and-sausage feasts, sent to the city\u2019s barely alive restaurant industry. 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