Il Bacco, a three-level Italian restaurant in Little Neck, along with more than 300 other New York City restaurants in Queens and beyond, are suing Gov.
(Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ... More. "My opinion is restaurants should open. "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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People walk by a closed restaurant in New York, May 18, 2020. ... IL BACCO … 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.As of Monday, 350 additional restaurant owners joined the lawsuit according to attorney James Mermigis,"If a restaurant patron travels five hundred feet east or one city block east from [Il Bacco], patrons are in Nassau County and can enjoy indoor dining in an air conditioned room,” the suit states.

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We provide an unparalleled atmosphere and serve only the freshest Italian cuisine. PHOTO: People walk by a closed restaurant in New York, May 18, 2020. The class-action suit filed Friday in Manhattan's Supreme Court, led by Il Bacco in Queens, alleges that the state is violating the constitutional rights of the owners of over 150,000 New York City restaurants, ABC News New York City station WABC reported. Right now, we have no ability to enforce it. "The rest of the state has been allowed to reopen their restaurants for indoor dining, and New Jersey is allowing indoor dining come Friday. The class-action suit filed Friday in Manhattan's Supreme Court, led by Il Bacco in Queens, alleges that the state is violating the constitutional rights of the owners of over 150,000 New York City restaurants, ABC News New York City station.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. All Rights Reserved.The Countdown: The president and the vaccine,COVID Updates: Disney plans to reopen one of its water parks in 2021,COVID Updates: Indoor pools in NYC can reopen September 30,Save Broadway: Officials call for federal funding,Watch a Rosh Hashanah Celebration in NYC on abc7NY,Apparent human remains wrapped in blanket found at construction site,"It was a flying car!"