Cuomo: Businesses not following rules can be shut down immediately - Times Union

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Restaurants and bars face loss of liquor license for breaking reopening rules

Brendan J. Lyons

June 18, 2020Updated: June 18, 2020 12:26 p.m.

1of3Staff of Toro Cantina prepares the restaurant as dining rooms will be allowed to reopen on Wednesday (6/17) after more than three months of being closed on Tuesday, June 16, 2020 in Colonie, N.Y. Toro, a new restaurant, was scheduled for its grand opening on March 16, the day Gov. Cuomo ordered dining rooms closed. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union

2of3Gov. Andrew Cuomo wears a mask during a news conference at Laguardia Airport's Terminal B, Wednesday, June 10, 2020 in New York. The new terminal will open Saturday, June 13.Mark Lennihan/AP

3of3Governor Andrew Cuomo holds daily press briefing at the foot of Mario Cuomo Bridge in Tarrytown. Cuomo is opening up a "shared use path" for pedestrians and bike riders. The path is 3.6 miles long and features 6 scenic overlooks, public art and interactive displays.(Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday said he will issue an order allowing the state to shut down any business that violates COVID-19 reopening guidelines, including immediate revocation of liquor licenses for bars and restaurants that break the rules.

Many regions of the state entered phase three of the reopening this week, allowing bars and restaurants to open their doors to customers but to maintain 50 percent capacity and require people from different parties to maintain at least six feet of distance.

The governor became animated as he noted coronavirus cases are surging in other areas of the country, where he said guidelines as strict as New York's are not in place. He said federal health authorities now estimate that more than 201,000 people will have died by the fall, up from an earlier estimate of nearly 170,000 fatalities — an increase of 18 percent.

"That's why I say 'wake up America,'" he said. "Because of what you are doing 30,ooo more people are going to die. ... What do you say America when they tell you 30,000 more people are going to die because of what you are doing? Do you keep doing it ... or do you say I don't want 30,000 more people to die."

The governor's decision to empower state or local authorities to immediately shut down businesses that are operating in violation of his executive orders comes after he said thousands of complaints have been made against many businesses.

Cuomo also announced that the state will be issuing guidance to colleges and universities "to allow some residential and face-to-face programming for the fall semester." He said campuses must develop plans to adhere to the guidance that will be in place at that time, which is expected to include continued social distancing measures.

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