By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Jan 7 – Seaport House, a restaurant at 229 Front Street in the South Street Seaport in lower Manhattan, sued NYS Governor Cuomo and NYC Mayor de Blasio for shutting down indoor dining.
On January 6 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Paul A. Crotty held an oral argument on the restaurant's application for a Temporary Restraining Order. Inner City Press covered it.
The complaint contained a photo of the front page of the New York Post of December 12, with a green faced Cuomo in a Santa hat, "Cuomo the Grinch who stole Christmas as he bans indoor dining (again)."
The lawyer for Governor Cuomo cited a 1903 case; Seaport House responded that restaurants weren't closed during the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1917.
Judge Crotty denied the TRO but set up a briefing schedule, including some discovery.
The case is d/b/a Seaport House (Hopkins Hawley LLC) et al. v. Cuomo et al., 20-cv-10932 (Crotty)
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