Reps for Mac’s Public House announce dismissal of summonses, call the decision a ‘landmark case’
Updated Dec 31, 2020;
Posted Dec 30, 2020
Lou Gelormino, an attorney representing Mac's Public House, speaks at a news conference December 30, 2020. (Staten Island Advance)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Attorneys for Mac’s Public House announced Wednesday that more than 25 criminal summonses -- issued after the establishment refused to shut down in compliance with COVID-19 restrictions -- have been dismissed in Manhattan Criminal Court, and the owners vowed to reopen as soon as possible.
The bar located on Lincoln Avenue in Grant City had been hit with more than $40,000 in fines and criminal summonses after owner Danny Presti and his business parter, Keith McAlarney, declared the pub an “autonomous zone.”