Buffalo Restaurants Suing Gov. Cuomo to Re-open
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The group of restaurants here in Buffalo are filing legal action against the rules Governor Cuomo has put in place to help keep New Yorkers safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to WGRZ. HoganWillig Attorneys at Law will file the lawsuit on behalf of the group. The same law firm represented 35 Western New York salons and barbershops and filed a class action lawsuit against Gov. Cuomo and the State earlier this month.
The group is asking for a temporary restraining order. They want to be able to re-open under the restrictions that were in place before the state designated certain areas as yellow, orange, or red zone. The group is using data released by Gov. Cuomo and the State, which states that restaurants were responsible for only 1.43% of new COVID-19 cases in New York state from September to November.
Local restaurants to file legal action against state over COVID zone restrictions
They re hoping to be allowed to reopen and operate under pre-micro cluster zone restrictions until a hearing takes place. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 1:35 PM EST December 24, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. A group of local restaurants is expected to file legal action against New York State on Thursday over restrictions put in place under Gov. Andrew Cuomo s micro-cluster zone strategy.
The lawsuit will be filed by attorneys at HoganWillig in Buffalo, where they will be asking for a temporary restraining order to reopen restaurants and allow them to operate at pre-yellow, orange, or red zone restrictions until a hearing takes place.
Salons allowed to reopen; Western New York law firm filing suit to prevent from closing them again
HoganWillig is the Western New York law firm representing 38 business owners filing the suit against several governmental leaders. Author: Danielle Church Updated: 5:53 PM EST December 11, 2020
BUFFALO, N.Y. Salon are allowed to reopen after Gov. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement early Friday afternoon.
However, 38 hair and beauty salons still plan to move forward with the lawsuit they filed Thursday to keep the governor from shutting them down ever again. The governor, I m glad he reopened them under the orange zones, the salons. But he can, unless the courts tell him he can t, he can continue to create these executive orders and put them out of business tomorrow. So we re going full speed ahead so he s held accountable through a court of law, said Steven Cohen, an attorney at HoganWillig.