Hundreds of revelers desperate for a taste of New Year’s Eve normalcy were busted overnight for attending illegal parties in violation of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, the New York City sheriff said Friday.
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While Times Square was a ghost town, parties were thumping from Queens to Manhattan, including a Maspeth karaoke bash that hosted over 300 maskless partiers, Sheriff Joseph Fucito said.
At 2 a.m. on New Year’s Day, deputies responded to the Maspeth Bar Lounge on 58th Street and watched as more than 25 people slipped into a side emergency exit that was locked from the outside, Fucito said.
About 15 minutes later, deputies burst in and found more than 300 people crowded together consuming alcohol, singing karaoke and dancing without face coverings, the sheriff said.
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NYC Deputy Sheriffs Break Up Illicit New Year s Eve Bashes In Brooklyn, Queens, & Manhattan
arrow A crowd of partygoers inside an apartment in Manhattan on January 1st, 2021. NYC Sheriff s Office
Even as the pandemic rages in New York City, barring mass gatherings, it did not stop at least three underground New Year s Eve parties from taking place in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, according to the NYC Sheriff s Office.
In Queens, more than 300 revelers were found attending an illicit party at a lounge Friday morning, according to the Sheriff s Office. Four people have now been issued summonses for organizing the illicit party.