Shane Hathaway, co-owner of Hold Fast Kitchen and Spirit, says both foot and vehicle traffic has steadily increased this spring as many COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given the city the green light to launch its grandest reopening attempt yet on May 19. At that time, the executive-ordered limits to how many people can be in restaurants and bars will be eased, with bar seating and the requirement to purchase food in order to get booze gone.
That leaves those businesses to try and pick up the pieces and go back to normal (or at least close to it). Shane Hathaway, of Hold Fast Kitchen and Spirits in midtown, said they ve been hard at work putting up barriers and partitions in order to help people feel safe returning.
COVID-19 could soon become like the flu at least that's what New York City's mayor hopes. In other words, the virus wouldn't go away forever. But we'd learn.