“Yesterday’s court decision and today’s announcement from the state dropping the orange zone distinction will certainly provide relief for restaurants in some parts of the state. However, New York City restaurants remain closed for indoor dining, despite numbers below many of the regions in designated micro-cluster zones. The hospitality industry has worked diligently for the last 10 months to keep all our staff and guests safe, and we urge the Governor to open all restaurants for indoor dining. We do agree with what the Governor said recently: We simply cannot stay closed until the vaccine hits critical mass. The cost is too high. We will have nothing left to open.” … [Read more...] about COVID In New York: Restaurants In Orange Zones Allowed To Open Indoor Dining At 50% Capacity
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Politico Staff Revolts After Ben Shapiro Authors Playbook
His participation in Thursday’s Playbook sparked a backlash internally among Politico staff who said that Shapiro should not have been allowed to guest-write the newsletter. The Daily Beast reported that one staffer said in a Politico company-wide Slack channel that Shapiro has a “long history of bigoted and incendiary commentary.” … [Read more...] about Politico Staff Revolts After Ben Shapiro Authors Playbook
Biden campaigned on eliminating death penalty — we could soon see how that turns out
The courts’ deference to death sentences and execution orders leaves the fate of the nation’s Death Rows largely in the hands of the executive branch, at the federal and state level. Though their commutation powers are limited by law in some states, including California, governors, like the president, have unique authority to overrule judges’ and juries’ capital verdicts. … [Read more...] about Biden campaigned on eliminating death penalty — we could soon see how that turns out
