NYC Restaurants Sue for $2 Billion Over Indoor Dining Ban

NYC Restaurants Sue for $2 Billion Over Indoor Dining Ban
A Manhattan bar rated with a Health Department 'A' grade in New York City, March 7, 2011. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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A group of restaurants in New York City has filed a class-action lawsuit against Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, seeking $2 billion for damages resulting from the city’s indoor dining ban.

The restaurant owners, who filed their lawsuit last week in the state’s Supreme Court, claim that the NYC food and beverage industry is suffering irreparable harm from the indoor dining ban that is still imposed on the city, despite it being lifted in other parts of the state.