![]() It noted that other indoor establishments were also allowed to open at various times, including Saturday Night Live in October. New York state formally outlawed the operation of strip clubs during the pandemic in early July despite allowing live music indoors, the lawsuit said. Yet, the lawsuit said, Cuomo and the state have ordered restaurants and bars “with exotic dancing to remain closed while permitting night clubs, lounges, jazz dinner theaters, churches, axe throwing venues, billiards halls, event venues for weddings, casinos, restaurants and bars with live music and bowling alleys that pose similar or greater risks of Covid-19 transmission to reopen.”Īccording to the lawsuit, at least 41 other states allow similar businesses to remain open. They pledged to require masks and temperature checks for guests and employees, to keep everyone safely apart and to engage in frequent cleanings of all surfaces with ample supplies of disinfectant throughout the clubs. The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, maintains that four strip clubs in Queens have been ready to open with Covid-19 safety protocols since the early days of the pandemic. ![]() “While we are working to reopen as many facets of the economy as quickly and safely as possible, science, data and common sense dictate that exotic dancing is not allowable at this time,” spokesperson Jack Sterne said in a statement. In December, a judge in California let two San Diego strip clubs make their own determinations about providing a safe environment for dancers and patrons during the pandemic.Ī spokesperson for the governor’s office said the lawsuit attempts to undermine “science-based public health measures”. ![]() It also was filed after similar clashes between establishments that allow nudity or dancing in other states. The lawsuit comes as the state’s widening of rules for bars and restaurants have led many to open this week. ![]() Exotic dancing clubs including Starlet’s, Sugar Daddy’s and Gallagher’s 2000 in the borough of Queens asked the court to declare it a violation of the first and 14th amendments to the US constitution to keep their clubs closed while letting other enclosed establishments open up. ![]()
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