New York’s Democrat-led legislature repealed several of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic directives on April 28. The state’s Assembly and Senate voted to repeal parts of a series of executive orders Cuomo issued over the course of the pandemic of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus. The repealed provisions include the requirement for bars to require that patrons purchase food when ordering alcohol. The restriction was deemed arbitrary and ridiculed by bar owners, some of whom introduced menu items like “Cuomo chips” to sidestep it. When the governor said chips wouldn’t be enough to meet the requirement, one restaurant introduced “Cuomo chips and salsa.” “I believe the order was conceived in good faith when COVID was raging, vaccines seemed far away and we didn’t have the scientific knowledge that we have now about the virus,” said Sen. John Mannion (D). “Its [sic] clear now that …
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