John Pierri believes he treated him unfairly, through the state of New York, through the town of Fairport and through the Democrat and Chronicle. He called two editors of D
Pierri owns Landing Bar and Grille in Fairport, which won two violations of fairport village in April for not complying with COVID-19-like state decrees. The State Liquor Authority published the names of the bars that won subpoenas, and Democrat and Chronicle named the institutions in the newspaper and online.
“I lost business for that, ” he said. I didn’t think it was right.
But is it fair? It’s up to you to decide.
Many of Pierri’s objections have to do with state mandates that have taken a stand in recent months. Certainly, the bar and food stall industry endured a massive burden of the pandemic:
On 13 March, bars and restaurants saw their capacity reduced by 50%. On March 16, they were limited to takeaway and delivery only. The State Liquor Authority has launched a lifeguard into the industry by allowing restaurants and bars to sell alcoholic beverages, and beverages combined to go or by delivery.
In early June, restaurants opened their doors to food, with needs for social estating and masking. About a week later, food was allowed indoors, limited to a portion of the maximum occupancy and tables spaced six feet away.
• In July, the state forced consumers to order food with their alcohol. A wave of objections and clarifications followed.
And then in August: no billiards, darts, karaoke, cornhole, dancing, exotic comedy or dance exhibition and ‘complementary music’.
Pierri authorizes them “totally unacceptable”.
“If other people are so paranoid, then maybe they’ll stay home,” he said.
Pierri also questioned Cuomo’s brevity for bars and restaurants to respond: “If you want to make adjustments to those mandates, you want to give other people time to react. He does it all the time,” Pierri said.
But violations at The Landing occurred from April 10-17, approximately 3 weeks after the state order arrived to prevent drinks from being served on site.
Village of Fairport’s documentation, obtained from Freedom of Information applications, revealed how The Landing opposed Village and the state.
According to the police bureaucracy of field interrogations, a citizen alerted a Fairport Police Department officer that The Landing was serving alcohol to his “habitual” clients. On April 10, the policeman arrived and saw a dozen other people at the bar. spoke to a visitor who was leaving the bar, who said they knew they weren’t meant to pass out for a drink and would pay attention.
On April 13, Jason Kaluza, the officer in charge of enforcing the village code, issued a rape notice. The document ordered The Landing to avoid serving food and beverages, and to serve and package them for consumption only.
On April 15, a Fairport Police Department officer saw cars in the Village Landing parking lot that were in The Landing, when the officer passed, there were billboards blocking the windows, Pierri said not all cars were destined for the dining room and that the symptoms were there to talk about state regulations.
On April 17, an officer saw cars that were in the parking lot. The officer walked into the bar with a frame camera on. Three men sat at the bar drinking drinks that were not packaged to go. And even if they weren’t on. On the box maintenance form, you can see a worker packing an order dressed in his mask under his chin.
On 29 April, Pierri was fined for infringements. He hasn’t given the impression to the village court yet. He has hired a lawyer but has not yet given the impression to the village or the State Liquor Authority.
“I’m not saying there’s no problem, ” said Pierri, but he did “almost nothing” at the time.
Kaluza, the village code enforcement officer, said his project was to provide Fairport companies with crew and education to help support others, not fine them.
“I feel very bad for him, ” said Kaluza. ” I’ll do it. It can’t distort what I have to do. The governor created the decree and dictated my work. I have to stick to it. “
William Crowley, Director of Public Affairs at the State Liquor Authority, said the following about The Landing via email:
The only elements that advise our efforts are a mandate to protect public fitness from this crisis and the movements of bar owners, and we appreciate the paintings of our local partners by holding the wrong actors accountable rather than seeking to divert attention through false accusations of injustice, this licensee will have to take responsibility for their movements and paintings with the ALS Board to reopen safely. “
Crowley noted that on April 10, the date of the defendants’ first rape, 18,654 New Yorkers were in the hospital for their lives with COVID-19. The state reported that 783 New Yorkers lost their lives to COVID-19 that day.
Pierri had a litany of reasons why violations and media policy were invalid or unfair.
1. The data contained in the newspaper article are incorrect.
At this point, the Democrat and Chronicle are partially wrong.
The story, based on a New York State press release, said violations in The Landing and other amenities occurred in July. That was wrong; The violations were actually collected from the beginning of the pandemic. The database of ALS violations connected in the governor’s online ad did not first come with the column that appeared with the dates of the violations. Updated status of the worksheet.
The online article was corrected without delay and a correction was posted the next day.
The corrected article was also connected to the updated database that included an indictment date of July 7. Pierri said the date was misleading because he had not violated that date. This may or may not be an error, but the solution will be through the SLA.
2. The name of D
The name made other people that the corporation was not observing social esttachment or wearing masks, he said, which was “much worse” than it did. He rated his rape as simply a user who was warned with a takeaway beer, which he said “has nothing to do with COVID. “
The title, however, is accurate. The governor’s orders were, in fact, followed in reaction to the COVID pandemic and violations related to the governor’s orders.
3. Es was a rape and he hasn’t had his day in court.
A violation amounts to a hasty fine, Pierri said, and the inclusion of his call in the paper condemned him, he said. He hadn’t had his day in court.
But editors argue that the publication of violations of pandemic-like places to eat is appropriate and the media is not waiting for convictions to cover up the transgressions charged in the newspaper.
4. Il quoted through the village, which does not have adequate authority.
Pierri said he cited through the village of Fairport and not through the county fitness branch or the State Liquor Authority. He said it was a key distinction, but it’s incorrect.
Cuomo’s decree in particular stated that violations of its decrees were violations of the uniform code, enforceable through those guilty of enforcing the code.
“. . . The governor has continually stated that local governments have a number one duty to implement all COVID guidelines. This can mean only all villages, towns, cities and/or counties. Even outside the gates of the fitness pandemic, ALS has relied on its partnership with local police and other agencies to enforce the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act,” Crowley of the New York State Alcoholic Beverage Authority said by email.
5. You have your annual inspection of the Department of Health.
He pointed to his inspection of the fitness branch as evidence that he is following state guidelines. “No critical violation,” he noted, pointing to the inspection document.
But critical violations of a Department of Health inspection involve conditions that pose an immediate threat, such as food cooked, served, or stored at harmful temperatures. Although the place to eat did not win critical violations, it won six other violations, basically similar to maintenance and cleanliness. COVID-19 rules were not reflected in the report because the county does not enforce state rules.
Julie Philipp, head of network participation at the Monroe County Department of Public Health, explained by email:
The Monroe County Department of Public Health conducts normal inspections of places to eat to enforce the county sanitation code, which describes the express needs that all food service institutions will have to meet. These needs are not similar to New York State regulations related to COVID-19. Our inspectors are on a regime inspection and practice non-compliance with COVID-19 restrictions, they will provide recommendations to the facility. But this is independent of the fitness inspection required by the county charter. “
It’s hard to sympathize with Pierri or others in the places to eat industry.
Pierri has worked hard to grow his business over the years and sees it collapse due to a scenario beyond his control. Its source of income is 43% of what it normally would be. He and his staff bear the burden of having to enforce state regulations with customers, who do not comply. He negotiates with the owner about the hiring and doesn’t know how they’re going to do. He wonders how long it can last financially.
Pierri’s alone. The New York State Restaurant Association, which puts pressure on behalf of restaurateurs, has issued press releases that paint a deastrous result for the industry unless there are adjustments and/or government support. In one of its member surveys, 63. 6% of the 1,042 restorers the state said they would likely close until the end of the year without the government’s help.
Meanwhile, restaurants have played a role in public health, adding salvation from foodborne diseases. And when it comes to COVID-19, each and every citizen is invited to help prevent its spread.
In addition to two phone interviews, I met Pierri at his bar in August. When I walked in, he’d walk around the bar and he wasn’t dressed in a mask. I interviewed Pierri at an outdoor table, since we weren’t separated by two meters, I asked him to put on a mask.
When Pierri complained that he had not had time to exercise his staff to fulfill government mandates, I interrupted him to point out the women’s bar, his mask under his chin and her two metres away from the guests. months since he reopened in June; Haven’t you had time to exercise it?
“I’ll have to contact him, ” he said, before retracting his complaints.
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