NYC restaurant hostess attacked after asking diners for proof of vaccination
A cellphone footage obtained by NBC New York shows a braw!l involving several people outside Car- mine's Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side. Staff and bystanders intervened to break up the melee after it broke out around 5 p.m. ET, on September 17th, the station added. The hostess, who has not been identified, was repeatedly punched and her necklace broken, police said.
The attack comes as New York City, this week, became to first major U.S. city to require hospitality, entertainment, and fitness businesses to ask customers for proof of vaccination to gain access
to indoor venues. Any business that fails to comply could face a $1,000 fine.
The three suspects, whose ages are 21, 44 and 49, were taken to NYPD's nearby 24th precinct station house, police said.
While announcing the plans to require vaccines in August, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said “not everyone's going to agree with this,” but added that the rule was needed to help save lives as Covid cases continue to grow across the U.S. Just over two-thirds of New York residents have received at least one coronavirus vaccine shot, official data shows.
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