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Diner owner urges Gov. Cuomo to reopen upstate NY: ‘There is no reason why we can’t open up now’
Restaurants will not be able to survive for much longer under the devastating economic impact of coronavirus shutdown orders, Crazy Otto’s Empire Diner owner Scott Tranter said Saturday
Appearing on “Fox & Friends Weekend” with host Griff Jenkins, Tranter said that the current number of cases in Herkimer would allow for a reopening.“This has been absolutely devastating. We in Herkimer here are not downplaying the coronavirus. It’s real. I have a daughter-in-law on the front lines [and] a sister-in-law in Massachusetts. It’s real, but not like that up here,” he stated. “We have had basically — not to minimize this — three deaths. 19 people have it. No hospitalizations.”
“[It’s been] devastating economically to businesses that have closed [and] are never going to reopen. We had 22 employees that we had to lay off. We just got the [Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)] brought…15 of them back last week,” Tranter explained.
“If you look at the statistics, if you look at the data, there’s no reason why we can’t open up now,” he remarked. “And, that’s my message to the governor.”
“They keep changing the goal post. They keep changing the dates. They keep moving it forward and now [for] restaurants basically they are saying Phase 3 or Phase 4. And, you are talking July. And, all the businesses will — especially the mom and pop organizations — will not be able to hold out until July,” he Tranter pleaded.
Tranter told Jenkins he has over around $160,000 and counting thus far.
“And, if you look at the actual statistics and the PPP loans and the eight weeks that you have to use the money, bringing the employees back, I will have to lay off the majority of the employees again, okay, come June. Because we still will not be open,” he added.“And, there is no way that you can keep a business running and your capital investment and everything. If the money is not there, the money is not there,” Tranter pointed out.
“And so, you are setting yourself up for the double whammy because while you are trying to hold your employee’s hand, you know it’s going to run out,” he concluded. “We need to have the choice and have people come in, you know, to our restaurant to eat.”
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo outlined a set of criteria this week that each region must meet before Phase 1 of its opening plan can begin. The soonest any region could start reopening is May 15, as the state’s stay-at home orders expire on that date. Yet some regions are being held up solely because they lack the testing levels Cuomo is seeking, leaving residents guessing how long it will take to meet that threshold.
“I get the emotion — everybody would like to see everything reopen tomorrow. Me, first and foremost. Everyone. On every level – personally, economically,” Cuomo said during his daily press briefing Friday. “But… we are now in control and we have the virus on the run because we have been smart and because we have been disciplined.”
New York State remains the epicenter of the virus with over 330,000 confirmed cases and over 26,000 deaths. However, New York City lays claim to over half of those cases and has now reported over 21,000 deaths.
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18 Comments
3 years ago
And, Cuomo replied, “LET THEM EAT CAKE.”
3 years ago
Reply to
TomSJr
I don’t believe that Cuomo said that. He’s been FAR too busy, brutally murdering … under HIS directive, senior citizens. Cuomo ordered that intermediate care facilities and assisted living were to be FORCED, directly by Cuomo, to take in the infected … in order to MURDER the other residents.
Quite an email trail of facility administrators BEGGING to not be sent them, as they were not equipped to even isolate them. But, under threat of Cuomo … they were forced to take them
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
Not only did he virtually guarantee that many nursing home residents would be infected and die, their family members were not allowed to be with them for mutual support and comfort during the end of their lives. This might leave a lasting hurt in the hearts of many people.
3 years ago
I Wont Feel any better Until, this Arrogant, Hater, and,who I Believe,
Should be Arrested For Aiding and Abetting Involuntary Manslaughter
during the pandemic war.
For All that he DID and DIDN’T DO, for his insufferable Vanity and Need for Power
and then sent adrift,on a leaky bamboo raft, in Shark Infested Waters
TRUMP 2020 and BEYOND……
3 years ago
Reply to
dingo
Involuntary manslaughter? His direct ORDERS, forcing intermediate care facilities to take in the infected ….
That’s premeditated murder.
3 years ago
Reply to
Achmed Mohandjob
Not a Problem
I can Upgrade his Charge in a Heart beat
( I STILL want the “Bamboo raft in Shark infested waters….Though)
3 years ago
Reply to
dingo
Don’t forget to cut it, so it’s bleeding freely.
Midsection use of one of these …
3 years ago
Reply to
dingo
He knew people in nursing homes were particularly vulnerable, yet he refused to let the homes send patients to hospitals, and refused PPE to the homes. IMHO, that’s first degree murder.
3 years ago
Cuomo and all these governors have zero legal authority to lock down their states. This is tyranny nothing else.
3 years ago
The governor…who directly murdered thousands by forcing – covid patients, covid suspected cases and not allowing to check for covid – elderly back into the nursing homes…appreciates your bowing and scraping. However the NY mini pol pot has decided you are nonessential. So shut up and pay your taxes.
3 years ago
Stay at home with no outside human contact, you lose your built-up immunities.
Staying at home lowers your immune system.
NYC – ER doctor who worked the Coronavirus front line — says: It’s time to start opening up.. Dr. Daniel G. Murphy is chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine at St. Barnabas Hospital …. knows a thing or two about the virus.. Murphy has been in the ER every day for the last few weeks, either supervising or providing direct care..
3 years ago
Reply to
taxpayer22
True statements like that are being banned from social media because grandma… and Orange Man Bad.
3 years ago
NY Gov. Cuomo says 66% of new COVID-19 patients were sheltering at home:
‘This is a surprise’
By Jessica Chasmar – The Washington Times – Thursday, May 7, 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo revealed a “shocking” finding Wednesday that the majority of new COVID-19 patients being admitted to New York hospitals had been isolating at home.
According to preliminary data gathered from 100 New York hospitals, 66% of new coronavirus admissions were from people who had largely been sheltering at home, Mr. Cuomo said at his daily briefing, CNBC reported.
“If you notice, 18% of the people came from nursing homes, less than 1% came from jail or prison, 2% came from the homeless population, 2% from other congregate facilities, but 66% of the people were at home, which is shocking to us,” the governor said.
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https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/may/7/andrew-cuomo-says-66-of-new-covid-19-patients-were/
OPEN UP!
3 years ago
Begging just gives legitimacy to the person being begged too. When in doubt, defy.
3 years ago
Only stupid people obey their servants.
3 years ago
Since it has been shown that the Wuhan virus has little effect on children, suddenly, there is a “new disease”, associated with Wuhan, that is effecting children …. like clockwork.
3 years ago
Cuomo’s socalled guidelines do not comport with what is known about the CCP Virus. This virus is lethal principally to the elderly and those with impaired immune systems. The only reasonable course is the resources of the state must be directed towards protecting the vulnerable while the healthy return to work practicing social distancing and taking whatever reasonable precautions are necessary.
