NYC Indoor Dining to Close If Hospitalizations Don’t Stabilize

A restaurant temporarily closed for indoor dining in the Tottenville neighborhood in the Staten Island Borough of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Coronavirus hospitalizations are rapidly rising in New York, already straining capacity on Staten Island, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday. — A restaurant temporarily closed for indoor dining in the Tottenville neighborhood in the Staten Island Borough of New York, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. Coronavirus hospitalizations are rapidly rising in New York, already straining capacity on Staten Island, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

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By Stacie Sherman

December 7, 2020 at 4:43 PM UTC

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New York City indoor dining will close if the regional hospitalization rate has not stabilized after five days, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

“Frankly, I don’t expect it to” stabilize, Cuomo said Monday at a press briefing.