The New York City sheriff said Saturday that three major parties were broken up across the city on New Year’s Eve for violating COVID-19 restrictions, which ban indoor dining.
Eater reported that since March 2020, these restrictions have led to more than 1,000 restaurants permanently closing.
Times Square was essentially a wasteland on New Year’s Eve. But that didn’t stop young revelers across the City from celebrating in bars and apartments. One of the largest parties included an event at the Maspeth Bar Lounge in Queens that attracted 300 partygoers, the sheriff’s office said.
The Gothamist reported that deputies raided the establishment at about 2:15 AM and found many of the revelers singing karaoke, dancing, and drinking booze. The New York Times reported that deputies raided the three parties and, in most cases, the partiers were simply escorted out. The big punishment was directed at those who organized the events, some of whom face a $15,000 fine.
While “We the Little People of Slavelandia” were locked down, prohibited to take to the streets to celebrate, lockdown Mayor Bill de Blasio took center stage in Times Square at the “elites” private party and was dancing with his wife, Chirlane McCray.
COVID Cops in Los Angeles busted over a dozen New Year’s Eve parties across the city and county, arresting some 100 partygoers.
Worldwide
Beyond New York, young people in Europe defied lockdown rules, partying to celebrate the New Year.
Authorities in the small French village of Lieuron, in the country’s northwestern region, responded to a party in a warehouse on New Year’s Eve that drew about 2,500 revelers.
The Washington Post reported that authorities seized sound equipment and generators during the sweep. Seven were sent to jail for ringing in the New Year and 800 were booked for breaking lockdown rules.
In the U.K., COVID Cops arrested three people after breaking up a New Year’s Eve party being held in a 500-year-old church in East Horndon that was attended by a few hundred people,
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