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9 businesses to sue state over COVID-19 restrictions

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York by a Buffalo-area law firm.
Credit: AP
In this April 24, 2020 photo provided by the Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Gov. Cuomo addresses the media while holding an n95 mask during his daily press briefing on COVID-19, Coronavirus, at the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. The mask was sent to the governor by a retired farmer from Kansas whose wife only has one lung. (Darren McGee/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP)

BUFFALO, N.Y. — What do a bowling alley, a pool hall, a pair of strip clubs, a local disc-jockey company, a karate studio and three Buffalo-area bars all have in common?

These nine businesses have teamed up to file a lawsuit Friday in federal court over the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions put in place by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York by attorneys Steven Cohen and Corey Hogan of HoganWillig PLLC, the Buffalo-area law firm that’s already entangled in litigation with the state in a case of its own over shut-down mandates it contends are unconstitutional.

To read the full article on Buffalo Business First and learn what businesses are to sue the state, click here.

    

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