Taking the Piss: New York Briefly Bans Diners From Using Restaurant Bathrooms
New York quickly reversed its ludicrous bathroom ban following backlash from the hospitality industry and anyone with a little common sense.
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Determined To Kill Businesses That Survived Lockdowns, New York Plans Minimum Wage Hike Later This Month
New York's unemployment rate is nearly 10 percent and roughly one-third of small businesses in New York City may have closed forever. Seems like a great time to make it more expensive to employ people, right?
Americans Are in Full Revolt Against Pandemic Lockdowns
Individually and in organized groups, people are pushing back against lockdown orders.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Bans Sale of Confederate Flags, Despite Knowing This Has First Amendment Problems
"While I fully support the spirit of this legislation, certain technical changes are necessary."
Just 1.3% of NYC COVID Cases Are Coming From Restaurants. Why Has Cuomo Banned Indoor Dining?
The order is killing businesses and isn't rooted in science.
You Don't Need To Believe Andrew Cuomo's Accuser To Think He's a Terrible Governor
The New York governor should be disqualified from the U.S. attorney general job, even without a #MeToo-ing.
COVID NIMBYs Shame NYC Man for Renting Out Peloton Bike While Gyms Are Closing
A NYC quarantine fitness entrepreneur stirs up controversy on Nextdoor
Paul Krugman Thinks Holding Religious Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic Is Like 'Dumping Neurotoxins Into Public Reservoirs'
The New York Times columnist misconstrues the issues at stake in the challenge to New York's restrictions on houses of worship.
SCOTUS Blocks New York's COVID-19 Restrictions on Houses of Worship, Saying They Are Not 'Narrowly Tailored'
Gov. Andrew Cuomo described his policy as a "fear-driven response," cut by a "hatchet" rather than a "scalpel."
Andrew Cuomo's Emmy Award for His COVID-19 Briefings Is a Disgusting Prioritization of Style Over Substance
The New York governor is getting a shiny award for playing a good governor on TV.
Cuomo's COVID-19 Rules Discriminate Against Religion
The case gives SCOTUS another chance to enforce constitutional limits on disease control measures.
Is There Hope for Libertarianism Within a Post-Election GOP?
This is not your older brother's "Libertarian Moment," caution Reason Roundtable podcasters.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's New COVID-19 Restrictions on Private Home Gatherings Violate Personal Liberty
New York will limit private, in-home gatherings to just 10 people.
Orthodox Jews Say They're Being Targeted by New NYC Lockdowns
The newest lockdown, which explicitly targets religious gatherings, seems likely to further skepticism of public health directives.
Cuomo Clamps Down on New York Churches and Schools (Again)
Students and congregants may be collateral damage in a turf war between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Brooklyn Eatery Sues New York State and Gov. Cuomo Over Looming 'Food Curfew'
Limiting the hours during which food can be served is arbitrary, unscientific, and could cause overcrowding, the plaintiffs argue.
No, Governor Cuomo, COVID-19 Is Not 'Just a Metaphor'
Cuomo's tortured analogy obscures his own failed leadership as the coronavirus claimed the lives of 30,000 New Yorkers.
De Blasio Orders Creation of Coronavirus Checkpoints To Interrogate Visitors to New York City
The city’s contact-tracing efforts don’t appear to be going well, so prepare for more top-down mandates with confusing justifications.
Andrew Cuomo to Chicken Wings: You're Not Real Food
The New York governor requires bars to sell "substantive" offerings if they'd like to stay open.
Andrew Cuomo's Coronavirus Response Has Been a Failure
The media's fawning interviews obscure the New York governor's record.
Don't Let the Pandemic Kill Religious Freedom
COVID-19 control measures violate the First Amendment when they arbitrarily favor secular conduct.
New York's Pandemic-Inspired Restrictions on Church and Synagogue Services Are Unconstitutional, a Federal Judge Rules
U.S. District Judge Gary Sharpe finds that the state's COVID-19 control measures arbitrarily discriminate against religious conduct.
Business Licensing Makes It Too Easy for Politicians To Punish People They Don't Like
Making a living is a right, not a privilege, and should be respected as such.
The President and Governors Alike Botched the Pandemic Response
Competent responses to the crisis have come from people and organizations voluntarily helping each other and themselves.
Chris Cuomo's COVID-19 Interviews With Andrew Cuomo Are Disgraceful
CNN should put an end to this bad family comedy routine—and start asking the governor real questions.
Would Gov. Cuomo Rather Have No Businesses in New York Than Businesses That Employ Fewer People?
His proposed law would require that corporations return bailout funds if they don't rehire the same number of employees.
Andrew Cuomo's Morally Grotesque Rationale for Maintaining COVID-19 Lockdowns
Even the president is a better moral philosopher than New York's governor.
Public Health Authorities Have Failed America at Every Level
They ignored early warning signs and pretended that everything would be OK.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Clears Medical Students To Work As Doctors During Coronavirus Emergency
Students who would have graduated this spring can start practicing medicine immediately.
New York May Re-Reform Its Bail System, and Criminal Justice Activists Aren't Happy
Judges would be given additional leeway to order pretrial detentions.
Stop Ignoring the Different Needs of Rural Areas and Cities Responding to COVID-19
A uniform national response risks doing more harm than good in a nation that’s not uniform.
Only Social Darwinians Worry About the Harm Caused by COVID-19 Lockdowns, Andrew Cuomo Says
The point of shutting down the "nonessential" economy, New York's governor explains, is to "save lives, period, whatever it costs."
'We're All in Quarantine Now,' Says Andrew Cuomo, Who Two Days Ago Said That Was Out of the Question
New York's governor insists his edict "mandating that 100% of the workforce must stay home" is "not a shelter-in-place order."
'The Fear, the Panic, Is a Bigger Problem Than the Virus,' Says New York's Governor
The "panic" Andrew Cuomo has in mind is a rational response to the threat of an economically ruinous government overreaction.
Is Trump Deliberately Sandbagging New York's Landmark Transportation Policy?
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) claims political motivations are delaying federal approval of a plan to charge drivers entering Manhattan a congestion fee.
Opponents of New York Bail Reform Seize on Anti-Semitic Attacks in Order To Sabotage Important Changes
Jewish criminal justice groups are not having it.
A Special Festivus Airing of Grievances from the Reason Roundtable Podcast
We've got a lot of problems with you people.
Gov. Cuomo's Plan To Attack Cigarette Retailers Will Fuel New York's Black Market
More than half of cigarettes consumed in the state are smuggled from elsewhere, thanks to high taxes.
Banning Flavored E-Cigarettes Has Nothing to Do With the Hazards of Black-Market Cannabis Products
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other prohibitionists continue to conflate the two issues.
Trump's One-Sided War Against New York's Political Elite
Bill de Blasio's coming humiliation is just the latest evidence of the outer-borough president's revenge on Manhattan.
Big Pretrial Justice Reforms Included in New York's Budget
Better evidence sharing and a dramatic drop in cash bail demands will help defendants challenge charges.
It's Good for Everyone that the Amazon-New York Deal Fell Through
Watch Nick Gillespie discuss this on Fox Business's Kennedy show tonight at 9.30 P.M. E.T.
No, Gov. Cuomo, Journalists Shouldn't Be an Extra-Protected Class: Reason Roundup
Plus: Rand Paul has "never been prouder" of Trump, the Women's March clashes with the Park Service, and Vegas' first Stripper Parade & Expo is coming soon.
New York Officials Threaten Private Schools
Once again, politicians in the Empire State want to leave nowhere to hide from their control.
Andrew Cuomo's Sudden Cannabis Conversion Highlights the Cowardice of Leading Democrats
On marijuana, New York's governor has lagged far behind his party's rank-and-file and the general public.
