At a news conference in Babylon Village, Suffolk County Legis. Kevin McCaffrey (R-Lindenhurst) said restaurants should not have a curfew because their environments were better controlled than private gatherings, where the spread of the virus had happened.
"We want to make sure that we’re keeping people in safe environments where there is some law and order, where the restaurant owners and bar owners are making sure that the people go by the rules and regulations," McCaffrey said.
Conor Hartnett, owner of Mary Carroll’s in the village, said that after the curfew was imposed, his employees, who are in their 20s, were getting invitations to house parties.
"You’re controlling the consumption of alcohol and then you’re trading that for going to a house party where obviously the wheels fall off," said Hartnett, a member of the Babylon Village Restaurant Association Committee. "The 10 [p.m.] is actually murdering the restaurants and bars."
Babylon Village Mayor Mary Adams said she was in favor o
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