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The Highwire with Del Bigtree

VACCINE PASSPORTS DESTROYING NYC RESTAURANTS

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.93.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2021

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

New York City’s vaccine passport mandate is impacting thousands of already struggling businesses. Brooklyn restaurant owner, Irene Siderakis, talks to Del about the extreme financial impact this mandate has had on her 100-year-old restaurant, and how she fears for her own safety.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We need to hear from the people.

0:02.2

We can see these headlines, but you know,

0:04.4

there's something about hearing,

0:05.8

how is it affecting people's lives?

0:07.6

We all saw this video of a fight that broke out

0:10.3

in a restaurant in New York over, you know,

0:13.2

someone being asked for their vaccine passport.

0:15.1

How are vaccine passports going to affect these businesses

0:18.2

that were closed down?

0:20.3

You know, all of this is coming as this push

0:23.7

on restaurants is happening,

0:25.0

and this is what it's appearing like in the news.

0:28.0

Some businesses are feeling the impact of the cities

0:30.8

of vaccine mandate after it went into effect last week.

0:34.0

This place is usually packed,

0:35.8

but right now we only see a few tables dying inside.

0:39.0

He says this is all due to the vaccine mandate.

0:41.8

Restaurant owners are now speaking out against the mandate,

0:45.0

saying it is hurting their staff and their business.

0:48.0

Lidio Images show the confrontation

0:50.3

if the three members of a dinner party of six

0:52.9

were not allowed inside Carmine's restaurant

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